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Jo Ann Delgado: [168] First Latino American female elected as a Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas (2001) Pat Lykos: [169] First female District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (2009) Debra Ibarra Mayfield: [36] [170] [171] First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County, Texas (2011)
See Texas Local Government Code §81.021 and based on population. There are two to eight precincts per Texas county. 2. Constables (and the justice of the peace, and county commissioners) are elected by these precincts and they must provide bailiffs for the Justice Court(s) in their precinct. 3.
The lowest court level in Texas is the Justice of the Peace Court (also called Justice Court or JP Court). Each county has at least one JP Court. [16] Sections 18 and 19 of Article V, as well as Chapters 27 and 28 of the Texas Government Code, outline the duties of these Courts and their officers.
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas (2001– ) Texas: active: Pedro Delgado Hernández [154] United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (2014– ) Puerto Rico: active: Aida Delgado-Colón [155] United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (2006– ) Puerto Rico: active: Justine Del ...
Hidalgo ran for County Judge of Harris County in the 2018 elections. She was unopposed in the Democratic Party primary election and faced incumbent Ed Emmett in the general election. Hidalgo ran on a platform focused on flood control, criminal justice reform , and increasing transparency and accountability in local government. [ 15 ]
The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county. The Harris County jail facilities are in northern downtown on the north side of the Buffalo Bayou. The 1200 Jail, [46] the 1307 Jail, (originally a TDCJ facility, leased by the county), [47] and the 701 Jail (formed from existing warehouse storage space) are on the same site. [48]
DaSean Jones (born August 12, 1978) is a Texas District Court Judge in Harris County, Texas. [1] [2] As a member of the Democratic Party, he has been the judge of the Texas 180th District Court since 2019. [1] Jones is running for the 2024 Texas Supreme Court Place 2 election against incumbent Jimmy Blacklock.
After state officials auditing the 2020 election announced they would send a contingent of inspectors to observe Harris County's 2022 general election and perform random checks of election records, Menefee joined Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo in calling on the Department of Justice to send federal monitors ...