Lori I. Valenzuela
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2021 - Present
2030
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Lori I. Valenzuela (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 7 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 22, 2021. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Valenzuela (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Place 7 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Valenzuela was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on January 11, 2021. She was sworn in on January 22, 2021.[1]
Biography
Education
Valenzuela received a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law.[1]
Career
- 2021-Present: Judge, Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals
- 2009-2021: Judge, 437th Judicial District Court[1]
Awards and associations
- Founder, Felony Vetran's Treament Court
- Chair, Texas Center for the Judiciary Board of Directors
- Member, Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee
- Fellow, State Bar of Texas
- Fellow, San Antonio Bar Association
- Chair, Court Reporter Advisory Committee
- Member of the San Antonio Mexican American Bar Association
- Member, Bexar County Juvenile Board
- Member, Child Fatality Review Board
- Member, Boy Scouts of America Executive Board [2]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela won election in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela (R) | 100.0 | 728,595 | |
| Total votes: 728,595 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela | 100.0 | 140,621 | |
| Total votes: 140,621 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Valenzuela in this election.
2022
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
Special general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela defeated Beckie Palomo in the special general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela (R) | 50.6 | 409,842 | |
| Beckie Palomo (D) | 49.4 | 400,505 | ||
| Total votes: 810,347 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7
Beckie Palomo advanced from the special Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Beckie Palomo | 100.0 | 128,720 | |
| Total votes: 128,720 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela | 100.0 | 127,986 | |
| Total votes: 127,986 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas 437th District Court
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela won election in the general election for Texas 437th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela (R) | 100.0 | 305,896 | |
| Total votes: 305,896 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 437th District Court
Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 437th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lori I. Valenzuela | 100.0 | 50,473 | |
| Total votes: 50,473 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Valenzuela ran for re-election to the 437th District Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2010
Valenzuela defeated Pamela Gabriel Craig in the general election, winning 56.85 percent of the vote.[6]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[7]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[8]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[9]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[7]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[7]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Lori I. Valenzuela did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 |
Officeholder Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Office of the Texas Governor, "Governor Abbott Appoints Valenzuela To Fourth Court Of Appeals," January 11, 2021
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
- ↑ Bexar County Board of Elections, "Election Results," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Texas 437th District Court 2014-2021 |
Succeeded by - |
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
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