Staci Williams
Staci Williams (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 101st District Court. She assumed office in 2014. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Williams (Democratic Party) ran for election as Chief Justice of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Williams received her bachelor's degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and her J.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[1]
Career
Williams has worked as corporate counsel in the defense telecommunications and retail industries. She has served as a trial attorney and an administrative judge for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, a municipal judge in Dallas and an attorney in private practice. Williams has also been on the arbitrator panels for the U.S. Postal Service, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers).[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
J.J. Koch defeated Staci Williams in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | J.J. Koch (R) | 50.4 | 768,582 |
 | Staci Williams (D) | 49.6 | 755,069 | |
| Total votes: 1,523,651 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Staci Williams defeated Dennise Garcia in the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Staci Williams | 53.9 | 83,464 |
 | Dennise Garcia | 46.1 | 71,274 | |
| Total votes: 154,738 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
J.J. Koch advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | J.J. Koch | 100.0 | 188,764 |
| Total votes: 188,764 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Staci Williams won election in the general election for Texas 101st District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 101st District Court
Incumbent Staci Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 101st District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Staci Williams | 100.0 | 116,374 |
| Total votes: 116,374 | |||
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2020
See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 7
Incumbent Jeffrey S. Boyd defeated Staci Williams and William Bryan Strange in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeffrey S. Boyd (R) | 53.3 | 5,843,420 |
| Staci Williams (D) | 44.4 | 4,861,649 | |
| William Bryan Strange (L) | 2.3 | 256,742 | ||
| Total votes: 10,961,811 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 7
Staci Williams defeated Brandy Voss in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 7 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Staci Williams | 65.1 | 1,134,105 |
 | Brandy Voss | 34.9 | 608,288 | |
| Total votes: 1,742,393 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 7
Incumbent Jeffrey S. Boyd advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 7 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey S. Boyd | 100.0 | 1,702,071 |
| Total votes: 1,702,071 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 7
William Bryan Strange advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 7 on August 3, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | William Bryan Strange (L) | |
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas 101st District Court
Incumbent Staci Williams defeated Mike Lee in the general election for Texas 101st District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Staci Williams (D) | 64.2 | 451,238 |
 | Mike Lee (R) | 35.8 | 251,390 | |
| Total votes: 702,628 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 101st District Court
Incumbent Staci Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 101st District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Staci Williams | 100.0 | 98,768 |
| Total votes: 98,768 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 101st District Court
Mike Lee advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 101st District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Lee | 100.0 | 54,664 |
| Total votes: 54,664 | |||
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2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Williams ran for election to the 101st District Court.
Primary: She was successful in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 63.2 percent of the vote. She competed against Martin Lowy.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.[2][3][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]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Staci Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Staci Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Staci Williams did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staci Williams for Judge campaign website, "About Staci Williams," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ 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 "Dallas")
- ↑ Dallas County Board of Elections, "Democratic Party Primary Election March 4, 2014," March 11, 2014
- ↑ 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
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