Harris County
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Stephen F. DriverRepublican
Beverly D. ArmstrongDemocratic IncumbentOn ballot as
STEPHEN F. DRIVER
BEVERLY D. ARMSTRONG
Current role
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Judge, 208th District Court, Harris County (since Jan. 1, 2023)
Background
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- B.S. in civil engineering, Prairie View A&M University (1990)
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law (1996)
- Born in Beaumont
- Houston resident since 1990 (per campaign)
Experience
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- Elected November 2022, defeating Heather Hudson; took office Jan. 1, 2023
- 35 cases tried in her first term (per campaign)
- Court's pending cases reduced by more than 1,000 (per campaign)
- Prosecutor, more than 15 years, including First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Polk County (per campaign)
- Court chief, Galveston County, three years (per campaign)
Top priorities
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- "High bonds for serious crimes"
- "Stiff bond conditions"
- "Working within the Constitution not Weaponizing the Constitution"
- "Focused on People not Politics"
- Her campaign says she "has a mission of treating everyone in her courtroom with dignity and respect"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "Judge Armstrong has a mission of treating everyone in her courtroom with dignity and respect and she requires her staff to follow her example."
- Court administration: Campaign site: "she has reduced the pending cases in the 208th court by more than 1000 and she has reduced the pending cases over 1000 days old by 25%"
Endorsements
- "C" Club of Houston
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Greater Heights Democratic Club (primary)
Stephen F. Driver
Republican- On ballot as
- STEPHEN F. DRIVER
- 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
- "C" Club of Houston
- Campaign website
- Not found
Beverly D. Armstrong
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- BEVERLY D. ARMSTRONG
- Current role
- Judge, 208th District Court, Harris County (since Jan. 1, 2023)
- Background
- B.S. in civil engineering, Prairie View A&M University (1990)
- Law degree, South Texas College of Law (1996)
- Born in Beaumont
- Houston resident since 1990 (per campaign)
- Experience
- Elected November 2022, defeating Heather Hudson; took office Jan. 1, 2023
- 35 cases tried in her first term (per campaign)
- Court's pending cases reduced by more than 1,000 (per campaign)
- Prosecutor, more than 15 years, including First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Polk County (per campaign)
- Court chief, Galveston County, three years (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "High bonds for serious crimes"
- "Stiff bond conditions"
- "Working within the Constitution not Weaponizing the Constitution"
- "Focused on People not Politics"
- Her campaign says she "has a mission of treating everyone in her courtroom with dignity and respect"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "Judge Armstrong has a mission of treating everyone in her courtroom with dignity and respect and she requires her staff to follow her example."
- Court administration: Campaign site: "she has reduced the pending cases in the 208th court by more than 1000 and she has reduced the pending cases over 1000 days old by 25%"
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Greater Heights Democratic Club (primary)
- Campaign website
- beverlyarmstrongforjudge.com
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