Marilyn Burgess
2019 - Present
2026
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Marilyn Burgess (Democratic Party) is the Harris County District Clerk in Texas. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Burgess (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Harris County District Clerk in Texas. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Burgess was a candidate for Precinct 4 representative on the Harris County Department of Education in Texas. Burgess was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Harris County District Clerk
Incumbent Marilyn Burgess defeated Chris Daniel in the general election for Harris County District Clerk on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marilyn Burgess (D) | 51.2 | 546,127 |
 | Chris Daniel (R)  | 48.8 | 520,487 | |
| Total votes: 1,066,614 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk
Incumbent Marilyn Burgess defeated Desiree Broadnax in the Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Burgess | 61.4 | 90,351 |
| Desiree Broadnax | 38.6 | 56,801 | ||
| Total votes: 147,152 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk
Chris Daniel advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Daniel | 100.0 | 136,331 |
| Total votes: 136,331 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Harris County District Clerk
Marilyn Burgess defeated incumbent Chris Daniel in the general election for Harris County District Clerk on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Burgess (D) | 55.1 | 653,284 |
| Chris Daniel (R) | 44.9 | 532,463 | |
| Total votes: 1,185,747 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Harris County District Clerk
Marilyn Burgess defeated Roslyn Shorter in the Democratic primary runoff for Harris County District Clerk on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Burgess | 71.6 | 37,251 |
| Roslyn Shorter | 28.4 | 14,804 | ||
| Total votes: 52,055 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk
Marilyn Burgess and Roslyn Shorter advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kevin Howard and Michael Jordan in the Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marilyn Burgess | 49.2 | 69,546 |
| ✔ | Roslyn Shorter | 23.4 | 33,083 | |
| Kevin Howard | 15.2 | 21,487 | ||
| Michael Jordan | 12.1 | 17,163 | ||
| Total votes: 141,279 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk
Incumbent Chris Daniel advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Daniel | 100.0 | 112,331 |
| Total votes: 112,331 | |||
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2016
Harris County held elections for county commission, justices of the peace, constables, district attorney, county attorney, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, and the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and a primary runoff took place on May 24, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in this election was December 14, 2015.[1] Eric Dick (R) defeated Marilyn Burgess (D) in the Harris County Department of Education Precinct 4 general election.
| Harris County Department of Education, Precinct 4 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Eric Dick |
55.98% | 204,269 | |
| Democratic | Marilyn Burgess | 44.02% | 160,620 | |
| Total Votes | 364,889 | |||
| Source: Harris County Elections, "2016 General Election Official Results," November 16, 2016 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marilyn Burgess did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Marilyn Burgess participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 28, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Marilyn Burgess' responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Improving the county's electronic court records system 2) Increasing the wages of the clerks doing the real work of the District Clerk's office |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Diversity and inclusion, equal pay for equal work, sound fiscal management - eliminate waste and improved efficiencyCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Marilyn Burgess answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | Integrity, service minded[4] | ” |
| “ | Strong work ethic, intelligent, decisive, ability to delegate and empower, consensus builder[4] | ” |
| “ | Providing quality, responsive service to judges and county litigators.[4] | ” |
| “ | Implement an improved electronic court records system for all courts - civil, family, and criminal. Viewed as responsive to the needs of judges and litigators.[4] | ” |
| “ | Maintaining a stable reliable electronic court records system.[4] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Harris County District Clerk |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed September 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Marilyn Burgess' responses," March 28, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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