El Paso County, Texas (Judicial)
El Paso County, Texas contains 16 judicial districts, two Probate Courts, one county court, and seven county courts at law.[1]
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas has jurisdiction in El Paso County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Judges
District courts
County courts
El Paso County Probate Courts, Texas
Probate Court No. 1
Probate Court No. 2
El Paso County Court, Texas
El Paso County Court at Law, Texas
County Court at Law No. 1
County Court at Law No. 2
County Court at Law No. 3
County Court at Law No. 4
County Court at Law No. 5
County Court at Law No. 6
County Court at Law No. 7
Criminal courts
El Paso County Criminal Court at Law, Texas
County Criminal Court at Law No. 1
County Criminal Court at Law No. 2
County Criminal Court at Law No. 3
County Criminal Court at Law No. 4
El Paso County Criminal District Court, Texas
Criminal District Court No. 1
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "State District Courts by County," January 2008
- ↑ EPCounty.com, "34th District Court"
- ↑ EPCounty.com, "41st District Court"
- ↑ EPCounty.com, "65th District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "120th Texas District Court
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "168th District Court"
- ↑ El Paso Times, "Marcos rips incumbent, wins 168th," November 2, 2010
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "171st District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "205th District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "243rd District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "384th District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County, Texas, "409th District Court"
- ↑ El Paso County Website, "Probate Courts," May 15, 2015
- ↑ El Paso County Website, "County Criminal Court at Law 1," accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ El Paso County Website, "County Criminal Court at Law 2," accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ El Paso County Website, "County Criminal Court at Law 3," accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ Texas Courts, "Criminal District Judges by County," accessed May 15, 2015
- ↑ El Paso County Website, "District Clerk," accessed May 15, 2015
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
Elections
- See also: Texas judicial elections
Texas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Texas, click here.
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Texas judicial elections, 2014
- Texas judicial elections, 2012
- Texas judicial elections, 2010
Election rules
Primary election
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.[1][2]
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: registered voters 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.[1]
General election
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, his or her name will still appear on the general election ballot.[1][3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The University of Texas at Austin: Texas Politics, "Winning Public Office: General Elections and Special Elections," January 29, 2014
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Title 10, Sec. 172.003 and 172.004," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, 1992-Current Election History (Select "2012 General" & "County Race"; then click "Anderson" to view sample results)
