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Maria Salas-Mendoza
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2025 - Present
2026
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Maria Salas-Mendoza (Democratic Party) is a judge for Chief Justice of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Salas-Mendoza (Democratic Party) ran in a special election for the Chief Justice judge of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She won in the special general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
Special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Maria Salas-Mendoza won election in the special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Salas-Mendoza (D) | 100.0 | 175,541 | |
| Total votes: 175,541 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Maria Salas-Mendoza advanced from the special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Salas-Mendoza | 100.0 | 31,822 | |
| Total votes: 31,822 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Salas-Mendoza in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in El Paso County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Maria Salas-Mendoza won election in the general election for Texas 120th District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 120th District Court
Incumbent Maria Salas-Mendoza advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 120th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Salas-Mendoza | 100.0 | 31,150 | |
| Total votes: 31,150 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 120th District Court
Incumbent Maria Salas-Mendoza won election in the general election for Texas 120th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Salas-Mendoza (D) | 100.0 | 150,536 | |
| Total votes: 150,536 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 120th District Court
Incumbent Maria Salas-Mendoza advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 120th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Salas-Mendoza | 100.0 | 39,024 | |
| Total votes: 39,024 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Salas-Mendoza ran for re-election to the 120th District Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2010
Salas-Mendoza was re-elected after running unopposed.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Maria Salas-Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Maria Salas-Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Education
Salas-Mendoza has an A.B. from Radcliffe College at Harvard University and a J.D. from University of California School of Law at Los Angeles.[3]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice |
Officeholder Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jeff Alley (R) |
Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Texas 120th District Court -2024 |
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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