Lawrence Meyers

Lawrence Meyers

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Democratic Party

Prior offices

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2

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Elections and appointments

Last election

March 1, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Methodist University, 1970

Law

University of Kansas, School of Law, 1973

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Lawrence Meyers (Democratic Party) was a judge for Place 2 of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Meyers (Democratic Party) ran for election for Tarrant County District Attorney in Texas. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.

Biography

Meyers received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in 1970 and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1973. In 1998, Meyers earned his LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law. Meyers began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County, Kansas. From 1975 to 1988, he worked in the private practice of law in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1992, he was elected to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Meyers is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells defeated Tiffany Burks in the general election for Tarrant County District Attorney on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phil Sorrells (R)	53.2	309,730
		Tiffany Burks (D)	46.8	272,066

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 581,796
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells defeated Matt Krause in the Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County District Attorney on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phil Sorrells	59.2	40,672
		Matt Krause	40.8	27,976

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 68,648
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Attorney

Tiffany Burks defeated Albert Roberts and Lawrence Meyers in the Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Attorney on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tiffany Burks	60.4	42,750
		Albert Roberts	28.8	20,376
	Submit photo	Lawrence Meyers	10.9	7,688

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,814
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tarrant County District Attorney

Phil Sorrells and Matt Krause advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mollee Westfall in the Republican primary for Tarrant County District Attorney on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Phil Sorrells	40.5	48,667
✔		Matt Krause	30.9	37,066
	Submit photo	Mollee Westfall	28.6	34,334

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 120,067
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2016

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2016

Meyers ran for re-election to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This was the first time he stood for re-election to the criminal appeals court since he switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. He faced Mary Lou Keel (R), Mark Ash (Lib.), and Adam Reposa (Green) on November 8.

Election results

November 8 general election

Mary Lou Keel (R) defeated incumbent Lawrence Meyers (D), Mark Ash (L), and Adam Reposa (G) in the general election for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Lou Keel	54.88%	4,790,800
	Democratic	Lawrence Meyers Incumbent	40.05%	3,496,205
	Libertarian	Mark Ash	3.68%	321,568
	Green	Adam Reposa	1.39%	121,467
Total Votes (100% reporting)				8,730,040
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results

March 1 primary

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lawrence Meyers Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	971,670
Total Votes (100% Reporting)				971,670
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Meyers ran for election to the Texas Supreme Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 36.5 percent of the vote. He competed against incumbent Jeff Brown (Republican) and Mark Ash (Libertarian).Meyers' decision to participate in this election was considered surprising on two counts. First, having been on the Court of Criminal Appeals since 1992, his last-minute switch to the Supreme Court (made after the December 9 filing deadline closed) was unexpected. Second, though Meyers had historically run as a Republican, he switched to the Democratic Party for this race. 

Judicial poll

Below are the results of the 2014 judicial poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which asked attorneys to cast a vote in favor of their preferred candidate in each appellate race.

Place 6 Justice
Candidate:	Votes:
Mark Ash	699
Jeff Brown	3907
Lawrence Meyers	3263
Joe Pool, Jr.	1672

Endorsements

• Dallas County Young Democrats
• Stonewall Democrats Texas
• Southeast Texas Stonewall Democrats
• Austin Black Lawyers Association

2010

Running as a Republican, Meyers defeated Libertarian J. Randell Stevens in the general election, winning 82.8% of the vote.

Main article: Texas judicial elections, 2010

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

Meyers received a campaign finance score of 1.12, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.91 that justices received in Texas.

The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Lawrence Meyers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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