Carlos Barrera

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Carlos H. Barrera

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Travis County Court at Law No. 8

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2028

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Carlos H. Barrera is a judge of the Travis County Court at Law No. 8 in Texas. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Barrera (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Travis County Court at Law No. 8 in Texas. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Travis County Court at Law No. 8

Incumbent Carlos H. Barrera won election in the general election for Travis County Court at Law No. 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carlos H. Barrera (D)	100.0	395,930

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Travis County Court at Law No. 8

Incumbent Carlos H. Barrera advanced from the Democratic primary for Travis County Court at Law No. 8 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carlos H. Barrera	100.0	73,467

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barrera in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2020)

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Carlos H. Barrera won election in the general election for Travis County Court at Law No. 8.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Travis County Court at Law No. 8

Incumbent Carlos H. Barrera advanced from the Democratic primary for Travis County Court at Law No. 8 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carlos H. Barrera	100.0	165,376

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 165,376
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2016

See also: Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote. Incumbent Carlos Barrera ran unopposed in the Travis County Criminal Court Democratic primary for Seat 8.

Travis County Criminal Court (Number 8), Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Carlos Barrera Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	103,271
Total Votes		103,271
Source: Travis County Clerk, "Unofficial Results: Democratic Cumulative Results," accessed March 2, 2016

Carlos Barrera won without opposition in the general election.

Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.

Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:

• be at least 25 years old;
• be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
• have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Carlos H. Barrera did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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