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Wayne Mallia
Wayne Mallia was a 2016 candidate for the Texas 56th District Court in Texas.[1] He was defeated in the primary election on March 1, 2016.
Education
Mallia earned his B.A. in psychology from the University of Texas-Austin. He later received his J.D. from St. Mary's School of Law.[2]
Career
Mallia served as a judge for Texas District 405 from 2000 to 2013. He is a senior district judge and a mediator.[2]
Campaign themes
2016
Mallia's campaign website listed the following themes for his 2016 campaign:
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My years of public service have made me very committed and passionate about maintaining the integrity of our judicial system. I have happily committed my career, experience and talents to serving the good people of Galveston County as a dedicated, fair, impartial and hard-working judge. These are qualities I expect any sitting judge to be upholding and they are the key principles of which the public expects from it’s judiciary. However, I can no longer sit idly by as the sitting judge of the 56th District Court, Lonnie Cox, continues to shred the Texas Constitution – the very fabric of what makes our Republic the greatest in the Nation. A judge should fairly interpret and follow the letter of the law; A judge should never exert his authority to further his personal interests or vendettas outside the courtroom; A judge should always treat everyone with dignity and respect inside and outside of his court; Most importantly, a judge should be resolving disputes, not creating and perpetuating frivolous lawsuits at the expense of taxpayers. Our nation is at a crossroads. One where the third branch of government, our judiciary, has stopped interpreting the law and has begun creating the law. It is time that we as citizens take a stand and stop this judicial activism being seen not only from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. but right here in our own backyard. [3] |
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| —Wayne Mallia (2016), [2] | ||
Elections
2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[4] Incumbent Lonnie Cox defeated Wayne Mallia in the Texas 56th District Court Republican primary.[1]
| Texas 56th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lonnie Cox Incumbent |
63.60% | 20,234 |
| Wayne Mallia | 36.40% | 11,579 |
| Total Votes | 31,813 | |
| Source: Galveston County, Texas, "Cumulative Report-Unofficial," March 1, 2016 | ||
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.[5]
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."[6]
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;*[7]
- 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.[5]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[5]
Endorsements
Mallia received the following endorsements in 2016:[8]
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility
- Empower Texans
- Texas Home School Association
- Texas Right to Life
- Texans for Public Safety
- Galveston County Republican Leadership Committee
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallia Mediation & Arbitration, "About Judge Mallia," accessed February 15, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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
- ↑ Wayne Mallia for 56th District Court Judge, "Endorsements," accessed February 15, 2016
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
