New Criminal Judges in Harris County, Texas
What a difference a day makes at the courthouse. Yesterday there was a lot of uncertaintity regarding the election. The courts I had to attend seemed to be in a somber mood. Today, the court staff were upbeat, and looking forward to the future. Every criminal judge in Harris County, Texas that was seeking re-election won their respective race. In fact, the races were not even close. It was a sweep by the Republican Party.
There were a few newly elected judges. Paula Goodhart who replaced Regan Helm earlier this year won her first election for County Criminal Court at Law #2. Natalie Fleming who replaced Donald Jackson also won the bench for County Criminal Court at Law #3. John Clinton won the County Criminal Court at Law #4 bench that opened up after Judge James Anderson decided to retire effective at the end of this year. Earlier this year Judge Mark Atkinson retired from County Criminal Court at Law #13. His replacement will be Don Smyth. In the Felony courts there were two newly elected Judges. Denise Bradley will be presiding over the 262nd District Court of Harris County, Texas and Marc Brown won the election for the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas after he replaced Debbie Mantooth Stricklin who also retired earlier this year.