Harris County
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David "dave" HarveyRepublican
Lauren ReederDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
DAVID "DAVE" HARVEY
LAUREN REEDER
Current role
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Judge, 234th District Court, Harris County (first elected 2018; re-elected 2022)
Background
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- BFA in Dramatic Writing, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Law degree, Harvard Law School
- Grand Prairie High School graduate
- Grew up in Texas
Experience
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- Administrative Judge, Civil Division, 2025 (elected by colleagues) (per campaign)
- Second term in that role (re-elected by colleagues) (per campaign)
- Commercial litigation practice, nearly a decade, at large firms and a litigation boutique
- Former Harris County assistant district attorney
Top priorities
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- "I believe in the independence of the judiciary, have a commitment to the rule of law, and a passion for doing the right thing every day."
- "moving a large docket efficiently and fairly"
- "have a vision for what a robust judiciary in Harris County looks like"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: "I believe in the independence of the judiciary, have a commitment to the rule of law, and a passion for doing the right thing every day."
- Court administration: "As a trial judge, I am tasked with moving a large docket efficiently and fairly"
Endorsements
None found in our research
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus (primary)
- Bay Area New Democrats (primary)
David "dave" Harvey
Republican- On ballot as
- DAVID "DAVE" HARVEY
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Not found
- Experience
- Not found
- 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
- harvey234judge.com
Lauren Reeder
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- LAUREN REEDER
- Current role
- Judge, 234th District Court, Harris County (first elected 2018; re-elected 2022)
- Background
- BFA in Dramatic Writing, New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Law degree, Harvard Law School
- Grand Prairie High School graduate
- Grew up in Texas
- Experience
- Administrative Judge, Civil Division, 2025 (elected by colleagues) (per campaign)
- Second term in that role (re-elected by colleagues) (per campaign)
- Commercial litigation practice, nearly a decade, at large firms and a litigation boutique
- Former Harris County assistant district attorney
- Top priorities
- "I believe in the independence of the judiciary, have a commitment to the rule of law, and a passion for doing the right thing every day."
- "moving a large docket efficiently and fairly"
- "have a vision for what a robust judiciary in Harris County looks like"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: "I believe in the independence of the judiciary, have a commitment to the rule of law, and a passion for doing the right thing every day."
- Court administration: "As a trial judge, I am tasked with moving a large docket efficiently and fairly"
- Endorsements
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- The "C" Club of Houston
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus (primary)
- Bay Area New Democrats (primary)
- Campaign website
- laurenreeder.org
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