Harris County
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Xavier AlfaroRepublican
Toria J. FinchDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
XAVIER ALFARO
TORIA J. FINCH
Current role
Attorney in private practice
Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 9 (elected November 6, 2018; since January 1, 2019)
Background
- Bachelor's degree in government, University of Texas at Austin
- J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
- B.S. in business marketing, Alabama A&M University
- J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law
- From Nashville, Tennessee (per campaign)
Experience
- Ran for County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (2018) and No. 15 (2022); lost both general elections
- Own practice (opened 2011)
- Former assistant district attorney, Harris County
- Former prosecutor, Harris and Fort Bend counties (per Harris County Republican Party candidate page)
- Has served as Presiding Judge, 16 county criminal courts (per campaign)
- Has served as Local Administrative Judge, county courts at law (per campaign)
- Former Harris County Assistant District Attorney (per campaign)
- Founder, The Finch Law Firm, PLLC (per campaign)
- Former Assistant Juvenile Public Defender, Travis County (per campaign)
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- Board certified in juvenile law (per campaign)
- Adjunct professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (per campaign)
Top priorities
Not found
- "restoring Truth, Justice, and Fairness to the Criminal Justice System"
- "opportunities for reform, rehabilitation, and redemption for all individuals"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: she seeks "opportunities for reform, rehabilitation, and redemption for all individuals" who come before her.
- Court administration: Campaign site: she worked with other judges to create a community court, launched in 2022, that "serves as the community outreach arm of the Harris County Criminal Courts at Law."
Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
Xavier Alfaro
Republican- On ballot as
- XAVIER ALFARO
- Current role
- Attorney in private practice
- Background
- Bachelor's degree in government, University of Texas at Austin
- J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
- Experience
- Ran for County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (2018) and No. 15 (2022); lost both general elections
- Own practice (opened 2011)
- Former assistant district attorney, Harris County
- Former prosecutor, Harris and Fort Bend counties (per Harris County Republican Party candidate page)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Campaign website
- Not found
Toria J. Finch
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- TORIA J. FINCH
- Current role
- Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 9 (elected November 6, 2018; since January 1, 2019)
- Background
- B.S. in business marketing, Alabama A&M University
- J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law
- From Nashville, Tennessee (per campaign)
- Experience
- Has served as Presiding Judge, 16 county criminal courts (per campaign)
- Has served as Local Administrative Judge, county courts at law (per campaign)
- Former Harris County Assistant District Attorney (per campaign)
- Founder, The Finch Law Firm, PLLC (per campaign)
- Former Assistant Juvenile Public Defender, Travis County (per campaign)
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- Board certified in juvenile law (per campaign)
- Adjunct professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "restoring Truth, Justice, and Fairness to the Criminal Justice System"
- "opportunities for reform, rehabilitation, and redemption for all individuals"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: she seeks "opportunities for reform, rehabilitation, and redemption for all individuals" who come before her.
- Court administration: Campaign site: she worked with other judges to create a community court, launched in 2022, that "serves as the community outreach arm of the Harris County Criminal Courts at Law."
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Campaign website
- votetoriafinch.com
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