Rhonda Hurley

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Rhonda Hurley
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Prior offices
Texas 98th District Court

Education

Bachelor's

Baylor University

Law

Baylor University

Rhonda Hurley was a judge of the Texas 98th District Court. She assumed office in 2009. She left office on December 31, 2024.

Hurley (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 98th District Court. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Biography

Rhonda Hurley received her undergraduate degree and her J.D. from Baylor University.[1]

Elections

2020

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

General election

General election for Texas 98th District Court

Incumbent Rhonda Hurley won election in the general election for Texas 98th District Court on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhonda Hurley
Rhonda Hurley (D)
 
100.0
 
431,024

Total votes: 431,024
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 98th District Court

Incumbent Rhonda Hurley advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 98th District Court on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhonda Hurley
Rhonda Hurley
 
100.0
 
170,534

Total votes: 170,534
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2016

See also: Texas local trial court judicial 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.[2] Incumbent Rhonda Hurley ran unopposed in the Texas 98th District Court Democratic primary.[3]

Texas 98th District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Rhonda Hurley Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 105,341
Total Votes 105,341
Source: Travis County Clerk, "Unofficial Results: Democratic Cumulative Results," accessed March 2, 2016

Rhonda Hurley 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]

2012

Hurley was re-elected without opposition to the 98th District Court.[7]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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See also


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Footnotes