Maria Salas-Mendoza

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Maria Salas-Mendoza

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Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Texas 120th District Court

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Law

University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Contact

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. [1][2] 

2010

Salas-Mendoza was re-elected after running unopposed.

See also: Texas district court judicial elections, 2010

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Maria Salas-Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Maria Salas-Mendoza campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief JusticeWon general$16,755 $26,558
Grand total$16,755 $26,558
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jeff Alley (R)
Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Texas 120th District Court
-2024
Succeeded by
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