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Tanya Garrison
Tanya Garrison (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 157th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Garrison (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 157th District Court. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Garrison attended the University of Houston Law School. She has worked as a commercial litigator with an emphasis on civil appellate law. She has been associated with the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, the Association of Women Attorneys, and the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Board.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 157th District Court
Incumbent Tanya Garrison defeated Sonya Aston in the general election for Texas 157th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tanya Garrison (D) | 51.6 | 551,298 |
 | Sonya Aston (R)  | 48.4 | 517,866 | |
| Total votes: 1,069,164 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court
Incumbent Tanya Garrison advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tanya Garrison | 100.0 | 143,578 |
| Total votes: 143,578 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court
Sonya Aston advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sonya Aston | 100.0 | 142,673 |
| Total votes: 142,673 | |||
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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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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.[2]
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."[3]
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;*[4]
- 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.[2]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[2]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tanya Garrison did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
Open courts where all people are treated with the same respect and dignity.[5] |
” |
| —Tanya Garrison[1] | ||
Noteworthy cases
Proposition B ruled unconstitutional
On May 15, 2019, Judge Garrison ruled against Proposition B, stating that the measure "is unconstitutional and void in its entirety." The ruling granted the Houston Police Officers' Union's motion opposing Proposition B. The proposition was designed to match city firefighters' pay to that of city police officers. Judge Garrison denied the motion in defense of Proposition B made by the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, stating that the measure conflicted with state collective bargaining laws.[6]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas 157th District Court |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on August 3, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ KHOU 11 ,"Mayor Turner: 'No layoffs, no demotions' after judge rules Prop B unconstitutional," May 15, 2019
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
