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Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2028

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Sonya Aston (Republican Party) is a judge of the Texas 80th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Aston (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 80th District Court. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Sonya Aston earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas in 1986 and a J.D. from South Texas College in 1993.^[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Texas 80th District Court

Sonya Aston defeated incumbent Jeralynn Manor in the general election for Texas 80th District Court on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sonya Aston (R)	50.0	731,731
		Jeralynn Manor (D)	50.0	731,084

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,462,815
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 80th District Court

Incumbent Jeralynn Manor advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 80th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeralynn Manor	100.0	137,667

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 137,667
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 80th District Court

Sonya Aston advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 80th District Court on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sonya Aston	100.0	142,678

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,678
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Aston in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Texas 157th District Court

Incumbent Tanya Garrison defeated Sonya Aston in the general election for Texas 157th District Court on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tanya Garrison (D)	51.6	551,298
		Sonya Aston (R)	48.4	517,866

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,069,164
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court

Incumbent Tanya Garrison advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tanya Garrison	100.0	143,578

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 143,578
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court

Sonya Aston advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 157th District Court on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sonya Aston	100.0	142,673

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,673
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2012

Aston ran for election to the 127th District Court, but was defeated by fellow Republican Russell Lloyd in the primary election. Lloyd will compete against incumbent R.K. Sandill in the general election.

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Sonya Aston did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Sonya Aston completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Aston's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a sixth generation Houston dedicated to providing the best to Harris County. As an experienced litigator, I focused on environmental, construction, and business litigation. For eight years I was the Administrator of Elections for Harris County, serving over 2.5 million registered voters, Currently, I am general counsel to Senator Paul Bettencourt as well as focusing on governmental relations, election integrity, and general counsel for small businesses.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

A candidate for the 157th State Judicial District Court for the November 8, 2022 Election. Your time, money, family and community are very valuable and should be handled with courtesy, respect and without bias under the laws of this great nation and state.
Recently, I was asked what was the most important case or issue of my career. The answer I gave was that every matter that was before me was an important issue to the parties involved, perhaps the most important issue of their lives. I am committed to treating every matter with importance, impartiality, and efficiency to provide the best opportunity for a fair outcome based on the principles of the laws of this great state and this nation.
I have the leadership skills, experience, and dedication to provide the best to Harris County

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Election Integrity, Public law, Environment, Education

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Education

Aston received her undergraduate degree from University of Texas at Austin and her J.D. from South Texas College of Law.^[2]

Career

Aston is working as in-house counsel for the Harris County Tax Office. She began her career with the City of Houston doing construction litigation and environmental enforcement.^[3]

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Candidate

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Footnotes

↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 29, 2022
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