Sara Padua Cordúa

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Sara Padua Cordúa
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Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

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Bachelor's

Harvard, 2006

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 2011

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Sara Padua Cordúa (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 6 judge of the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Padua Cordúa completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Sara Padua Cordúa earned a bachelor's degree from the Harvard in 2006 and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 2011.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

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General election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Meagan Hassan and Katy Boatman are running in the general election for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
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Meagan Hassan (D)
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Katy Boatman (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Meagan Hassan defeated Sara Padua Cordúa in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Meagan Hassan
 
67.2
 
138,169
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Sara Padua Cordúa Candidate Connection
 
32.8
 
67,418

Total votes: 205,587
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6

Katy Boatman advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Katy Boatman
 
100.0
 
262,581

Total votes: 262,581
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Campaign finance

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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Sara Padua Cordúa lives in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Kinkaid High School. She earned a B.A. in psychology from Harvard University in 2006 and a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2011, with honors. Padua Cordúa’s career experience includes working as an associate for Skadden Arps and a managing partner at Padua Law Firm, PLLC, where she represents myriad clients from entrepreneurs and workers, to victims of crime, trafficking and fraud. She has been a dedicated pro bono attorney for Kids In Need of Defense, The Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, and Tahirih Justice Center.

  • Upholding the Rule of Law is paramount, as is ensuring the accuracy and efficacy of our judicial system.
  • Justice requires a representative court where laws are interpreted and applied equally and fairly to each and every case.
  • Judges must be impartial, hardworking, meticulous, and able consider all arguments and evidence objectively.

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Campaign finance summary


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Sara Padua Cordúa campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals Place 6Lost primary$88,683 $56,267
Grand total$88,683 $56,267
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 23, 2024