Hon. Donna King

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Donna King



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Texas 26th District Court


Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024



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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 3, 2020




Education



Bachelor's

Angelo State University




Law

Texas Tech University, 1995







Donna King is a judge of the Texas 26th District Court. Her current term ends on December 31, 2024.King (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Texas 26th District Court. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
King was a 2014 candidate for the Texas District 368 in Texas.[1]

Contents

1 Elections

1.1 2020
1.2 2016

1.2.1 Selection method


1.3 2014


2 Campaign themes

2.1 2020


3 Education
4 Career
5 See also
6 External links
7 Footnotes



Elections
2020
See also:Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2020)General electionGeneral election for Texas 26th District CourtIncumbent Donna King defeated Brian McConnell in the general election for Texas 26th District Court on November 3, 2020. Candidate%Votes?Donna King (R)

55.3
151,304Brian McConnell (D)

44.7
122,165Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.SourceTotal votes: 273,469 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.Democratic primary election Democratic primary for Texas 26th District CourtBrian McConnell advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 26th District Court on March 3, 2020. Candidate%Votes?Brian McConnell
100.0
46,979
There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.SourceTotal votes: 46,979 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.Republican primary election Republican primary for Texas 26th District CourtIncumbent Donna King advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 26th District Court on March 3, 2020. Candidate%Votes?Donna King
100.0
38,868Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.SourceTotal votes: 38,868 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
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.[2] Donna King ran unopposed in the Texas 26th District Court Republican primary.[3]

[hide]Texas 26th District Court, Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate
Vote%
Votes Donna King (unopposed)
100.00%
43,392Total Votes
43,392
Source: WIlliamson County, Texas, "Unofficial Election Day Results," accessed March 2, 2016

Donna King won without opposition in the general election.

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.[4]
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."[5]
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;*[6]
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.[4]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[4]

2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
King ran for election to the 368th District Court.Primary: She was defeated in the Republicanprimary on March 4, 2014, receiving 49.9 percent of the vote.She competed against Rick J. Kennon.[7][8][1]

Campaign themes
2020




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Education
King received her undergraduate from Angelo State University and her J.D. from Texas Tech University.[9]

Career
At the time of her candidacy, King was an attorney in private practice since 2007. She is also the municipal judge for Leander, Texas, and the Williamson County jail magistrate. She previously served as a prosecutor in the Williamson County Attorney’s office and in the Travis County District Attorney’s office.[10]

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Footnotes






? Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Georgetown Advocate, "368th Court: Kennon’s Primary Win Certified," March 22, 2014

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

? Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 18, 2015

? Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 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, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"

? Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Williamson")

? Martindale.com, "Donna Gayle King," accessed August 21, 2014

? Donna King for 368th District Judge, "About Donna," accessed August 21, 2014

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