Maritza Antu

Maritza Antu

Republican Party

Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Frances Bourliot

Prior offices

Texas 482nd District Court

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Maritza Antu (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 5 of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.

Antu (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 5 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Maritza Antu defeated incumbent Frances Bourliot in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maritza Antu (R)	53.0	1,174,454
	Submit photo	Frances Bourliot (D)	47.0	1,043,570

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,218,024
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Incumbent Frances Bourliot advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Frances Bourliot	100.0	187,348

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 187,348
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Maritza Antu advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maritza Antu	100.0	258,023

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 258,023
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Antu in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Texas 482nd District Court

Veronica Nelson defeated incumbent Maritza Antu in the general election for Texas 482nd District Court on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Veronica Nelson (D)	51.0	540,103
		Maritza Antu (R)	49.0	518,523

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,058,626
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 482nd District Court

Veronica Nelson defeated Alycia Harvey and Sherlene Cruz in the Democratic primary for Texas 482nd District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Veronica Nelson	56.3	82,244
	Submit photo	Alycia Harvey	23.2	33,908
	Submit photo	Sherlene Cruz	20.5	29,963

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 146,115
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 482nd District Court

Incumbent Maritza Antu advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 482nd District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maritza Antu	100.0	135,332

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 135,332
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2018

General election

General election for Texas 185th District Court

Jason Luong defeated Stacey Bond in the general election for Texas 185th District Court on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Luong (D)	55.6	657,685
	Submit photo	Stacey Bond (R)	44.4	525,377

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,183,062
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 185th District Court

Jason Luong defeated Brennen Dunn in the Democratic primary for Texas 185th District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Luong	50.5	70,327
		Brennen Dunn	49.5	68,975

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 139,302
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 185th District Court

Stacey Bond defeated Maritza Antu in the Republican primary for Texas 185th District Court on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Stacey Bond	64.0	82,262
		Maritza Antu	36.0	46,270

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 128,532
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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.

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."

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;*
• 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.

*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Maritza Antu did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Maritza Antu campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5	Won general	$83,908	$52,473
Grand total			$83,908	$52,473
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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

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Preceded by Frances Bourliot (D)	Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 5 2025-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Texas 482nd District Court 2021-2022	Succeeded by -

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