Nora Longoria
2013 - Present
2024
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Nora Longoria (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 2 of the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2013. Her current term ends on December 31, 2024.
Longoria (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 2 judge of the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Education
Longoria received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.[1]
Career
Prior to her judicial election, Longoria worked at her own firm, the Law Firm of Hockema & Longoria LLP. She started working in private practice right after graduating from law school. In 2012, she was elected to the Thirteenth District Court of Appeals.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Jenny Cron defeated incumbent Nora Longoria in the general election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jenny Cron (R) | 53.5 | 319,258 |
 | Nora Longoria (D) | 46.5 | 277,807 | |
| Total votes: 597,065 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Nora Longoria advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nora Longoria | 100.0 | 60,984 |
| Total votes: 60,984 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Jenny Cron advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jenny Cron | 100.0 | 87,042 |
| Total votes: 87,042 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Longoria in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Nora Longoria defeated Greg Perkes in the general election for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nora Longoria (D) | 53.6 | 242,267 |
 | Greg Perkes (R) | 46.4 | 210,029 | |
| Total votes: 452,296 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Nora Longoria advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Greg Perkes advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Perkes |
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2012
Longoria ran for election to the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. She defeated judicial candidate Tom Greenwell in the general election on November 6, 2012, with 59.6 percent of the vote.[2][3][4]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nora Longoria did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
Longoria arrested, charged with DWI
- See also: Politicians convicted of DUI
Longoria was pulled over for speeding at about 1:30 a.m. on July 12, 2014. She refused to take a breathalyzer test and was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. She was later released on personal recognizance.[5]
According to court documents, Longoria pleaded with the officers, saying:
| “ | Please let me go home. I live a couple of miles away … you are going to ruin my life. I worked hard for 25 years to be where I am today.[6][7] | ” |
Officers reported that Longoria admitted to drinking five beers that night, but she said she had stopped drinking three hours before driving home.[6]
Charge dismissed
Longoria's DWI charge was dismissed by Judge Rolando Cantu of the Hidalgo County Court at Law #8 on November 20, 2014. The district attorney stated that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to prosecute because the police car's dashboard camera did not capture video of the traffic stop. Police said Longoria had refused a breathalyzer and blood test.[8]
Update
In early December 2014, police released the dashboard camera video showing Longoria performing field sobriety tests before her arrest for drunk driving on July 12, 2014. Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra stated that had he known of the existence of the video, he would have pursued a pre-trial diversion program instead of agreeing to the dismissal of her case for lack of evidence. Guerra admitted that in the video, Longoria exhibited behavior that shows she may have been intoxicated, but also stated that in a video taken later at the police department, Longoria did not appear drunk.[9][10]
John Saenz, a spokesman for the police, said the video had been available but no one from the prosecutor's office had requested it.[11]
"I probably read that, but in relying on the completeness of the videos given to me, I did not see it. I did not know whether the dash cam was recording or not, I didn't bother to ask and that was my oversight," stated Guerra, who does not plan on reopening the case.[9]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nora Longoria Campaign Website, "About Nora Longoria," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results-Texas"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Summary" Select "2012 General Election"
- ↑ Texas Republican Party, "2012 Candidate Filing"
- ↑ The Monitor, "13th Court of Appeals judge charged with DWI," July 12, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Valley Morning Star, "Valley judge tried to resist DWI arrest," July 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Valley Central.com, "DWI charge dismissed against Justice Nora Longoria," December 3, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Valley Central.com, "DA on Nora Longoria dash cam video: 'I didn’t bother to ask,' December 8, 2014
- ↑ NY Daily News, "Police release dashcam video of Texas judge stumbling through sobriety test month after court drops her DUI charges," December 6, 2014
- ↑ Greenfield Reporter.com, "District attorney says dash cam video not seen before appeals court judge's DWI case dismissed," December 8, 2014
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