Melanie Flowers
Melanie Flowers (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 257th District Court. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Flowers was a 2014 judicial candidate for the 247th District Court in Texas.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas 257th District Court
Sandra Peake defeated Melanie Flowers in the general election for Texas 257th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sandra Peake (D) | 55.1 | 651,331 |
| Melanie Flowers (R) | 44.9 | 530,680 | ||
| Total votes: 1,182,011 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 257th District Court
Sandra Peake advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 257th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sandra Peake | 100.0 | 132,555 |
| Total votes: 132,555 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 257th District Court
Melanie Flowers defeated Alyssa Lemkuil in the Republican primary for Texas 257th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melanie Flowers | 64.2 | 81,119 | |
 | Alyssa Lemkuil | 35.8 | 45,199 | |
| Total votes: 126,318 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Flowers ran for election to the 247th District Court.
Primary: She was defeated in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 29.8 percent of the vote. She competed against John Schmude and Meca Walker.
[1][2][3]
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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
- 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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]
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 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Harris")
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report - March 4, 2014 Primary Election," March 5, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
