Democrats still scored some top seats, including county attorney and district attorney. However, their losses across the board have some feeling like they dropped the ball.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 3:55AMIt was an unexpected shakeup in Harris County this election cycle with Republicans winning 10 of the 16 county-wide judicial races.
Republicans are reaping the benefits of an evidently successful campaign ran by a conservative super PAC that hinged on public safety. In Harris County, Republicans won a majority of countywide races they contested this year: five civil district courts, four criminal district courts, and one county criminal court, which oversees misdemeanor cases."We had the perfect time. We had the machine. We had a good message, and it all worked out in the end," Detoto said.
"As anyone who understands what we do in public office, you don't just rest on your laurels. You need to show people that you are doing the job right, and our job as Democrats is to work hard," Harris County's Democratic Chair Mike Doyle said."If you don't tell your story, someone is going to tell it for you, and I think that is what happened. I really think it is astounding on multiple levels," Wice said.
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