Gena Slaughter
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2007 - Present
2026
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Gena Slaughter (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 191st District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2007. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Slaughter (Democratic Party) won re-election for judge of the Texas 191st District Court outright after the general election on November 8, 2022, was canceled.
Career
Prior to taking the bench, Slaughter worked as an attorney in private practice.[1]
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Slaughter received her undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University and her J.D. from Southern Methodist University.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Gena Slaughter won election in the general election for Texas 191st District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 191st District Court
Incumbent Gena Slaughter advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 191st District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gena Slaughter | 100.0 | 114,290 |
| Total votes: 114,290 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Alvarez (D)
2018
General election
General election for Texas 191st District Court
Incumbent Gena Slaughter won election in the general election for Texas 191st District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gena Slaughter (D) | 100.0 | 481,611 |
| Total votes: 481,611 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 191st District Court
Incumbent Gena Slaughter advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 191st District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gena Slaughter | 100.0 | 96,039 |
| Total votes: 96,039 | |||
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2016
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2016
Slaughter ran for a seat on the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals in the 2016 elections. Slaughter registered for the 2016 race as a Democrat.[3] She ran unopposed in the March 1 primary and faced Republican incumbent Lana Myers in the general election.
Election results
November 8 general election
| Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 4, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Lana Myers Incumbent |
52.85% | 650,829 | |
| Democratic | Gena Slaughter | 47.15% | 580,559 | |
| Total Votes (100% reporting) | 1,231,388 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
March 1 primary election
| Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, Seat 4, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Gena Slaughter (unopposed) |
100.00% | 131,733 | |
| Total Votes (100% Reporting) | 131,733 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Slaughter ran for re-election to the 191st District Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
[4][5]
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.[6]
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."[7]
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;*[8]
- 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.[6]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[6]
2010
Slaughter defeated Republican Matt Rinaldi in the general election, winning 52.51 percent of the vote.[9]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gena Slaughter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Judge Gena Slaughter, "About," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Martindale.com, "Gena Nicole Slaughter," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelect16 - ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Dallas")
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, Republican Primary Winners
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