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Court[edit]

District 92 is a district court in Hidalgo County, Texas.^[1]

Judges[edit]

Luis Manuel Singleterry^[2]

Former judges[edit]

Ricardo Rodriguez, Jr.

Hidalgo County[edit]

Hidalgo County contains one county court as well as the following 11 district courts: District 92, District 93, District 139, District 206, District 275, District 332, District 370, District 389, District 398, District 430, District 449.

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.

Selection method[edit]

See also: Partisan election of judges

The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.^[3]

Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."^[4]

Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:

a U.S. citizen;
a resident of Texas;
licensed to practice law in the state;
between the ages of 25 and 75;*^[5]
a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.^[3]

*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.^[3]

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.^[6]^[7]

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.^[6]

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.^[6]^[8]

Footnotes[edit]

External links[edit]

Official website of the 92nd District Court

[1] Texas Courts Online, "State District Courts by County," January 2008

[2] The Monitor, "Governor appoints Mission attorney Tijerina to head 92nd state District Court," October 3, 2013

[general-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014

[4] Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014

[hist-5] Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014

[gen-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 The University of Texas at Austin: Texas Politics, "Winning Public Office: General Elections and Special Elections," January 29, 2014

[7] Texas Election Code, "Title 10, Sec. 172.003 and 172.004," accessed May 1, 2014

[8] 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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