Velia Meza
Velia Meza (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Texas 226th District Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Meza (Democratic Party) is running for election for the Place 2 judge of the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Meza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Velia Meza earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Columbia University in 1995 and a J.D. degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2000. Her career experience includes working as an attorney, judge, and adjunct professor. Meza has practiced in federal courts in the Western District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, and in the Southern District of Illinois.[1][2][3]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Velia Meza is running in the general election for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Velia Meza (D)  | |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Velia Meza defeated incumbent Beth Watkins in the Democratic primary for Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Velia Meza | 52.2 | 61,117 |
 | Beth Watkins | 47.8 | 55,856 | |
| Total votes: 116,973 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia is gathering information about candidate endorsements. To send us an endorsement, click here.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Bexar County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Velia Meza won election in the general election for Texas 226th District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court
Incumbent Velia Meza defeated Demetrio Duarte Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Velia Meza | 75.2 | 64,451 |
 | Demetrio Duarte Jr. | 24.8 | 21,247 | |
| Total votes: 85,698 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2018
General election
General election for Texas 226th District Court
Velia Meza defeated Todd McCray in the general election for Texas 226th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Velia Meza (D) | 57.3 | 305,545 |
 | Todd McCray (R) | 42.7 | 227,963 | |
| Total votes: 533,508 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court
Todd McCray defeated Libby Wiedermann in the Republican primary runoff for Texas 226th District Court on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 50.5 | 12,417 |
| Libby Wiedermann | 49.5 | 12,178 | |
| Total votes: 24,595 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court
Velia Meza defeated Joel Perez in the Democratic primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Velia Meza | 65.9 | 49,552 |
| Joel Perez | 34.1 | 25,688 | |
| Total votes: 75,240 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court
Libby Wiedermann and Todd McCray advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kristen Mulliner and David P. Martin in the Republican primary for Texas 226th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Libby Wiedermann | 27.6 | 15,339 |
| ✔ | | Todd McCray | 26.7 | 14,828 |
| Kristen Mulliner | 23.7 | 13,195 | |
| David P. Martin | 22.0 | 12,209 | |
| Total votes: 55,571 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Meza ran for election to the 187th District Court.
Primary: She was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 49.7 percent of the vote. She competed against Stephanie R. Boyd.
[4][5][6]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.[7]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[7]
- be at least 25 years old;
- be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
- have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Velia Meza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Meza's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
I have effectively served as a Criminal District Court Judge for Bexar County over the last five years, diligently applying the law to complex legal and factual issues, relying on established legal precedents. Furthermore, my rulings have undergone scrutiny by Texas Courts of Appeals and have been consistently upheld. I ask for your vote in the Texas Democratic Primary for Justice of the 4th Court of Appeals, Place 2, as the future of South Texas requires a Justice with extensive experience in criminal matters.
- Prior to being a Judge I was an Attorney in private practice and I represented citizens throughout South Texas.
- As both a Criminal District Court Judge and an Attorney, I have successfully presided over and participated in over 100 jury trials.
- I am dedicated to upholding the Rule of Law.
My mother is my greatest source of inspiration, and I greatly admire her.
As judges, we play a crucial role on the front lines alongside law enforcement, responsible for authorizing the issuance of search warrants
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2022
Velia Meza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals Place 2 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Velia Meza for Judge, "Story," accessed February 11, 20188
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Velia Meza," accessed February 11, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
- ↑ 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 "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
| ||||||||||
 |
State of Texas Austin (capital) |
|---|---|
| Elections |
What's on my ballot? | Elections in 2024 | How to vote | How to run for office | Ballot measures |
| Regierung |
Who represents me? | U.S. President | U.S. Congress | Federal courts | State executives | State legislature | State and local courts | Counties | Cities | School districts | Public policy |
