Bruce Bain
Bruce Bain (Republican Party) is running for election for judge of the Texas 165th District Court. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Bain was a 2016 candidate for the 164th District Court in Texas.[1] Bain lost in the general election took place on November 8, 2016.
Bain was a judicial candidate for Texas District 11 in 2012.
Biography
Bain received his undergraduate degree from University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law.[2] Bain is a shareholder at Bain & Bain, PLLC. Prior to that, he was a partner at Soape, Brown, McDermott, P.C.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)
General election
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General election for Texas 165th District Court
Incumbent Ursula Hall and Bruce Bain are running in the general election for Texas 165th District Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Ursula Hall (D) | |
 | Bruce Bain (R) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 165th District Court
Incumbent Ursula Hall defeated Jill Yaziji in the Democratic primary for Texas 165th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ursula Hall | 62.7 | 92,134 |
 | Jill Yaziji | 37.3 | 54,880 | |
| Total votes: 147,014 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 165th District Court
Bruce Bain advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 165th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Bain | 100.0 | 142,666 |
| Total votes: 142,666 | |||
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 269th District Court
Incumbent Cory Sepolio defeated Bruce Bain in the general election for Texas 269th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Sepolio (D) | 51.1 | 540,755 |
| Bruce Bain (R) | 48.9 | 516,472 | |
| Total votes: 1,057,227 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 269th District Court
Incumbent Cory Sepolio advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 269th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Sepolio | 100.0 | 136,541 |
| Total votes: 136,541 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 269th District Court
Bruce Bain advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 269th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Bain | 100.0 | 137,527 |
| Total votes: 137,527 | |||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 165th District Court
Incumbent Ursula Hall defeated Bruce Bain in the general election for Texas 165th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ursula Hall (D) | 53.6 | 834,192 |
| Bruce Bain (R) | 46.4 | 723,475 | |
| Total votes: 1,557,667 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 165th District Court
Incumbent Ursula Hall defeated Megan Daic and Jimmie Brown Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas 165th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ursula Hall | 54.9 | 137,049 |
 | Megan Daic | 29.7 | 74,024 | |
| Jimmie Brown Jr. | 15.4 | 38,372 | |
| Total votes: 249,445 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 165th District Court
Bruce Bain advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 165th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Bain | 100.0 | 154,336 |
| Total votes: 154,336 | |||
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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.[3] Bruce Bain ran unopposed in the Texas 164th District Court Republican primary.[1]
| Texas 164th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Bruce Bain (unopposed) |
100.00% | 200,985 |
| Total Votes | 200,985 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Republican Party Cumulative Report-Unofficial," accessed March 2, 2016 | ||
Incumbent Alexandra Smoots-Thomas defeated Bruce Bain in the Texas 164th District Court general election.
| Texas 164th District Court, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Alexandra Smoots-Thomas Incumbent |
52.92% | 671,319 | |
| Republican | Bruce Bain | 47.08% | 597,124 | |
| Total Votes | 1,268,443 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016 | ||||
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]
Endorsements
Bain's campaign endorsements included the following organizations:[7]
- Houston Metro Police
- Katy Christian Magazine
- Fort Bend Christian Magazine
- Spring Branch Republicans
- Conservative Coalition of Harris County
2012
Bain ran for a seat on the 11th District Court and was defeated by incumbent Mike Miller (Texas) in the November general election.[8] Bain had defeated fellow Republican Michael West in the primary.
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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Bruce Bain is an accomplished trial attorney with Thirty Five years of civil trial experience. He has practiced in both state and federal courts. His legal affiliations include the State Bar of Texas, The United States District Court for the Southern District, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Houston Bar Association. Bruce has handled cases before civil district courts throughout Texas, before the Texas Courts of Appeals, and the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc. He has been recognized in Strathmore's Who's Who of Professionals, HTown Magazine and Houstonia Magazine.
Bruce Bain's distinguished career encompasses many areas of the law. His diverse experience includes condemnation, commercial, toxic tort, insurance, subrogation, constitutional, personal injury, partnership, business, and real estate law. This broad base of experience will enable him to rule quickly on the wide variety of matters that come before a Civil District Court Judge.
Bruce obtained his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1985. While attending law school, Bruce earned the prestigious American Jurisprudence Award. Bruce was also on the Dean's List, and selected by Who's Who of American Law Students. He is a former Chairmen of the Texas Supreme Court, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, District 4 and a H.B.A. member and currently serves on the Houston Bar Association Senior Lawyer and Fee Dispute Committee.
- Hardworking with quick resolutions
- Experienced
- Fair
Justice, fairness, resolution in a timely manner
I was a dishwasher in a Diner and I had it all summer.
Judges are the gatekeepers in our system of justice. If your trial judges don't know, or refuse to follow, the law, it may take a long time and a lot of money before you receive justice. If you don't have the time or the money, you may never receive justice.
Did you Know?
Family Law Judges can take your children away, take your home away, order you to surrender property to your spouse or ex- spouse, and determine when you can see your children.
Civil Court Judges can take your pets and property away, interpret your contracts and choose to enforce or not enforce them, stall home foreclosure and grant monetary judgments against you in any amount.
Criminal Court Judges can release criminals with or without bond. Some set the bond as low as $10 for violent and repeat offenders.
Many of our current judges are driving up the costs of lawsuits by ruling or even failing to rule on agreed Motions, without regard for existing laws and the impact their rulings have on lives, pocketbooks and everyone's access to justice.
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Awards and associations
Awards
- Strathmore’s Who’s Who of Professionals[2]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Campaign Website Bio
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bruce Bain for Judge, "Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
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
