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David GunnRepublican Incumbent
Julie CountissDemocraticOn ballot as
DAVID GUNN
JULIE COUNTISS
Current role
Justice, First Court of Appeals, Place 4 (appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in September 2024; joined the court October 2024)
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Background
- B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering (UT, MIT)
- J.D., Baylor Law School
- LL.M., University of Houston Law Center
- Board-certified, civil appellate law
- Born in Austin, grew up in Houston
- B.A., Southern Methodist University (per campaign)
- J.D., UH Law Center (2002) (per campaign)
- Former Teach for America teacher, South Bronx (from 1993) (per campaign)
- Raised in the Texas Panhandle (per campaign)
Experience
- Appellate attorney (1990–2024), including more than two decades as a partner at Beck Redden
- Court attorney, Fourteenth Court of Appeals (1987–90)
- Former Hilshire Village city councilmember
- Justice, First Court of Appeals, Place 7 (2019–2024; elected 2018)
- Texas Children's Commission (2019)
- Earlier: Assistant County Attorney, Harris County (per campaign)
- Earlier: private practice (per campaign)
Top priorities
Not found
- "a strong commitment to fair and impartial justice" (per campaign)
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: His campaign site says his philosophy is "founded on a commitment to interpret the law faithfully and impartially, with a deep respect for the letter and spirit of the constitution"
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey: "My job is to follow and apply the law whether I like a particular law or not. Politics has no place in the courtroom."
- Court administration: In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, while on the court: "I have spent the last five years working hard to keep my docket moving forward."
Endorsements
- Texas Civil Justice League PAC
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Mexican American Bar Association of Houston (listed by campaign)
David Gunn
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- DAVID GUNN
- Current role
- Justice, First Court of Appeals, Place 4 (appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in September 2024; joined the court October 2024)
- Background
- B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering (UT, MIT)
- J.D., Baylor Law School
- LL.M., University of Houston Law Center
- Board-certified, civil appellate law
- Born in Austin, grew up in Houston
- Experience
- Appellate attorney (1990–2024), including more than two decades as a partner at Beck Redden
- Court attorney, Fourteenth Court of Appeals (1987–90)
- Former Hilshire Village city councilmember
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: His campaign site says his philosophy is "founded on a commitment to interpret the law faithfully and impartially, with a deep respect for the letter and spirit of the constitution"
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Texas Civil Justice League PAC
- Houston Police Officers' Union
- Houston Association of Women Attorneys
- Campaign website
- justicedavidgunn.com
Julie Countiss
Democratic- On ballot as
- JULIE COUNTISS
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- B.A., Southern Methodist University (per campaign)
- J.D., UH Law Center (2002) (per campaign)
- Former Teach for America teacher, South Bronx (from 1993) (per campaign)
- Raised in the Texas Panhandle (per campaign)
- Experience
- Justice, First Court of Appeals, Place 7 (2019–2024; elected 2018)
- Texas Children's Commission (2019)
- Earlier: Assistant County Attorney, Harris County (per campaign)
- Earlier: private practice (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "a strong commitment to fair and impartial justice" (per campaign)
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey: "My job is to follow and apply the law whether I like a particular law or not. Politics has no place in the courtroom."
- Court administration: In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, while on the court: "I have spent the last five years working hard to keep my docket moving forward."
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
- Bay Area Democratic Movement
- Mexican American Bar Association of Houston (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- juliecountiss.com
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