Tonya Rolland McLaughlin
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 4 of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
McLaughlin (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 4 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin earned a bachelor's degree from Texas State University in 2003 and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2006.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin defeated incumbent Charles Spain in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tonya Rolland McLaughlin (R) | 53.4 | 1,188,161 |
 | Charles Spain (D)  | 46.6 | 1,035,330 | |
| Total votes: 2,223,491 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Incumbent Charles Spain defeated Derek Obialo in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charles Spain | 55.1 | 110,469 |
 | Derek Obialo | 44.9 | 90,153 | |
| Total votes: 200,622 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin defeated Steve Rogers in the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tonya Rolland McLaughlin | 51.9 | 149,814 |
 | Steve Rogers | 48.1 | 138,819 | |
| Total votes: 288,633 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for McLaughlin in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 262nd District Court
Incumbent Lori Chambers Gray defeated Tonya Rolland McLaughlin in the general election for Texas 262nd District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Chambers Gray (D) | 50.3 | 533,950 |
| Tonya Rolland McLaughlin (R) | 49.7 | 527,139 | |
| Total votes: 1,061,089 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 262nd District Court
Incumbent Lori Chambers Gray advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 262nd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Chambers Gray | 100.0 | 138,898 |
| Total votes: 138,898 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 262nd District Court
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 262nd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tonya Rolland McLaughlin | 100.0 | 137,814 |
| Total votes: 137,814 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
McLaughlin ran for election to the Harris County Criminal Court at Law.
Primary: She was successful in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 29.0 percent of the vote. She competed against Mary Heafner, Ken Wenzel and Dan Jeffrey Spjut.
Runoff: Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, McLaughlin faced Spjut in a runoff election on May 27, 2014. She was defeated, earning 41.0% of the vote.
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Tonya Rolland McLaughlin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McLaughlin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need to return trials to return justice.
- All of us deserve to live in a safe neighborhood.
- Nobody benefits when the courts are not efficient.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 |
Officeholder Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 16, 2022
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Tonya Rolland McLaughlin," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ ABC Eyewitness News, "Texas Elections," May 28, 2014
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| Preceded by Charles Spain (D) |
Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 4 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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