Houston GLBT Caucus Judicial Endorsements

I had heard good things about the Houston GLBT Caucus' endorsement process for contested Harris County Democratic judicial races in the March Primary. The questions were rigorous, and the selections were important to the HGLBT membership. I got the list of their endorsements yesterday from President Kris Banks, along with a quote from him. I've added in parenthesis the opponent(s) in each Democratic Primary race.

"We're really proud of this year's endorsement proceedings. Our screening committee worked really hard and put forth probably the most difficult any of the judicial candidates will face. Some compared it to taking the bar again. We did it that way because these races are extraordinarily important to us. We want to make sure we had the absolute best candidates. We're going to be mailing out our endorsement card to a strong universe of voters. We're also looking at other volunteer opportunities to make sure our candidates win."

Kris Banks, President, Houston GLBT Caucus

HGLBT endorsed judicial candidates in contested Democratic Primary races in Harris County:

113^th Civil District Court

Christina Bryan
(opponent: Jerome Fjeld)

157^th Civil District Court

Chuck Silverman
(opponent: Shawn Thierry)

180^th Criminal District Court

Lori Gooch
(opponent: Darrel Jordan)

189^th Civil District Court

Andy Pereira
(opponents: Ursula Hall, Larry Hinojosa) 

190^th Civil District Court

Jim Wrotenbery
(opponent: Olan Boudreaux)

234^th Civil District Court

Tanner Garth
(opponents: Nile Copeland, Jim Peacock)

245^th Family District Court

Janiece Horn
(opponent: Ray Fisher)

247^th Family District Court

Clinton “Chip” Wells
(opponent: Mary Kay Green)

248^th Criminal District Court

Trent Gaither
(opponent: Jim Sullivan)

270^th Civil District Court

Charles Spain
(opponents: Lee Arellano, Bob Thomas)

281^st Civil District Court

Donna Roth 
(opponent: Juliet Stipeche)

295^th Civil District Court

Paul Simon
(opponent: Reginald Mckamie)

308^th Family District Court

Bruce Kessler
(opponents: Porfiro Diaz, Julia Maldonado)

310^th Family District Court

Judy Dougherty
(opponent: Tammy Demming)

311^th Family District Court

Steve Herskowitz
(opponents: Damiane Curvey Banieh, Brad Morris, Deborah Wright)

313^th Juvenile District Court 

Natalie Oakes
(opponents: Marc Isenberg, Anthony Referente)

314^th Juvenile District Court

David Longoria
(opponent: John Liles)

315^th Juvenile District Court

Bill Thursland
(opponent: Keith Branch)

County Court at Law No. 1

Steve Reilley
(opponent: Erica Graham)

County Court at Law No. 2

Damian E. LaCroix
(opponent: Cheryl Elliot Thornton)

County Court at Law No. 3

Damon Crenshaw
(opponent: Javier Valenzuela)

County Criminal Court No. 1

Beverly D. Melontree
(opponents: Anthony Limitone, Louis McWherter

County Criminal Court No. 2

Mary Connealy Acosta
(opponent: Miles LeBlanc)

County Criminal Court No. 13

Dennis Slate
(opponent: John O'Sullivan)

County Criminal Court No. 3

Judith Snively
(opponent: Oliver Lloyd)

County Criminal Court No. 9

Silvia Pubchara-Munoz
(opponent: Juanita Barner)

County Criminal Court No. 12

Robert “Bob” Cardenas
(opponent: Cheryl Diggs)

County Probate Court No. 2

Joellen Snow
(opponent: Michael Skadden)

County Probate Court No. 3

Mary Galligan
(opponent: Priscilla Walters)