Vidal Martinez
Vidal Martinez (Republican Party) ran for election for Harris County Judge in Texas. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Martinez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Vidal Martinez was born in El Paso, Texas. He earned a law degree from the University of Houston in 1977. His career experience includes working as a managing partner.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Harris County Judge
Incumbent Lina Hidalgo defeated Alex Mealer and Naoufal Houjami in the general election for Harris County Judge on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lina Hidalgo (D) | 50.8 | 552,903 |
 | Alex Mealer (R) | 49.2 | 534,720 | |
 | Naoufal Houjami (Independent) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 241 | |
| Total votes: 1,087,864 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Harris County Judge
Alex Mealer defeated Vidal Martinez in the Republican primary runoff for Harris County Judge on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Mealer | 75.4 | 85,778 |
| Vidal Martinez | 24.6 | 27,952 | ||
| Total votes: 113,730 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Judge
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Harris County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lina Hidalgo | 70.3 | 113,845 |
 | Erica Davis | 14.7 | 23,878 | |
| Georgia Provost | 6.2 | 10,071 | ||
| Maria Garcia | 3.7 | 6,058 | ||
| Kevin Howard | 2.9 | 4,635 | ||
 | Ahmad Hassan | 2.1 | 3,412 | |
| Total votes: 161,899 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Judge
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Harris County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Mealer | 29.5 | 50,435 |
| ✔ | Vidal Martinez | 25.9 | 44,216 | |
 | Martina Lemond Dixon | 15.2 | 25,912 | |
| Randy Kubosh | 9.6 | 16,388 | ||
| Warren Howell | 7.8 | 13,346 | ||
| Oscar Gonzales | 4.3 | 7,316 | ||
| Robert Dorris | 4.1 | 7,036 | ||
| George Zoes | 2.5 | 4,287 | ||
| H.Q. Bolanos | 1.2 | 2,008 | ||
| Total votes: 170,944 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Martinez's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vidal Martinez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Martinez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Fixing the current crime wave:the majority of Americans at 75% say more police are needed on the streets amid concerns over a rise in violent crime nationwide. Defunding and demoralizing our law enforcement only encourages criminals and makes our communities less safe. Yet in June 2021, Hidalgo singularly decided to strip an estimated $20 million away from Harris County Constables. While these funds were supposed to be re-directed into other avenues of crime-fighting, the reality is that they were set aside for Judge Hidalgo and the Court to use as needed for any other budget shortfall or social program experiment.
- Flooding remains a top concern:in August 2018, Harris County voters passed a $2.5 billion flood bond to help communities that needed it most, but under Hidalgo’s failed leadership, Commissioners Court has repeatedly tried to divert those funds to non-flooding related projects. It is illegal to use it for any other purpose than the approved projects that are tied to the funds. As County Judge, I would assure Harris County taxpayers that every dollar funded through the approved bond will be spent as promised. The passage of any bonds is a contract with the voters to spend those funds in exactly the manner they approved. I will honor those contracts.
- Ousting corruption: the items Hidalgo and her Democrat colleagues have tried to push through Commissioners Court are unprecedented and sorely lack transparency and integrity. One of the first priorities for newly elected County Judge Lina Hidalgo was to push through an historic 8% property tax increase – the maximum property tax increase allowed. Democrats thought their 3-2 majority on the Court would make this an easy task and they would not need to get any approval from voters. Fortunately, Harris County residents were spared this illegal and burdensome increase by the other Republican Commissioners Steve Radack and Jack Cagle on the Court who broke quorum in order to protect ta
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 24, 2022
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