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Stephani Walsh
Stephani Walsh (Republican Party) was a judge of the Texas 45th District Court. She left office in 2018.
Walsh (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 407th District Court. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Stephani Walsh attended San Antonio College and Texas A&M University for her undergraduate degree, and graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing in 1977. She received her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1985.[1]
Below is a brief timeline of her career:
- 2015-2018: Judge, 45th District Court
- 1991-2014: Solo practitioner
- 1985-1991: Attorney, Law Offices of Pat Maloney
Walsh was a registered nurse in the Bexar County Hospital System for several years before attending law school.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 407th District Court
Tina Torres defeated Stephani Walsh in the general election for Texas 407th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tina Torres (D) | 57.6 | 423,847 |
| Stephani Walsh (R) | 42.4 | 312,163 | ||
| Total votes: 736,010 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 407th District Court
Tina Torres defeated Maribel Cruz in the Democratic primary for Texas 407th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tina Torres | 66.5 | 98,382 |
| Maribel Cruz | 33.5 | 49,592 | ||
| Total votes: 147,974 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 407th District Court
Stephani Walsh advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 407th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephani Walsh | 100.0 | 70,557 | |
| Total votes: 70,557 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 45th District Court
Mary Lou Alvarez defeated incumbent Stephani Walsh in the general election for Texas 45th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Lou Alvarez (D) | 56.9 | 304,922 |
| Stephani Walsh (R) | 43.1 | 230,997 | ||
| Total votes: 535,919 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 45th District Court
Mary Lou Alvarez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 45th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Lou Alvarez | 100.0 | 70,272 |
| Total votes: 70,272 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 45th District Court
Incumbent Stephani Walsh advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 45th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephani Walsh | 100.0 | 51,719 | |
| Total votes: 51,719 | |||
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2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Walsh ran for election to the 45th District Court.
General: She defeated John Bustamante in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 53.4 percent of the vote.
Primary: She was successful in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 54.9 percent of the vote. She competed against Joseph P. Appelt.[2][3]
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]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Stephani Walsh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Candidate caught on tape defacing opponent's campaign signs
In the race for judge of the 45th District Court, Walsh's opponent, Joe Appelt, was apparently captured on video using a razor to cut through duct tape that was used to repair a Walsh campaign sign. According to Walsh, her son and husband put up a camera after they found that their signs in the area near Appelt's home were missing. In addition to footage that seemed to show Appelt destroying one of the signs, other footage captured a teenage girl taking down a sign and discarding it in some bushes, as well as a person in a hooded sweatshirt and glasses who resembled Appelt, defacing another sign.[7]
According to Appelt, the sign he was caught defacing had been up for 2 years. He said,
| “ | I could get into the legality of a 2-year old sign for a court that neither one of us is running for, but the bottom line is: would I have handled this differently? Absolutely.[7][8] | ” |
After confirming the incident, the San Antonio Police Officers' Association pulled their endorsement of Appelt. The president of the association, Mike Helle, said the group couldn't endorse a candidate who behaved in such a manner.[7]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Official website of Bexar County, Texas
- Stephani Walsh for Judge campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephani Walsh for Judge, "Meet Stephani," archived August 14, 2014
- ↑ 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")
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 San Antonio Express-News, "Judge hopeful caught defacing rival's signs loses endorsement," February 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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