Hon. Jose Longoria

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Jose Longoria

Prior offices
Texas 214th District Court


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Contents

1 Career
2 Elections

2.1 2016

2.1.1 Selection method


2.2 2012


3 Endorsements

3.1 2016


4 Noteworthy events
5 See also
6 External links
7 Footnotes




Jose Longoria was a judge of Texas District 214.[1] Longoria was elected in 2000 and took office in January 2001.[2][3] Longoria was re-elected on November 6, 2012, for a four-year term.
Longoria lost his re-election bid in 2016.[4] The general election took place on November 8, 2016.

Career
Prior to taking the bench, he spent 23 years as an attorney in private practice.[5]

Elections
2016
See also: Texas local trial court judicial elections, 2016
Texas held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 1, 2016. A primary runoff election was held on May 24, 2016, for any seat where the top vote recipient did not receive a majority of the primary vote.[6] Incumbent Jose Longoria defeated Deborah Rios in the Texas 214th District Court Democratic primary.[4]

[hide]Texas 214th District Court, Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate
Vote%
Votes Jose Longoria Incumbent
63.43%
12,613Deborah Rios
36.57%
7,273Total Votes
19,886
Source: KRISTV, "Texas Primary election results," March 2, 2016

Inna Klein defeated incumbent Jose Longoria in the Texas 214th District Court general election.

[hide]Texas 214th District Court, General Election, 2016

Party
Candidate
Vote%
Votes
Republican
Inna Klein
51.33%
52,642
Democratic
Jose Longoria Incumbent
48.67%
49,907Total Votes
102,549
Source: Nueces County Elections, "Nueces County 2016 General Election," accessed December 15, 2016

Selection method
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.[7]
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."[8]
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;*[9]
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.[7]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[7]

2012
Longoria ran for re-election to the 214th District Court and defeated challenger Jack W. Pulcher with 54.1 percent of the vote.[10][3]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Endorsements
2016
Longoria received the endorsement of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times for the March 1 primary.[11]

Noteworthy events
Judge Longoria received national attention in June 2011 after sentencing a Corpus Christi mother to five years of felony probation for spanking her child. The mother was also forced to pay a fine and attend parenting classes.[12] "You don't spank children today," said Judge Jose Longoria. "In the old days, maybe we got spanked, but there was a different quarrel. You don't spank children."[13]

See also
Nueces County, Texas
Courts in Texas
Local trial court judicial elections, 2016
External links
Nueces County, "214th District Court"
Campaign website
Footnotes






? Nueces County, "214th District Court"

? Judge Jose Longoria 214th District Court

? Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Nueces County, Texas-2012 General Election Results

? Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015

? Caller.com, "Jose Longoria should be re-elected to 214th court," September 11, 2008

? Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 18, 2015

? Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014

? Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014

? Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014

? Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Summary" Select "2012 General Election"

? Re-elect Judge Jose Longoria, "Endorsements," accessed February 18, 2016

? The Huffington Post, "Texas Mom Rosalina Gonzales Sentenced For Spanking," June 20, 2011

? Local 8, "Judge has harsh words for Mom before sentencing her for spanking her kid," June 19, 2011

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