Harris County
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Stella StevensRepublican
David M. FleischerDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
STELLA STEVENS
DAVID M. FLEISCHER
Current role
Criminal defense attorney
Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (since January 1, 2019)
Background
- Graduate, University of Houston Law Center (1999)
- Native Texan; moved to Houston in 1996 to attend law school (per campaign)
Not found
Experience
- Criminal defense practice, begun 2019 on return to practising law (per campaign)
- Prosecutor, Montgomery County: County Attorney's Office, later District Attorney's Office (2000–2009)
- Current term ends December 31, 2026
- Licensed in Texas (since November 2004) (per State Bar)
- Law degree, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (per State Bar)
Top priorities
- "I'll do what I consider to be the right thing, and to follow the law"
- "sometimes justice looks like justice and sometimes, it looks like mercy"
Not found
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "I can only promise that I'll do what I consider to be the right thing, and to follow the law."
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
Stella Stevens
Republican- On ballot as
- STELLA STEVENS
- Current role
- Criminal defense attorney
- Background
- Graduate, University of Houston Law Center (1999)
- Native Texan; moved to Houston in 1996 to attend law school (per campaign)
- Experience
- Criminal defense practice, begun 2019 on return to practising law (per campaign)
- Prosecutor, Montgomery County: County Attorney's Office, later District Attorney's Office (2000–2009)
- Top priorities
- "I'll do what I consider to be the right thing, and to follow the law"
- "sometimes justice looks like justice and sometimes, it looks like mercy"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "I can only promise that I'll do what I consider to be the right thing, and to follow the law."
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Campaign website
- stellastevensforjudge.com
David M. Fleischer
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- DAVID M. FLEISCHER
- Current role
- Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (since January 1, 2019)
- Background
- Not found
- Experience
- Current term ends December 31, 2026
- Licensed in Texas (since November 2004) (per State Bar)
- Law degree, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (per State Bar)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Campaign website
- Not found
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