Stephens County, Texas (Judicial)
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Stephens County, Texas contains one judicial district and one county court.[1]
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Stephens County. Appeals from the Northern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Judges
District court
Texas judicial district 90
County court
Stephens County Court, Texas
See also
Footnotes
Elections
- See also: Texas judicial elections
Texas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Texas, click here.
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Texas judicial elections, 2014
- Texas judicial elections, 2012
- Texas judicial elections, 2010
Election rules
Primary election
Partisan primaries are held if even one candidate has filed for a position. To advance to the general election, a candidate must win a majority (over 50 percent) of the vote. If no candidate in a race wins the majority—as in cases where more than two candidates are competing for a seat—a runoff election is held between the top two candidates.[1][2]
Though Texas officially has closed primaries (requiring that voters declare party affiliation in advance in order to participate), the state's primaries are functionally open: registered voters may vote in any single party's primary if they have not voted in the primary of another party. The elections are closed, however, in that voters may not participate in the proceedings (a runoff primary or a convention) of another party thereafter.[1]
General election
The winning candidates from each major party's primary, as well as any additional minor party candidates, compete in a general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If a candidate was unopposed in the general election, his or her name will still appear on the general election ballot.[1][3]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The University of Texas at Austin: Texas Politics, "Winning Public Office: General Elections and Special Elections," January 29, 2014
- ↑ Texas Election Code, "Title 10, Sec. 172.003 and 172.004," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, 1992-Current Election History (Select "2012 General" & "County Race"; then click "Anderson" to view sample results)
