Refugio County, Texas (Judicial)

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Refugio County, Texas contains three judicial districts and one county court.[1]

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has jurisdiction in Refugio County. Appeals from the Southern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

# Judges[edit]

Refugio County courthouse
Image Courtesy of TexasCourthouses.com

## District courts[edit]

### Texas judicial district 24

* Jack W. Marr[2]

### Texas judicial district 135

* Kemper Williams[3]

### Texas judicial district 267

* Robert Bell

## County court[edit]

### Refugio County Court, Texas

* Bobby Blaschke[4]

# Elections[edit]

See also: Texas judicial elections

Texas is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Texas, click here.

* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2025
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2024
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2023
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2022
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2021
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2020
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2019
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2018
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2017
* Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
* Texas judicial elections, 2014
* Texas judicial elections, 2012
* Texas judicial elections, 2010

## Election rules[edit]

### Primary election[edit]

Partisan primaries are held if even one candidate has filed for a position. To advance to the general election, a candidate must win a majority (over 50 percent) of the vote. If no candidate in a race wins the majority—as in cases where more than two candidates are competing for a seat—a runoff election is held between the top two candidates.[5][6]

Though Texas officially has closed primaries (requiring that voters declare party affiliation in advance in order to participate), the state's primaries are functionally open: registered voters may vote in any single party's primary if they have not voted in the primary of another party. The elections are closed, however, in that voters may not participate in the proceedings (a runoff primary or a convention) of another party thereafter.[5]

### General election[edit]

The winning candidates from each major party's primary, as well as any additional minor party candidates, compete in a general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If a candidate was unopposed in the general election, his or her name will still appear on the general election ballot.[5][7]

## See also[edit]

* List of Texas District Courts
* List of Texas counties

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Texas Courts Online, "State District Courts by County," January 2008
2. ↑ DeWitt County, Texas: 24th District
3. ↑ DeWitt County, Texas: 135th District
4. ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Trial Courts by County," accessed May 8, 2014
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The University of Texas at Austin: Texas Politics, "Winning Public Office: General Elections and Special Elections," January 29, 2014
6. ↑ Texas Election Code, "Title 10, Sec. 172.003 and 172.004," accessed May 1, 2014
7. ↑ Office of the Secretary of State, 1992-Current Election History (Select "2012 General" & "County Race"; then click "Anderson" to view sample results)

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