Yahara Lisa Gutierrez
Yahara Lisa Gutierrez was a judge of the Texas 65th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2009. She left office on December 31, 2024.
Gutierrez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 65th District Court. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Gutierrez received her undergraduate degree from University of Texas - Permian Basin and her J.D. from Texas Tech University. After graduation from law school, she worked in private practice for several years. In 1999, she moved to the County Attorney's Office.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in El Paso County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 65th District Court
Incumbent Yahara Lisa Gutierrez won election in the general election for Texas 65th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Yahara Lisa Gutierrez (D) | 100.0 | 202,306 | |
| Total votes: 202,306 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 65th District Court
Incumbent Yahara Lisa Gutierrez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 65th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Yahara Lisa Gutierrez | 100.0 | 55,725 | |
| Total votes: 55,725 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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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.[2] Incumbent Yahara Lisa Gutierrez ran unopposed in the Texas 65th District Court Democratic primary.[3]
| Texas 65th District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Yahara Lisa Gutierrez Incumbent | ||
Yahara Lisa Gutierrez won without opposition in the general election.
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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
- 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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Gutierrez was re-elected without opposition to the 65th District Court.[7]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Yahara Lisa Gutierrez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Campaign Website Bio
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
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