Richard Price
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Richard Price (Republican Party) was a judge of the Texas 285th District Court. He left office in 2018.
Price (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 285th District Court. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 285th District Court
Aaron Haas defeated incumbent Richard Price in the general election for Texas 285th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aaron Haas (D) | 55.9 | 297,786 | |
| Richard Price (R) | 44.1 | 235,064 | ||
| Total votes: 532,850 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 285th District Court
Aaron Haas advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 285th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aaron Haas | 100.0 | 66,412 | |
| Total votes: 66,412 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 285th District Court
Incumbent Richard Price advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 285th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Richard Price | 100.0 | 50,774 | |
| Total votes: 50,774 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Price ran for re-election to the 285th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He defeated Raymond A. Villareal in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 53.8 percent of the vote.
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2010
Price defeated Rosie Alvarado in the general election, winning 54.68% of the vote.[4]
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.[5]
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."[6]
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;*[7]
- 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.[5]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[5]
Education
Price received an undergraduate degree from Trinity University, a master's degree from Incarnate Word University, and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law.[8]
Career
- 2010-2018: Judge, 285th District Court
- 2007-2010: Of counsel, Ball & Weed, P.C.
- 2005-2006: Judge, 408th District Court (Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry)
- 1992-2005: Attorney, Frank R. Rivas and Associates
- 1989-1992: Attorney, House and House, P.C.[9]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010: Best Attorneys in San Antonio, SA Scene Magazine
Associations
- Member, San Antonio Academy Alumni Council
- Member, Rotary Club of San Antonio
- 2006-2010: Board of directors, Any Baby Can Children’s Chairty
- 2008: Chairman, Giving Society Luncheon
- 2007: Co-chairman, Giving Society Luncheon
- 2007-2009: Leadership council, American Lung Association
- 2005-2006: Board member, Juvenile Board of Bexar County[9]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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)" (Search "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
- ↑ Bexar County Board of Elections, "Election Results," 2010
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
- ↑ Office of the Governor Rick Perry, "Gov. Perry Appoints Price as Judge of 408th District Court in Bexar County," August 23, 2005
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 San Antonio Express, "News Judicial Questionnaire/2010 Richard Price," accessed August 15, 2014
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