Phillip Hays

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Phillip Hays

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Republican Party

Texas 99th District Court

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

4

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Phillip Hays (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 99th District Court. Hays assumed office on January 1, 2021. Hays' current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Hays (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 99th District Court. Hays won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Texas 99th District Court

Incumbent Phillip Hays won election in the general election for Texas 99th District Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Hays (R)	100.0	95,410

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,410
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 99th District Court

Incumbent Phillip Hays advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 99th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Hays	100.0	25,088

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,088
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hays in this election.

2020

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

General election

General election for Texas 99th District Court

Phillip Hays won election in the general election for Texas 99th District Court on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Hays (R)	100.0	90,668

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,668
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas 99th District Court

Phillip Hays defeated Kara Darnell in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 99th District Court on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Hays	58.9	7,543
	Submit photo	Kara Darnell	41.1	5,262

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,805 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 99th District Court

Kara Darnell and Phillip Hays advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mark McBrayer and John Grace in the Republican primary for Texas 99th District Court on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kara Darnell	42.3	11,837
✔	Submit photo	Phillip Hays	30.5	8,523
		Mark McBrayer	18.3	5,118
	Submit photo	John Grace	8.9	2,478

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,956
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Phillip Hays did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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