Pat Gallagher (Tarrant County, Texas)
Pat Gallagher (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 96th District Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Gallagher (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 96th District Court. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Pat Gallagher’s career experience includes working as an attorney with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Texas 96th District Court
Incumbent Pat Gallagher won election in the general election for Texas 96th District Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pat Gallagher (R) | 100.0 | 523,335 |
| Total votes: 523,335 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 96th District Court
Incumbent Pat Gallagher advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 96th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Gallagher | 100.0 | 109,549 |
| Total votes: 109,549 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gallagher in this election.
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 96th District Court
Pat Gallagher defeated Tim Brandenburg in the general election for Texas 96th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Gallagher (R) | 53.5 | 428,131 |
| Tim Brandenburg (D) | 46.5 | 372,287 | ||
| Total votes: 800,418 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 96th District Court
Tim Brandenburg advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 96th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tim Brandenburg | 100.0 | 109,363 | |
| Total votes: 109,363 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 96th District Court
Pat Gallagher defeated Chris Taylor and Shane Nolen in the Republican primary for Texas 96th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Gallagher | 58.4 | 61,587 |
| Chris Taylor | 33.7 | 35,529 | ||
| Shane Nolen | 7.9 | 8,385 | ||
| Total votes: 105,501 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 342nd District Court
Kimberly Fitzpatrick won election in the general election for Texas 342nd District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kimberly Fitzpatrick (R) | 100.0 | 360,563 | |
| Total votes: 360,563 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas 342nd District Court
Kimberly Fitzpatrick defeated Pat Gallagher in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 342nd District Court on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kimberly Fitzpatrick | 54.0 | 17,432 | |
| Pat Gallagher | 46.0 | 14,832 | |
| Total votes: 32,264 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 342nd District Court
Pat Gallagher and Kimberly Fitzpatrick advanced to a runoff. They defeated Julie Camacho in the Republican primary for Texas 342nd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Gallagher | 47.8 | 43,650 |
| ✔ | Kimberly Fitzpatrick | 38.4 | 34,996 | |
| Julie Camacho | 13.8 | 12,597 | ||
| Total votes: 91,243 | |||
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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.[2]
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."[3]
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;*[4]
- 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.[2]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[2]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Pat Gallagher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Pat Gallagher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Conservative Pat Gallagher for Judge, "Meet Pat Gallagher," accessed March 7, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
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
