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Todd McCray
Todd McCray (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 3 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2030.
McCray (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 3 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Todd McCray lives in San Antonio, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986 and a J.D. degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1990. McCray's career experience includes working as an assistant district attorney at the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and as a managing partner at the Law Office of H. Todd McCray.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Todd McCray defeated Cynthia Marie Chapa in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Todd McCray (R) | 51.3 | 561,713 |
| Cynthia Marie Chapa (D) | 48.7 | 532,364 | ||
| Total votes: 1,094,077 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Cynthia Marie Chapa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Marie Chapa | 100.0 | 104,384 | |
| Total votes: 104,384 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Todd McCray defeated Michael Ritter in the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 55.0 | 83,019 |
 | Michael Ritter | 45.0 | 68,037 | |
| Total votes: 151,056 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McCray in this election.
2022
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Irene Alarcon Rios (D) | 50.6 | 410,773 | |
| Todd McCray (R) | 49.4 | 400,399 | |
| Total votes: 811,172 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Irene Alarcon Rios | 100.0 | 129,445 | |
| Total votes: 129,445 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Todd McCray advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 100.0 | 129,604 |
| Total votes: 129,604 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas 226th District Court
Velia Meza defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas 226th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Velia Meza (D) | 57.3 | 305,545 |
| Todd McCray (R) | 42.7 | 227,963 | |
| Total votes: 533,508 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court
Todd McCray defeated Libby Wiedermann in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 50.5 | 12,417 |
| Libby Wiedermann | 49.5 | 12,178 | ||
| Total votes: 24,595 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court
Velia Meza defeated Joel Perez in the Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Velia Meza | 65.9 | 49,552 |
| Joel Perez | 34.1 | 25,688 | ||
| Total votes: 75,240 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court
Libby Wiedermann and Todd McCray advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kristen Mulliner and David P. Martin in the Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Libby Wiedermann | 27.6 | 15,339 | |
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 26.7 | 14,828 |
| Kristen Mulliner | 23.7 | 13,195 | ||
| David P. Martin | 22.0 | 12,209 | ||
| Total votes: 55,571 | |||
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Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.[3]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[3]
- be at least 25 years old;
- be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
- have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Todd McCray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Todd McCray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 |
Officeholder Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Lori Brissette |
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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
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