Lisa Soto

Lisa Soto (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 2 of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.

Soto (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 2 judge of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Lisa Soto won election in the general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Soto (D)	100.0	174,533

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 174,533
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Lisa Soto advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Soto	100.0	31,974

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,974
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Soto in this election.

2022

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

General election

Special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Lisa Soto defeated incumbent Jeff Alley in the special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Soto (D)	60.4	111,838
	Submit photo	Jeff Alley (R)	39.6	73,367

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 185,205
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Lisa Soto defeated Veronica Lerma in the special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Lisa Soto	54.6	21,005
	Submit photo	Veronica Lerma	45.4	17,498

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,503
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Jeff Alley advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jeff Alley	100.0	21,289

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,289
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Lisa Soto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Lisa Soto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

Search Google News for this topic

Candidate

Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Facebook

Instagram

Officeholder

Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Website

Personal

Website

Footnotes

Ballotpedia

About

Overview • What people are saying • Support Ballotpedia • Contact • Contribute • Job opportunities

---

Executive: Leslie Graves, Founder and CEO • Gwen Beattie, Chief Operating Officer

Communications: Alison Graves, Director of Communications • Carley Allensworth • Abigail Campbell • Sarah Groat • Nathaniel Harwood • Dillon Redmond
External Relations: Geoff Pallay, Director of External Relations • Ken Carbullido, Vice President of Election Product and Technology Strategy • Ashley Fleming • Thomas Mardik • Hannah Nelson
Operations: Meghann Olshefski, Director of Operations • Amanda Herbert • Mandy Morris • Caroline Presnell • Kelly Rindfleisch
Tech: Matt Latourelle, Director of Technology Operations • Ryan Burch • Kirsten Corrao • Beth Dellea • Travis Eden • Tate Kamish • Margaret Kearney • Eric Lotto • Joseph Sanchez • Mary Susmitha

Contributors: Scott Rasmussen

---

Editorial Content

Josh Altic, Director of Content • Daniel Anderson, Associate Director of Elections & Data • Cory Eucalitto, Associate Director of Features • Ryan Byrne, Managing Editor of Ballot Measures • Mandy McConnell, Managing Editor of News • Doug Kronaizl, Managing Editor of Local Expansion • Abbey Smith, Managing Editor of Elections • Janie Valentine, Managing Editor of Law • Joel Williams, Managing Editor of Events • Joseph Greaney, Managing Editor of Policy • Andrew Bahl • Jaclyn Beran • Marielle Bricker • Joseph Brusgard • Emma Burlingame • Kelly Coyle • Jon Dunn • Victoria Edwards • Thomas Ellis • Nicole Fisher • Thomas Grobben • Brianna Hosea • Molly Kehoe • Tyler King • Glorie Martinez • Norm Leahy, Senior Editor • Nathan Maxwell • Jimmy McAllister • Brandon McCauley • Andrew McNair • Ellie Mikus • Mackenzie Murphy • Kaley Platek • Samantha Post • Adam Powell • Annelise Reinwald • Spencer Richardson • Victoria Rose • Briana Ryan • Myj Saintyl • Maddy Salucka • Emma Soukup • Alexis Thacker • Mina Vogel • Samuel Wonacott • Trenton Woodcox