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Lori Brissette
2025 - Present
2030
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Lori Brissette (Republican Party) is a judge for Place 4 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Brissette (Republican Party) ran for election for the Place 4 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Brissette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lori Brissette was born in Texas. She graduated from J. Frank Dobie High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and a law degree from the South Texas College of Law in 1993.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Lori Brissette defeated incumbent Luz Elena Chapa in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Brissette (R)  | 51.9 | 567,689 |
 | Luz Elena Chapa (D) | 48.1 | 525,857 | |
| Total votes: 1,093,546 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Incumbent Luz Elena Chapa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luz Elena Chapa | 100.0 | 104,204 |
| Total votes: 104,204 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4
Lori Brissette advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Brissette | 100.0 | 141,277 |
| Total votes: 141,277 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brissette in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lori Brissette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brissette's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need judges who work hard and who put the people we serve above our own needs. This Court used to be the most efficient and effective court of appeals in the state of Texas but as of August 2023 we were ranked last. We have judges who went home in the pandemic and have not returned to work regularly at the courthouse and with their colleagues on the court. That choice impacts the quality of what we do and delays justice for our constituents. It’s time to put Justice back to work.
- We need judges who have the character needed to limit their own power. Judges are extremely powerful and have very little supervision or accountability. We can take your children away, foreclose on your home, shutter your business, and put you in jail. To honor our oath, to respect the institution we serve, and to ensure we are fair, we must limit ourselves by the law. It doesn’t matter what we personally want the result to be. It matters what the law tells us it should be. Judges should not use the bench as a bully pulpit to advance their own agenda. Instead, we need to exercise self-restraint and serve - first - the greater communal need for a fair and impartial judiciary.
- I believe that to get respect you should seek to earn it. We pay judges great respect. They wear the black robe and sit higher than everyone else in the room. We stand when they enter a room. And we call them ‘Your Honor.’ I promise that, in exchange for the opportunity to serve, I will work hard every day to EARN the respect afforded the position I hold.
-We are part of something bigger than ourselves and should use our time on Earth to make things better for others.
-You should know who you are and be that person regardless of whether anyone is watching.
- Work at the courthouse and not my home;
- Build and maintain relationships with my colleagues so that I can participate in healthy intellectual debate and challenge;
- Manage my docket so that we meet all deadlines and ensure justice is rendered in a timely fashion;
My first job after law school was as a Briefing Attorney at the Texas Supreme Court - a very competitive position offered only to those at the top of their law school classes.
- does the Judge show up for work?
- does the Judge effectively manage her docket?
- how many times has the Judge been reversed (not just the opinions she signed but those she sat on the panel for)
- how many times has a conduct complaint been filed against the Judge?
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
External links
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Candidate Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 |
Officeholder Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2024
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Luz Elena Chapa (D) |
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 4 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Patricia Alvarez (D) |
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 3 2024-2024 |
Succeeded by Todd McCray (R) |
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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
