At a time when political analysts say Texas is trending blue, the state’s voters overwhelmingly decided to keep the Texas Supreme Court totally Republican.
With 98% of the counties reporting, all four incumbent state Supreme Court justices cruised to re-election Tuesday. In fact, all four justices won their races by larger vote margins than did their colleagues in 2018.
Place | Name | Party | Result | Pct Reporting |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chief Justice | Nathan Hecht | Republican | 5,797,468 | 100% |
Amy Clark Meachum | Democrat | 4,852,857 | ||
Mark Ash | Libertarian | 275,981 | ||
Place 6 | Jane Bland | Republican | 6,019,551 | |
Kathy Cheng | Democrat | 4,862,837 | ||
Place 7 | Jeff Boyd | Republican | 5,814,075 | |
Staci Williams | Democrat | 4,943,344 | ||
William Bryan Strange III | Libertarian | 255,385 | ||
Place 8 | Brett Busby | Republican | 5,817,563 | |
Gisela D. Triana | Democrat | 4,786,649 | ||
Tom Oxford | Libertarian | 284,053 |
Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, who is the longest serving justice in state history, is leading his Democratic opponent, Travis County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum 53% to 44%.
Justice Jane Bland of Houston is garnering the most votes among the four races. Justice Bland has already received 5.7 million votes, or 55.5% of the votes cast in her race. Her opponent, Kathy Cheng, has 44.5% of the votes counted so far.
Justice Jeffrey Boyd is leading Dallas District Judge Staci Williams 53.6% to 44.1%.
Justice Brett Busby has 53.7% of the votes cast in his race against Justice Gisela Triana of the Third Court of Appeals, who has 43.8%.
The three incumbent Republican judges on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals are also winning their races by 8% or more.