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Yvonne Rodriguez
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Prior offices:
Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice
Years in office: 2021 - 2023

Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Years in office: 2013 - 2021
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 3, 2020

Yvonne Rodriguez (Democratic Party) was a judge for Chief Justice of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. She left office in 2023.

Rodriguez (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Chief Justice judge of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Rodriguez was elected as chief justice of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals in 2020. She was first elected to the court in 2012. She previously represented Place 2 on the court from 2013 to 2021.

Before her judicial election to the Eighth District Court of Appeals, Rodriguez was a judge for the El Paso County Probate Court No. 1 in El Paso County, Texas.

Elections

2020

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Yvonne Rodriguez defeated incumbent Jeff Alley in the general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yvonne Rodriguez (D)
 
64.7
 
187,827
Jeff Alley (R)
 
35.3
 
102,426

Total votes: 290,253
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Yvonne Rodriguez defeated Angie Juarez Barill in the Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yvonne Rodriguez
 
60.1
 
41,299
Angie Juarez Barill
 
39.9
 
27,404

Total votes: 68,703
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Incumbent Jeff Alley advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jeff Alley
 
100.0
 
23,689

Total votes: 23,689
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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Yvonne Rodriguez won election in the general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Yvonne Rodriguez (D)
 
100.0
 
165,708

Total votes: 165,708
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Yvonne Rodriguez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 6, 2018.


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2012

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Rodriguez ran for the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She competed in the Democratic primary on May 29, receiving 38.06% of the vote. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, she and Marcos Lizarraga competed in the runoff on July 31, 2012.[1] Rodriguez won the runoff, receiving 56.92% of the vote. She defeated incumbent Christopher Antcliff in the November 6, 2012 general election with 62.4% of the vote.[2][3][4]

2010

Rodriguez was defeated in the Democratic primary, receiving only 45% of the vote.[5]

See also: Texas county court judicial elections, 2010 (D-E)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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