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2024 Election Key Dates

May 15, 2023  Judicial fundraising begins for 2024 Election
June 30, 2023  Fundraising Deadline for July 2023 Campaign Report
November 11, 2023  Candidate Filing Begins
December 11, 2023  Candidate Filing Deadline
February 20, 2024  Primary Early Voting Begins
March 5, 2024  Primary Election Day
May 20, 2024  Primary Runoff Early Voting Begins
May 28, 2024  Primary Runoff Election Day
October 21, 2024 General Early Voting Begins
November 5, 2024 General Election Day

Voter Information

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Texas Appellate Seats on the 2024 Ballot

Statewide Courts

• Supreme Court, Place 2: DaSean Jones (D) v Randy Sarosdy (D) v Jimmy Blacklock* (R)
• Supreme Court, Place 4: Christine Weems (D)  v John Devine* (R) v Brian Walker (R)
• Supreme Court, Place 6:  Bonnie Lee Goldstein (D) v Joe Pool (D) v Jane Bland* (R)
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge: Holly Taylor (D) v Sharon Keller* (R) v David Schenck (R) 
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7: Nancy Mulder (D) v Barbara Hervey* (R) v Gina Parker (R)
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8: Chika Anyiam (D) v Michelle Slaughter* (R) v Lee Finley (R)

Second Court of Appeals, Fort Worth

• 2nd Court of Appeals, Chief Justice: Bonnie Sudderth* (R)
• 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 4: Wade Birdwell* (R)
• 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 5: Dabney Bassel* (R)
• 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 6: Mike Wallach* (R)

Third Court of Appeals, Austin

• 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 2: Edward Smith* (D) v Maggie Ellis (D) v Melissa Lorber (D) v John Messinger (R)
• 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 3: Chari Kelly* (D)
• 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 5: Thomas Baker* (D) v Karin Crump (D)
• 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 6: Gisela Triana* (D)

Fourth Court of Appeals, San Antonio

• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Beth Watkins* (D) v Velia J. Meza (D)
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 3:  Cynthia Marie Chapa (D) v Todd McCray (R) v Michael Ritter (R) OPEN
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 4: Luz Elena Chapa* (D) v Lori Massey Brissette (R)
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 5: Liza A. Rodriguez* (D) v Adrian Spears (R)
  
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 7: Lori Valenzuela* (R)

Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas

• 5th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice: Dennise Garcia (D) v Staci Williams (D) v Justin Jay “JJ” Koch (R) OPEN
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Robbie Partida-Kipness* (D) v Jessica Lewis (R)
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 5: Erin Nowell* (D) v Cynthia Barbare (R)
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 9:  Tina Clinton (D) v Theresa Bui Creevy v Matthew Kolodosky (R) OPEN
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 10: Amanda Reichek* (D) v Earl Jackson (R)
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 11: Cory Carlyle* (D) v Kim Cooks (D) v Gino Rossini (R)
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 12: Ken Molberg* (D) v Mike Lee (R)
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 13:Tonya Parker (D) v  Emily Miskel* (R)

Sixth Court of Appeals, Texarkana

• 6th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Jeff Rambin* (R)

Seventh Court of Appeals, Amarillo

• 7th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Judy Parker* (R)
• 7th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Alex Yarbrough* (R)

Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso

• 8th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice (Unexpired Term): Maria Salas Mendoza (D)
  
• 8th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Lisa Soto* (D)
  
• 8th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Gina Palafox* (D)
  

Ninth Court of Appeals, Beaumont

• 9th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Leanne Johnson* (R)
  
• 9th Court of Appeals, Place 4:  Kent Chambers (R) v Kenna Seiler (R) OPEN

Tenth Court of Appeals, Waco

• 10th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice:  Matt Johnson (R) OPEN

Eleventh Court of Appeals, Eastland

• 11th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice: John Bailey* (R)

Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler

• 12th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Greg Neeley* (R)

Thirteenth Court of Appeals, Corpus Christi

• 13th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice: Gina Benavides v Jaime Tijerina (R) OPEN
• 13th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Nora Longoria* (D) v Jenny Cron (R)
• 13th Court of Appeals, Place 4: Joe Martinez (D) v Ysmael Fonseca (R) OPEN
• 13th Court of Appeals, Place 5: Regi Compian Richardson (D) v Jon West (R)

First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals, Houston

• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 2: Gordon Goodman* (D) v Brendetta Scott (D) v Jennifer Caughey (R)
• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 6: Sarah Beth Landau* (D) v Andrew Johnson (R)
• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 7: Julie Countiss* (D) v Clint Morgan (R)
• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 8: Richard Hightower* (D) v Ysidra “Sissy” Kyles (D) v Kristin Guiney (R)
• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 9: Peter Kelly* (D) v Amber Boyd-Cora (D) v Susanna Dokupil (R)
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Jerry Zimmerer* (D) v Chuck Silverman (D) v Velda Renita Faulkner (D) v Mark Ritchie (D) v Chad Bridges (R)
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 4: Charles Spain* (D) v Derek Obialo (D) v Steve Rogers (R) v Tonya McLaughlin (R)
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 5: Frances Bourliot* (D) v Maritza Michele Antu (R)
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 6: Meagan Hassan* (D) v Sara Padua Cordua (D) v Katy Boatman (R)
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 8: Margaret “Meg” Poissant* (D) v Brad Hart (R)

• 401st District Court, Collin County: Shayla Smith (R)

2022

• Texas Supreme Court, Place 3: Erin Nowell (D) 42% v Debra Lehrmann* (R) 56%
• Texas Supreme Court, Place 5: Amanda Reichek (D) 43% v Rebeca Huddle* (R) 57%
• Texas Supreme Court, Place 9:   Julia Maldonado (D) 44% v Evan Young* (R) 56%
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2:  Mary Lou Keel* (R)
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5:  Dana Huffman (D) 43% v Scott Walker* (R) 57%
• Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6: Robert Johnson (D) 43% v Jesse McClure (R) 57%
• 1st Court of Appeals, Chief Justice:  Julie Countiss (D) 47% v Terry Adams (R) 51%
• 1st Court of Appeals, Place 4:  Mike Engelhart (D) 48% v April Farris* (R) 52%
• 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 3:  Delonia Watson (D) 39% v Elizabeth Kerr* (R) 61%
• 3rd Court of Appeals, Place 4: Rosa Theofanis (D) 53% v  Lesli Fitzpatrick (R) 47%
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 6: Irene Rios* (D) 50.6% v Todd McCray (R) 49.4%
• 4th Court of Appeals, Place 7: Rebecca Palomo (D) 49.4% v Lori Valenzuela* (R) 50.6%
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 4:   Maricela Moore (D) 50.8% v Emily Miskel (R) 49.2%
• 5th Court of Appeals, Place 7: Nancy Kennedy (D) 51% v  Kristina Williams (R) 49%
• 6th Court of Appeals, Chief Justice: Scott E. Stevens (R)
• 6th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Charles Van Cleef (R)
• 7th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Alex Yarbrough (R)
• 7th Court of Appeals, Place 4:  Larry Doss* (R)
• 8th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Lisa Soto (D) 60%  v Jeff Alley* (R) 40%
• 8th Court of Appeals, Place 3:  Gina Palafox* (D)
• 9th Court of Appeals, Place 2:  Bob Mabry (D) 24% v Jay Wright (R) 76%
• 10th Court of Appeals, Place 3: Steve Smith* (R)
• 11th Court of Appeals, Place 3:  W. Stacy Trotter* (R)
• 12th Court of Appeals, Place 2:  Brian Hoyle* (R)
• 13th Court of Appeals, Place 3:  Leticia Hinojosa* (D) 47% v  Aaron Peña (R) 53%
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 2: Cheri Thomas (D) 48% v Kevin Jewell* (R) 52%
• 14th Court of Appeals, Place 9: William Demond (D) 47% v Randy Wilson* (R) 53%
• 480th District Court: Scott Field* (R)