Marlene Gonzalez

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Marlene Gonzalez

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Democratic Party

Texas 388th District Court

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

4

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Marlene Gonzalez (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 388th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Gonzalez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 388th District Court. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in El Paso County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Texas 388th District Court

Incumbent Marlene Gonzalez won election in the general election for Texas 388th District Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marlene Gonzalez (D)	100.0	154,293

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 154,293
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 388th District Court

Incumbent Marlene Gonzalez defeated Joy Degenhart in the Democratic primary for Texas 388th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marlene Gonzalez	72.8	23,601
	Submit photo	Joy Degenhart	27.2	8,826

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,427
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gonzalez in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in El Paso County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Texas 388th District Court

Marlene Gonzalez won election in the general election for Texas 388th District Court on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marlene Gonzalez (D)	100.0	200,767

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 200,767
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas 388th District Court

Marlene Gonzalez defeated incumbent Laura Strathmann in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 388th District Court on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marlene Gonzalez	53.5	16,764
	Submit photo	Laura Strathmann	46.5	14,582

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,346
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 388th District Court

Marlene Gonzalez and incumbent Laura Strathmann advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ricardo Rios in the Democratic primary for Texas 388th District Court on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marlene Gonzalez	42.9	26,801
✔	Submit photo	Laura Strathmann	39.8	24,863
	Submit photo	Ricardo Rios	17.3	10,786

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,450
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

Marlene Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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