Erin Nowell

Erin Nowell

Democratic Party

Candidate, Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2024

Years in position

5

Compensation

Base salary

$154,000

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 6, 2018

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 1996

Bachelor's

Wake Forest University, 2000

Law

University of Texas, 2003

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

Personal Facebook

Personal Twitter

Personal Instagram

Personal LinkedIn

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Erin Nowell (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 5 of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2024.

Nowell (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 5 judge of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Erin Nowell graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in 1996. She earned a B.A. in English from Wake Forest University in 2000 and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2003. Nowell’s career experience includes working as an attorney with Baron & Budd, Jones Day, Kelley Witherspoon LLP, and Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Incumbent Erin Nowell and Cynthia Barbare ran in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Erin Nowell (D)
		Cynthia Barbare (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Incumbent Erin Nowell advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Nowell	100.0	140,990

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Cynthia Barbare advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Barbare	100.0	187,167

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 187,167
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Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Nowell in this election.

2022

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Incumbent Debra Lehrmann defeated Erin Nowell and Tom Oxford in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debra Lehrmann (R)	56.2	4,475,136
		Erin Nowell (D)	41.8	3,330,529
		Tom Oxford (L)	2.0	162,036

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,967,701
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Erin Nowell advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Nowell	100.0	914,184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 914,184
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Incumbent Debra Lehrmann advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debra Lehrmann	100.0	1,535,581

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,535,581
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 3

Tom Oxford advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 3 on April 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Oxford (L)

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2018

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Erin Nowell defeated incumbent Craig Stoddart in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Nowell (D)	53.0	632,443
		Craig Stoddart (R)	47.0	561,120

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,193,563
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Erin Nowell advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Erin Nowell

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5

Incumbent Craig Stoddart advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Craig Stoddart

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Erin Nowell campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 5	On the Ballot general	$223,732	$111,382
2022	Texas Supreme Court Place 3	Lost general	$118,186	$88,830
Grand total			$341,918	$200,212
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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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