Randy Wilson (Texas)
Randy Wilson (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 9 of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Wilson (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Place 9 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Wilson was appointed to the court on December 21, 2020, by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to replace Tracy E. Christopher, who was elevated to chief justice.[1]
Wilson was a judge of the Texas 157th District Court. He served from 2003 to 2018. He left office in 2018 after losing re-election.[2]
Biography
Wilson received his B.A. from the University of Texas in Arlington and his J.D. from the University of Houston. He was a founding partner of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. from 1980 to 2003.[3] He returned to Susman Godfrey from 2018 to 2020.[1]
Awards and associations
- Board certification, civil trial law
- Member, District 4-F Grievance Committee[3]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9
Incumbent Randy Wilson defeated William Demond in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Wilson (R) | 52.9 | 849,980 | |
 | William Demond (D) | 47.1 | 756,443 | |
| Total votes: 1,606,423 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9
William Demond defeated Chris Conrad in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | William Demond | 62.2 | 125,636 |
 | Chris Conrad | 37.8 | 76,487 | |
| Total votes: 202,123 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9
Incumbent Randy Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Wilson | 100.0 | 251,345 | |
| Total votes: 251,345 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas 157th District Court
Tanya Garrison defeated incumbent Randy Wilson in the general election for Texas 157th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tanya Garrison (D) | 55.2 | 654,006 |
| Randy Wilson (R) | 44.8 | 530,354 | ||
| Total votes: 1,184,360 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court
Tanya Garrison advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tanya Garrison | 100.0 | 136,053 |
| Total votes: 136,053 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court
Incumbent Randy Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Randy Wilson | 100.0 | 116,595 | |
| Total votes: 116,595 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Wilson ran for re-election to the 157th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He defeated Jim Peacock in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 54.9 percent of the vote.
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2010
Wilson defeated Shawn Thierry in the general election for the 157th District Court, winning 56.9 percent of the vote.[7]
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.[8]
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."[9]
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;*[10]
- 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.[8]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[8]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Randy Wilson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott, "Governor Abbott To Appoint Wilson To Fourteenth Court Of Appeals," December 21, 2020
- ↑ Law.com, "A Susman Godfrey Partner Just Rose to Judge of Houston's 14th Court of Appeals," December 21, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedqna - ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)"
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Election History," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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
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