Walden Shelton
Walden Shelton (Republican Party) was a judge for Number 9 of the Bexar County Court of Law in Texas. He left office in 2018.
Shelton (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 187th District Court. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Walden Shelton received his undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 1985, his M.S.M. degree from The American College in 1993, and his J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University in 1998.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 187th District Court
Incumbent Stephanie R. Boyd defeated Walden Shelton in the general election for Texas 187th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie R. Boyd (D) | 57.4 | 298,177 |
 | Walden Shelton (R) | 42.6 | 221,404 | |
| Total votes: 519,581 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 187th District Court
Incumbent Stephanie R. Boyd defeated Veronica Legarreta in the Democratic primary for Texas 187th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie R. Boyd | 52.0 | 44,542 |
| Veronica Legarreta | 48.0 | 41,042 | ||
| Total votes: 85,584 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 187th District Court
Walden Shelton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 187th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walden Shelton | 100.0 | 66,263 |
| Total votes: 66,263 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 399th District Court
Incumbent Frank Castro defeated Walden Shelton in the general election for Texas 399th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frank Castro (D) | 58.5 | 430,226 |
| Walden Shelton (R) | 41.5 | 305,770 | |
| Total votes: 735,996 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 399th District Court
Incumbent Frank Castro defeated Gabe Quintanilla in the Democratic primary for Texas 399th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Castro | 56.0 | 83,032 |
| Gabe Quintanilla | 44.0 | 65,315 | ||
| Total votes: 148,347 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 399th District Court
Walden Shelton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 399th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walden Shelton | 100.0 | 70,899 |
| Total votes: 70,899 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9
Gloria Saldaña defeated incumbent Walden Shelton in the general election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gloria Saldaña (D) | 57.8 | 308,472 | |
| Walden Shelton (R) | 42.2 | 225,347 | |
| Total votes: 533,819 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9
Gloria Saldaña advanced from the Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gloria Saldaña | 100.0 | 69,454 | |
| Total votes: 69,454 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9
Incumbent Walden Shelton advanced from the Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 9 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walden Shelton | 100.0 | 49,811 |
| Total votes: 49,811 | |||
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2014
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Shelton ran for re-election to the Bexar County Court at Law No. 9.
- General: He defeated Carlos Quezada in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 53.9 percent of the vote.
- Primary: He was successful in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 62.5 percent of the vote. He competed against Linda Molina.[2][3][4]
2010
Shelton defeated incumbent Democrat Laura Salinas in the general election for the Bexar County Court at Law No. 9, winning 52.39% of the vote.[5]
Awards and associations
Awards
- Fellow, The College of The State Bar of Texas[1]
Associations
- Member, Phi Delta Phi
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, The College of the State Bar of Texas[1]
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.[6]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[6]
- 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
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Walden Shelton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Walden Shelton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted to Judgepedia via biographical submission form on November 27, 2011
- ↑ 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 "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
- ↑ Bexar County Board of Elections, "General Election Results," 2010
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
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