Tracy Holmes
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2014 - Present
2026
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Tracy Holmes (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 363rd District Court. She assumed office in 2014. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Holmes (Democratic Party) won re-election for judge of the Texas 363rd District Court outright after the general election on November 8, 2022, was canceled.
Education
Holmes earned a B.A. in English from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977. She went on to receive her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1980, and she was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1983.[1]
Career
Prior to joining the district court in 2007, Holmes worked for over 20 years as a criminal attorney. She also has experience as a prosecutor for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office and as an adjunct professor at El Centro College.[2][3]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Tracy Holmes won election in the general election for Texas 363rd District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 363rd District Court
Incumbent Tracy Holmes advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 363rd District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracy Holmes | 100.0 | 114,058 | |
| Total votes: 114,058 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 363rd District Court
Incumbent Tracy Holmes won election in the general election for Texas 363rd District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracy Holmes (D) | 100.0 | 471,251 | |
| Total votes: 471,251 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 363rd District Court
Incumbent Tracy Holmes advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 363rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tracy Holmes | 100.0 | 92,875 | |
| Total votes: 92,875 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Holmes ran for re-election to the 363rd District Court.
Primary: She was successful in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 70.8 percent of the vote. She competed against Nigel H. Redmond.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
[4][5][6]
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.[7]
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."[8]
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;*[9]
- 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.[7]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[7]
2010
Holmes won the Democratic primary and was re-elected to the 363rd District Court after running unopposed in the general election.[2]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tracy Holmes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ North Dallas Texas Democratic Women, "363rd Judicial District, Criminal," accessed May 20, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official campaign website of Tracy Holmes, accessed May 20, 2015
- ↑ Texas State Directory Online, "Tracy Holmes (D)," cached 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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 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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