Gisela Triana

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Gisela Triana (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 6 of the Texas Third District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2024.

Triana (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 6 judge of the Texas Third District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Triana served as a judge for the 200th District Court in Texas from 2005 to her election to the state appeals court in 2018.

Biography

Triana earned a B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1985 and a J.D. from the University of Texas Law School in 1988. Triana’s career experience includes working as Trial Division director with the Travis County Attorney’s Office and as staff attorney with the Texas Secretary of State’s Election Division.^[1]^[2]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Gisela Triana won election in the general election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gisela Triana (D)	100.0	844,676

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 844,676
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Incumbent Gisela Triana advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gisela Triana	100.0	128,369

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 128,369
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Triana in this election.

2020

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Incumbent Brett Busby defeated Gisela Triana and Tom Oxford in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brett Busby (R)	53.4	5,847,135
	Gisela Triana (D)	44.1	4,826,674
	Tom Oxford (L)	2.5	274,959

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,948,768
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Gisela Triana defeated Peter M. Kelly in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gisela Triana	72.0	1,251,611
	Peter M. Kelly	28.0	485,697

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,737,308
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Incumbent Brett Busby advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brett Busby	100.0	1,692,583

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,692,583
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Tom Oxford advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 8 on August 3, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Oxford (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Gisela Triana defeated Michael Toth in the general election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gisela Triana (D)	54.4	566,064
	Michael Toth (R)	45.4	472,806
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,694

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,040,564
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Michael Toth defeated Donna Davidson in the Republican primary runoff for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on May 22, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Toth	52.8	28,745
	Donna Davidson	47.2	25,662

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 54,407
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Gisela Triana advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gisela Triana	100.0	105,026

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 105,026
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Michael Toth and Donna Davidson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jennifer Freel and Kristofer Monson in the Republican primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Toth	39.0	53,382
✔	Donna Davidson	31.5	43,102
	Jennifer Freel	20.0	27,407
	Kristofer Monson	9.5	13,000

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 136,891
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Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.^[3]

Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."^[4]

Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:

a U.S. citizen;
a resident of Texas;
licensed to practice law in the state;
between the ages of 25 and 75;*^[5]
a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.^[3]

*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.^[3]

2012

Triana was re-elected without opposition to the 200th District Court.^[6]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Gisela Triana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Gisela Triana did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Gisela Triana campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6	Won general	$138,100	$28,558
Grand total			$138,100	$28,558
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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Footnotes

[1] Martindale.com, "Gisela D. Triana-Doyal," accessed March 23, 2015

[2] Judge Gisela Triana, "Home," accessed February 7, 2018

[general-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014

[4] Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014

[hist-5] Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014

[6] Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Summary," November 6, 2012

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Gisela Triana

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Campaign finance

Endorsements

2020

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 8

Campaign finance

2018

General election

General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 6

Selection method

2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

Campaign finance summary

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