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'''Guadalupe "Lupe" Rivera''' was a justice on the [[Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals]].  She was elected to this position on [[C2008#November|November 4, 2008]] and took office on [[C2008#December|December 1, 2008]].<ref name="bio">[http://www.8thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_grivera.asp Official biography of Justice Rivera]</reF> She was re-elected on [[c2012#November|November 6, 2012]] to a term that would have expired on [[C2018#December|December 31, 2018]].<ref>[http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/judgeplaces.shtml Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms]</ref><ref name="tsv">[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2012/by_state/TX_Page_0529.html?SITE=TXHOUELN&SECTION=POLITICS 2012 Texas Summary Vote-Results ]</ref> She retired in August 2014.<ref name=Retire>[http://www.law360.com/articles/586577/texas-gov-appoints-new-appellate-judge-in-el-paso ''Law 360'', "Texas Gov. Appoints New Appellate Judge in El Paso," October 14, 2014]</ref>
'''Guadalupe "Lupe" Rivera''' was a justice on the [[Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals]].  She was elected to this position on [[C2008#November|November 4, 2008]] and took office on [[C2008#December|December 1, 2008]].<ref name="bio">[http://www.8thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_grivera.asp Official biography of Justice Rivera]</reF> She was re-elected on [[c2012#November|November 6, 2012]] to a term that would have expired on [[C2018#December|December 31, 2018]].<ref>[http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/judgeplaces.shtml Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms]</ref><ref name="tsv">[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2012/by_state/TX_Page_0529.html?SITE=TXHOUELN&SECTION=POLITICS 2012 Texas Summary Vote-Results ]</ref> She retired in August 2014.<ref name=Retire>[http://www.law360.com/articles/586577/texas-gov-appoints-new-appellate-judge-in-el-paso ''Law 360'', "Texas Gov. Appoints New Appellate Judge in El Paso," October 14, 2014]</ref>

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Guadalupe Rivera
Democratic Party
Prior offices:
Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 3
Education
Bachelor's
University of Texas, El Paso
Law
University of Texas School of Law


Guadalupe "Lupe" Rivera was a justice on the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She was elected to this position on November 4, 2008 and took office on December 1, 2008.[1] She was re-elected on November 6, 2012 to a term that would have expired on December 31, 2018.[2][3] She retired in August 2014.[4]

Education

Rivera received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1981.[1]

Career

Rivera began her legal career as an assistant district attorney for the 34th Judicial District. She became a judge in 1985, when she was appointed court master for the El Paso district courts. She judged family law cases and was also appointed a criminal law magistrate. She was elected to the 168th District Court in 1990 and held this position until her election to the Court of Appeals in 2008.[1]

Elections

2012

Rivera ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012 and was re-elected with 100 percent of the vote.[5] [6][3]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official biography of Justice Rivera
  2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2012 Texas Summary Vote-Results
  4. ↑ Law 360, "Texas Gov. Appoints New Appellate Judge in El Paso," October 14, 2014
  5. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
  6. ↑ Texas Republican Party, 2012 Candidate Filing


Texas courts

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

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