Rosie Gonzalez

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Rosie Gonzalez

Democratic Party

Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

St. Mary's University

Law

St. Mary's University School of Law

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Profession

Attorney

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Rosie Gonzalez (Democratic Party) is a judge for Number 13 of the Bexar County Court of Law in Texas. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Gonzalez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Number 13 judge of the Bexar County Court of Law in Texas. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Rosie Gonzalez was born in Brownsville, Texas and lives in San Antonio, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from St. Mary's University in 1987 and a J.D. degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2001. She graduated from the Women's Campaign School at Yale University. Gonzalez's career experience includes working as a child abuse investigator, gang counselor, juvenile probation officer, and as an attorney at her private practice, the Law Office of Rosa Maria Gonzalez.

Elections

2022

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

General election

General election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Incumbent Rosie Gonzalez defeated Charles Gold in the general election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosie Gonzalez (D)	57.2	296,572
		Charles Gold (R)	42.8	221,577

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 518,149
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Incumbent Rosie Gonzalez defeated Mike Villarreal in the Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosie Gonzalez	56.3	48,847
		Mike Villarreal	43.7	37,855

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 86,702
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Charles Gold advanced from the Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Gold	100.0	64,997

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,997
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2018

General election

General election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Rosie Gonzalez defeated incumbent Crystal Chandler in the general election for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosie Gonzalez (D)	56.8	303,018
		Crystal Chandler (R)	43.2	230,769
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 533,790 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Rosie Gonzalez advanced from the Democratic primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rosie Gonzalez	100.0	69,505

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 69,505
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13

Incumbent Crystal Chandler advanced from the Republican primary for Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Crystal Chandler	100.0	49,986

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 49,986
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Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.

Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:

• be at least 25 years old;
• be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
• have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rosie Gonzalez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rosie Gonzalez participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 29, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Rosie Gonzalez's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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1. Creation of a Domestic Violence Drug Court 2. Ensuring that community safety, perpetrator rehabilitation and perpetrator accountability are goals that are achieved as a result of court intervention and services provided to victims and perpetrators. 3. Increasing resource education and accessibility to victims/survivors of domestic violence.

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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Health and Public Wellness via education, service provision to diminish the re-victimization of women and children in Domestic Violence cases in a way that eliminates disparities in accessibility and protection.

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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Rosie Gonzalez answered the following:

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?

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I want to set the example. I hope to do this by confronting the issues already discussed herein which I do not believe are being pursued by the present office holder. Domestic Violence Drug Court is a must in a community that is seeing record numbers of DV cases and Drug cases.

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Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?

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No.

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What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

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Commitment to justice for all. Desire to serve all equally.

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What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder?

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I am a fervent protector of a person's and child's right to zealous representation. I also believe that lifetime prosecutors who are elected as judges who cannot abandon their prosecutorial mentality do a great disservice to the communities they are elected in. I come to the bench with a wealth of diverse history of working for the betterment of children and families in Bexar County which I believe will better serve our local population.

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What legacy would you like to leave?

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The establishment of a Domestic Violence Drug Court that can show if you treat the core problem, drug use which fuels the violence, we will see a decrease in Domestic Violence cases. When we have a sober defendant, we have a sober son, daughter, spouse, parent which creates a healthy family and safer community.

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What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at that time?

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July 1969 Apollo 11. I, along with 20+ other children at my daycare, watched the landing of the man on the moon on television.

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What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

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File clerk, Edelsteins Better Furniture. Summer 1980.

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Is there a particular judge, past or present, whom you admire?

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Sonia Sotomayor, USSC Justice.

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