Oscar Telfair III
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2025 - Present
2028
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Oscar Telfair III (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 387th District Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Telfair (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 387th District Court. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Texas 387th District Court
Oscar Telfair III won election in the general election for Texas 387th District Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Oscar Telfair III (D) | 100.0 | 195,239 | |
| Total votes: 195,239 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas 387th District Court
Oscar Telfair III defeated Jamie Kaye Jordan in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas 387th District Court on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Oscar Telfair III | 57.0 | 3,636 | |
| Jamie Kaye Jordan | 43.0 | 2,740 | ||
| Total votes: 6,376 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court
Jamie Kaye Jordan and Oscar Telfair III advanced to a runoff. They defeated incumbent Janet Buening Heppard in the Democratic primary for Texas 387th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jamie Kaye Jordan | 35.2 | 11,836 | |
| ✔ | Oscar Telfair III | 33.9 | 11,412 | |
| Janet Buening Heppard | 30.9 | 10,385 | ||
| Total votes: 33,633 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Telfair in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2
Tyra McCollum defeated incumbent Jeff McMeans in the general election for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tyra McCollum (D) | 50.0 | 121,241 |
| Jeff McMeans (R) | 50.0 | 121,023 | ||
| Total votes: 242,264 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2
Tyra McCollum defeated Oscar Telfair III and Tony Wadhawan in the Democratic primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyra McCollum | 51.7 | 18,227 |
| Oscar Telfair III | 30.3 | 10,680 | ||
| Tony Wadhawan | 18.0 | 6,356 | ||
| Total votes: 35,263 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2
Incumbent Jeff McMeans advanced from the Republican primary for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeff McMeans | 100.0 | 33,056 | |
| Total votes: 33,056 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Fort Bend County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 434th District Court
J. Christian Becerra defeated incumbent James H. Shoemake in the general election for Texas 434th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | J. Christian Becerra (D) | 53.3 | 179,251 | |
| James H. Shoemake (R) | 46.7 | 157,254 | ||
| Total votes: 336,505 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 434th District Court
J. Christian Becerra defeated Oscar Telfair III in the Democratic primary for Texas 434th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | J. Christian Becerra | 57.3 | 31,572 | |
| Oscar Telfair III | 42.7 | 23,543 | ||
| Total votes: 55,115 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 434th District Court
Incumbent James H. Shoemake advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 434th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James H. Shoemake | 100.0 | 46,507 | |
| Total votes: 46,507 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Oscar Telfair III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Oscar Telfair III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Oscar Telfair III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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
