Share this page. Follow Ballotpedia. This Texas-related article is a sprout ; we plan on making it grow in the future. If you would like to help it grow, please consider donating to Ballotpedia. District is a criminal district court in Harris County , Texas. Harris County is the most populous county in Texas and contains one county court as well as the following 59 district courts :. Texas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Texas, click here.
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. Though Texas is home to more than 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. Partisan primaries are held if even one candidate has filed for a position.
To advance to the general election, a candidate must win a majority over 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate in a race wins the majority—as in cases where more than two candidates are competing for a seat—a runoff election is held between the top two candidates. Though Texas officially has closed primaries requiring that voters declare party affiliation in advance in order to participate , the state's primaries are functionally open: any registered voter may vote in any single party's primary if they have not voted in the primary of another party.
The elections are closed, however, in that voters may not participate in the proceedings a runoff primary or a convention of another party thereafter. The winning candidates from each major party's primary, as well as any additional minor party candidates, compete in a general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If a candidate was unopposed in the general election, their name will still appear on the general election ballot.
About HR Employment Opportunities. We're sorry for the inconvenience but Javascript is required to view the Web site. Criminal Courts The Criminal Courts consist of the District Courts which hear felony level cases and the County Criminal Courts at Law which hear misdemeanor level cases and cases appealed from the municipal courts. Your browser does not support iframes.
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