Harris County
Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 8
Erika Ramirez
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- ERIKA RAMIREZ
- Current role
- Judge, Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 (since January 1, 2023)
- Background
- Graduate, Bellaire High School
- Bachelor's degree, University of Texas at Austin (2007)
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law Houston
- Born and raised in Harris County
- Experience
- Current term ends January 1, 2027
- Presiding Judge, county criminal courts, until the end of 2025 (per court news release, Jan. 9, 2026)
- Former Harris County Assistant District Attorney and county criminal court chief prosecutor (per campaign)
- Caseworker assistant, District Attorney's Office; first post there (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- A judge should be "committed to our community, respectful of the involved parties and legal process, and fair in the application of the law" (campaign site, wording kept from 2022 campaign)
- "apply the law and precedent to the facts and assure that the rights of both sides are protected" (campaign site, wording kept from 2022 campaign)
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site, in wording carried over from her 2022 campaign: "I believe that a Judge should be committed to our community, respectful of the involved parties and legal process, and fair in the application of the law."
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Campaign website
- ramirez4judge.com
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