Ralph Strother
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Ralph Strother is the judge of Texas District 19.[1]
Strother won re-election without opposition in 2016. The general election took place on November 8, 2016.[2]
Elections
2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[3] Incumbent Ralph Strother ran unopposed in the Texas 19th District Court Republican primary.[2]
| Texas 19th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Ralph Strother Incumbent | ||
Ralph Strother won without opposition in the general election.
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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
- 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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]
Education
Strother received both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from Baylor University.[7]
Noteworthy cases
Judge accepts plea bargain in sexual assault case (2018)
On December 10, 2018, Strother accepted the terms of a plea bargain offered by prosecutors to Jacob Walter Anderson, a Garland resident and former president of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Baylor University. Anderson was charged with sexually assaulting a female student at a fraternity party in February 2016. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Anderson pleaded no contest to a third-degree felony charge of unlawful restraint. He received deferred probation and was ordered to pay a $400 fine. In return, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the four sexual assault charges against Anderson.[8]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ McLennan County, "19th District Court"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Ralph T. Strother," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ Waco Tribune-Herald, "Ex-Baylor frat leader accused of rape wins plea deal with no jail time," December 10, 2018
