Nueces County
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Jerry BatekRepublican
Lisa GonzalesDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
Jerry Batek
Lisa Gonzales
Current role
Attorney with Batek & Robinson, LLP; Calallen ISD trustee (Place 3)
Judge, Nueces County Court at Law No. 2 (since 2003)
Background
- Calallen High School graduate (1989)
- BBA in accounting, Sam Houston State University (1994)
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law (1998)
- Texas law license (November 1998)
- Corpus Christi native
- B.A. with honors in economics and political science, Yale University (1984)
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1987)
- Mary Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, graduate (1980) (per campaign)
Experience
- Calallen ISD Board of Trustees (elected November 2020; current Place 3 term November 2024 through November 2028)
- Has served the cities of Corpus Christi and Portland as a municipal court judge (per Calallen ISD biography)
- Former Nueces County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 (elected 1996)
- Former Assistant Nueces County District Attorney
- Former Assistant Nueces County Attorney
- Former Assistant General Counsel, Texas Department of Banking
- Former Assistant Texas Attorney General
Top priorities
Not found
- Her campaign says she "remains dedicated to the rule of law as well as the fair and independent administration of justice"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: she "remains dedicated to the rule of law as well as the fair and independent administration of justice"
- Court administration: Campaign site: as a justice of the peace "she reduced a significant case backlog"; says she has presided over "more than 600 jury trials" on the county court at law
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Jerry Batek
Republican- On ballot as
- Jerry Batek
- Current role
- Attorney with Batek & Robinson, LLP; Calallen ISD trustee (Place 3)
- Background
- Calallen High School graduate (1989)
- BBA in accounting, Sam Houston State University (1994)
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law (1998)
- Texas law license (November 1998)
- Corpus Christi native
- Experience
- Calallen ISD Board of Trustees (elected November 2020; current Place 3 term November 2024 through November 2028)
- Has served the cities of Corpus Christi and Portland as a municipal court judge (per Calallen ISD biography)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Lisa Gonzales
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- Lisa Gonzales
- Current role
- Judge, Nueces County Court at Law No. 2 (since 2003)
- Background
- B.A. with honors in economics and political science, Yale University (1984)
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1987)
- Mary Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, graduate (1980) (per campaign)
- Experience
- Former Nueces County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 (elected 1996)
- Former Assistant Nueces County District Attorney
- Former Assistant Nueces County Attorney
- Former Assistant General Counsel, Texas Department of Banking
- Former Assistant Texas Attorney General
- Top priorities
- Her campaign says she "remains dedicated to the rule of law as well as the fair and independent administration of justice"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: she "remains dedicated to the rule of law as well as the fair and independent administration of justice"
- Court administration: Campaign site: as a justice of the peace "she reduced a significant case backlog"; says she has presided over "more than 600 jury trials" on the county court at law
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- judge-lisa.com
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