A new election is required for one of the Harris County criminal court judges after a ruling was made in the final pending lawsuit filed by the 21 Republican candidates who lost to their Democratic opponents in 2022.
One of the Harris County criminal court judges will need a new election after a Bexar County judge ruled in the final pending civil lawsuit.A visiting judge from Bexar County ruled this week that a new election will need to occur for one of Harris County's criminal court judges.
In January 2023, Pierce filed a civil suit against Jones, claiming that the narrow margin resulted from "improper and likely illegal votes that render the purported outcome incorrect and invalid," she wrote in her lawsuit. Judge David Peeples adjudicated the other 20 election contest cases. Fifteen were granted summary judgments for the defendants, the plaintiffs dismissed the claims in four of the suits, and the court denied an election contest after an eight-day trial against Judge Tamika Craft.
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