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Chuck Silverman
Chuck Silverman (Democratic Party) was a judge of the Texas 183rd District Court. He assumed office in 2019. He left office on December 31, 2022.
Silverman (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 3 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Silverman was a 2014 candidate for the 208th District Court in Texas.[1] He was previously a candidate for the Texas First District Court of Appeals in 2012. In 2010, he was defeated in the Democratic primary for Texas District 157.[2]
Biography
Silverman received both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from Tulane University. Silverman has worked in private practice and as General Counsel for a large cookware manufacturer.[3]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 183rd District Court
Chuck Silverman defeated incumbent Vanessa Velasquez in the general election for Texas 183rd District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chuck Silverman (D) | 53.8 | 636,684 | |
| Vanessa Velasquez (R) | 46.2 | 547,537 | ||
| Total votes: 1,184,221 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Chuck Silverman advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Chuck Silverman | 100.0 | 132,949 | |
| Total votes: 132,949 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court
Incumbent Vanessa Velasquez advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 183rd District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Vanessa Velasquez | 100.0 | 115,483 | |
| Total votes: 115,483 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Silverman ran for election to the 208th District Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 44.5 percent of the vote. He competed against Denise Collins.
[1]
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Silverman ran for the Texas First District Court of Appeals. He was defeated by incumbent Harvey Brown in the general election on November 6, 2012.[4]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[5]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[6]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[7]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[5]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[5]
See also
- Courts in Texas
- Local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2018)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harris County Texas, "Democratic Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas district court judicial elections, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Q&A, Feb. 1, 2010
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
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
