Irene Alarcon Rios

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Irene Alarcon Rios
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Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6
Tenure
2017 - Present
Term ends
2028
Years in position
8
Compensation
Base salary
$192,500
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
Texas Tech University
Law
St. Mary's University School of Law
Contact

Irene Alarcon Rios (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 6 of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2017. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Rios (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 6 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Rios previously served as a judge for the Bexar County Court at Law (No. 10) in Texas. She had to step down in 2013 in order to run for election to the Fourth District Court of Appeals in 2014.[1]

Biography

Education

Rios received her undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University and her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law.[2]

Elections

2022

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Irene Alarcon Rios (D)
 
50.6
 
410,773
Image of Todd McCray
Todd McCray (R)
 
49.4
 
400,399

Total votes: 811,172
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Irene Alarcon Rios
 
100.0
 
129,445

Total votes: 129,445
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Todd McCray advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Todd McCray
Todd McCray
 
100.0
 
129,604

Total votes: 129,604
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Campaign finance

2016

Main article: Texas judicial elections, 2016

Rios announced her intention to challenge incumbent Justice Jason Pulliam (R) for his seat on the Fourth District Court of Appeals. She registered as a Democrat in the 2016 election.[3] She was unopposed in the March 1 primary and faced incumbent Justice Jason Pulliam in the November general election.

Election results

November 8 general election
Irene Alarcon Rios defeated incumbent Jason Pulliam in the general election for the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, Place 6.
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, Place 6, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Irene Alarcon Rios 51.73% 457,048
     Republican Jason Pulliam Incumbent 48.27% 426,468
Total Votes (100% reporting) 883,516
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results
March 1 primary election
Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Irene Alarcon Rios  (unopposed) 100.00% 142,369
Total Votes (100% Reporting) 142,369
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Rios ran for election to the Fourth District Court of Appeals.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 44.5 percent of the vote. She competed against Sandee Marion. [4][5] 

Judicial poll

Below are the results of the 2014 judicial poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which asked attorneys to cast a vote in favor of their preferred candidate in each appellate race.[6]

Chief Justice
Candidate: Votes:
Sandee Marion 940
Irene Alarcon Rios 347

2010

See also: Texas county court judicial elections, 2010 (A-B)

Rios was unopposed in the election to the Bexar County Court at Law.[7]


Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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