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The terms of 20 Texas intermediate appellate court judges expired on December 31, 2022. The 20 seats were up for partisan election on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022. A primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022.

Candidates and election results

First District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Terry Adams defeated incumbent Julie Countiss and Theodore Wood in the general election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Terry Adams (R)	50.8	820,060
		Julie Countiss (D)	46.8	756,501
		Theodore Wood (Independent)	2.4	38,560

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,615,121
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Incumbent Julie Countiss advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Countiss	100.0	199,571

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 199,571
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Terry Adams advanced from the Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Terry Adams	100.0	254,690

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 254,690
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General election

General election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4

Incumbent April Farris defeated Mike Engelhart in the general election for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		April Farris (R)	52.2	841,506
		Mike Engelhart (D)	47.8	770,499

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,612,005
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4

Mike Engelhart advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Engelhart	100.0	198,575

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 198,575
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4

Incumbent April Farris advanced from the Republican primary for Texas First District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		April Farris	100.0	252,325

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 252,325
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Second District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3

Incumbent Elizabeth Kerr defeated Delonia Watson in the general election for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Kerr (R)	60.8	654,798
		Delonia Watson (D)	39.2	421,853

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,076,651
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3

Delonia Watson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Delonia Watson	100.0	94,747

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,747
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3

Incumbent Elizabeth Kerr advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Second District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Kerr	100.0	208,586

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Third District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4

Rosa Lopez Theofanis defeated Lesli Fitzpatrick in the general election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosa Lopez Theofanis (D)	52.6	558,955
		Lesli Fitzpatrick (R)	47.4	503,131

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,062,086
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Democratic primary runoff election

The Democratic primary runoff election was canceled. Rosa Lopez Theofanis advanced from the Democratic primary runoff for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Beth Payán (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4

Rosa Lopez Theofanis and Beth Payán advanced to a runoff. They defeated Paula Knippa in the Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosa Lopez Theofanis	49.0	75,171
✔		Beth Payán	29.9	45,880
		Paula Knippa	21.2	32,505

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 153,556
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4

Lesli Fitzpatrick advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lesli Fitzpatrick	100.0	168,126

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 168,126
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Fourth District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Irene Alarcon Rios (D)	50.6	410,773
		Todd McCray (R)	49.4	400,399

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 811,172
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Irene Alarcon Rios advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Irene Alarcon Rios	100.0	129,445

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Todd McCray advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd McCray	100.0	129,604

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 129,604
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Place 7: Valenzuela's seat (unexpired term)

General election

Special general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela defeated Beckie Palomo in the special general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lori I. Valenzuela (R)	50.6	409,842
		Beckie Palomo (D)	49.4	400,505

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 810,347
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Beckie Palomo advanced from the special Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beckie Palomo	100.0	128,720

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 128,720
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Incumbent Lori I. Valenzuela advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lori I. Valenzuela	100.0	127,986

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 127,986
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Fifth District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4

Maricela Moore defeated Emily Miskel in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maricela Moore (D)	50.8	572,345
		Emily Miskel (R)	49.2	553,846

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,126,191
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4

Maricela Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maricela Moore	100.0	154,697

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 154,697
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4

Emily Miskel advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emily Miskel	100.0	162,174

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 162,174
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General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Nancy Kennedy defeated Kristina Williams in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Kennedy (D)	51.1	574,887
		Kristina Williams (R)	48.9	550,649

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,125,536
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Nancy Kennedy advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Kennedy	100.0	154,084

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 154,084
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7

Kristina Williams advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kristina Williams	100.0	161,080

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161,080
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Sixth District Court of Appeals

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Scott Stevens won election in the general election for Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice

Incumbent Scott Stevens advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals Chief Justice on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Stevens	100.0	69,747

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,747
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General election

Reason canceled : Uncontested election; candidate(s) won

Seventh District Court of Appeals

General election

Reason canceled : Uncontested election; candidate(s) won

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Lawrence Doss won election in the general election for Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals Place 4.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals Place 4

Incumbent Lawrence Doss advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals Place 4 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lawrence Doss	100.0	75,696

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,696
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Eighth District Court of Appeals

General election

Special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Lisa Soto defeated incumbent Jeff Alley in the special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Soto (D)	60.4	111,838
		Jeff Alley (R)	39.6	73,367

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 185,205
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Lisa Soto defeated Veronica Lerma in the special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Soto	54.6	21,005
		Veronica Lerma	45.4	17,498

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,503
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Jeff Alley advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Alley	100.0	21,289

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,289
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Ninth District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Jay Wright defeated Bob Mabry in the general election for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Wright (R)	75.7	285,428
		Bob Mabry (D)	24.3	91,397

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,825
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Bob Mabry advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Mabry	100.0	23,885

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,885
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Jay Wright defeated Stephanie Hall in the Republican primary for Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Wright	58.7	66,929
		Stephanie Hall	41.3	47,039

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,968
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Tenth District Court of Appeals

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Steve Smith won election in the special general election for Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals Place 3.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals Place 3

Incumbent Steve Smith advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Smith	100.0	96,556

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Eleventh District Court of Appeals

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Stacy Trotter won election in the general election for Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals Place 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals Place 3

Incumbent Stacy Trotter advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stacy Trotter	100.0	65,044

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Twelfth District Court of Appeals

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Hoyle won election in the general election for Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals Place 2.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Brian Hoyle advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Hoyle	100.0	90,584

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Thirteenth District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3

Aaron Peña defeated incumbent Leticia Hinojosa in the general election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Peña (R)	52.6	225,339
		Leticia Hinojosa (D)	47.4	203,288

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 428,627
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3

Incumbent Leticia Hinojosa advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leticia Hinojosa	100.0	69,825

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,825
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3

Aaron Peña defeated Ysmael Fonseca in the Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Peña	64.5	48,789
		Ysmael Fonseca	35.5	26,853

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,642
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Fourteenth District Court of Appeals

General election

General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Kevin Jewell defeated Cheri Thomas in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Jewell (R)	51.9	835,179
		Cheri Thomas (D)	48.1	772,544

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,607,723
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Cheri Thomas defeated Kyle Carter in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cheri Thomas	58.9	123,720
		Kyle Carter	41.1	86,401

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 210,121
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2

Incumbent Kevin Jewell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Jewell	100.0	251,056

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General election

General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Incumbent Randy Wilson defeated William Demond in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Wilson (R)	52.9	849,980
		William Demond (D)	47.1	756,443

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,606,423
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9

William Demond defeated Chris Conrad in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Demond	62.2	125,636
		Chris Conrad	37.8	76,487

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 202,123
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Incumbent Randy Wilson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Wilson	100.0	251,345

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Judges not on the ballot

Third District Court of Appeals

• Melissa Goodwin (Place 4)

Fifth District Court of Appeals

• Lana Myers (Place 4)
• David Schenck (Place 7)

Ninth District Court of Appeals

• Charles Kreger (Place 2)

Campaign finance

The section below contains data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. Elections are grouped by district. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

• Texas First District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 1

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

  Place 4

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Second District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 3

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Third District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 4

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 6

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

  Place 7

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 4

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

  Place 7

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Sixth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 1

  General election

  Republican primary

  Place 3

  General election

• Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 4

  General election

  Republican primary

• Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 2

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 2

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 3

  General election

  Republican primary

• Texas Eleventh District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 3

  General election

  Republican primary

• Texas Twelfth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 2

  General election

  Republican primary

• Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 3

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

• Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals (click to expand)

  Place 2

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

  Place 9

  General election

  Democratic primary

  Republican primary

Selection

The justices of the Texas Court of Appeals are selected in district level partisan elections. The elected justices serve six-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to remain on the court.

Qualifications

To serve on the Texas Court of Appeals, a justice must be:

• a U.S. citizen;
• a resident of Texas;
• licensed to practice law in the state;
• between the ages of 35 and 75;* and
• a practicing lawyer and/or judge for at least 10 years.

Chief justice

The chief justice of each district court is selected by voters at large. He or she serves in that capacity for a full six-year term.

Vacancies

In the event of a midterm vacancy, the governor appoints a replacement who must be confirmed by the Texas Senate. The appointee serves until the next general election, in which he or she may compete to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

External links

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• Texas Courts of Appeals

Footnotes

Texas courts

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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