Harris County
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Israel GarciaRepublican
Lashawn A. WilliamsDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
ISRAEL GARCIA
LASHAWN A. WILLIAMS
Current role
Attorney
Judge, Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3 (since 2019)
Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Texas at Austin (1988)
- Law degree, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University (1991)
- Licensed attorney, State Bar of Texas, 33 years (per Harris County Republican Party candidate page)
- Born in Austin, Texas
- Graduate, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University (May 1995)
- Law license, Texas and Tennessee
- Born in Conroe, Texas
- Daughter of an Army Vietnam veteran
Experience
- Ran for re-election as justice of the peace (November 5, 2024); lost to James Lombardino, 48.5% to 51.5%
- Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Place 1 (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024); elected as a Democrat
- Re-elected November 8, 2022, over Aaron Adams, 51.1% to 48.9%
- Win over incumbent Linda Storey (November 2018)
- Founder and former managing partner, Baldwin Williams & Associates, PLLC
- Former in-house counsel, national Fortune 500 company
- Former criminal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney
- 23 years of legal experience before taking the bench (per campaign)
Top priorities
Not found
- Says litigants "must be assured that their case will be heard by a neutral, impartial, fair-minded judge"
- "to interpret, honor and uphold the letter and spirit of the law"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: says her experience lets her "respect wholly each party before me, and to interpret, honor and uphold the letter and spirit of the law"
- Court administration: No public statement found
Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Houston Chronicle Editorial Board (primary)
Israel Garcia
Republican- On ballot as
- ISRAEL GARCIA
- Current role
- Attorney
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Texas at Austin (1988)
- Law degree, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University (1991)
- Licensed attorney, State Bar of Texas, 33 years (per Harris County Republican Party candidate page)
- Born in Austin, Texas
- Experience
- Ran for re-election as justice of the peace (November 5, 2024); lost to James Lombardino, 48.5% to 51.5%
- Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Place 1 (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024); elected as a Democrat
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Campaign website
- Not found
Lashawn A. Williams
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- LASHAWN A. WILLIAMS
- Current role
- Judge, Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3 (since 2019)
- Background
- Graduate, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University (May 1995)
- Law license, Texas and Tennessee
- Born in Conroe, Texas
- Daughter of an Army Vietnam veteran
- Experience
- Re-elected November 8, 2022, over Aaron Adams, 51.1% to 48.9%
- Win over incumbent Linda Storey (November 2018)
- Founder and former managing partner, Baldwin Williams & Associates, PLLC
- Former in-house counsel, national Fortune 500 company
- Former criminal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney
- 23 years of legal experience before taking the bench (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Says litigants "must be assured that their case will be heard by a neutral, impartial, fair-minded judge"
- "to interpret, honor and uphold the letter and spirit of the law"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: says her experience lets her "respect wholly each party before me, and to interpret, honor and uphold the letter and spirit of the law"
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Houston Chronicle Editorial Board (primary)
- Campaign website
- lawforjudge.com
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