2018 Texas Judicial Comparisons

Supreme Court of Texas

9 Justices, Statewide, Based in Austin

Place 2: Jimmy Blacklock* (R) v. Steven Kirkland (D)

Place 4: John Devine* (R) v. R.K. Sandill (D)

Place 6: Jeff Brown* (R) v. Kathy Cheng (D)

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

9 Judges, Statewide, Based in Austin

Presiding Judge: Sharon Keller* (R) v. Bill Strange (L) v. Maria "Terry" Jackson (D)

Place 7: Barbara Parker Hervey* (R) v. Ramona Franklin (D)

Place 8 OPEN SEAT: Michelle Slaughter (R) v. Mark Ash (L)

1st Court of Appeals

9 Justices, 10 Counties, Based in Houston, Concurrent Jurisdiction with 14th Court

Place 2: Jane Bland* (R) v. Gordon Goodman (D)

Place 6: Harvey G. Brown* (R) v. Sarah Beth Landau (D)

Place 7 OPEN SEAT: Terry Wayne Yates (R) v. Julie Countiss (D)

Place 8: Michael C. Massengale* (R) v. Richard Hightower (D)

Place 9: Jennifer V. Caughey* (R) v. Peter Kelly (D)

2nd Court of Appeals

7 Justices, 12 Counties, Based in Fort Worth

Place 5 OPEN SEAT: Dabney Bassel (R) v. Delonia Watson (D)

3rd Court of Appeals

6 Justices, 24 Counties, Based in Austin

Place 2: Cindy Olson Bourland* (R) v. Edward Smith (D)

Place 3: Scott Field* (R) v. Chari Kelly (D)

Place 5: David Puryear* (R) v. Thomas J. Baker (D)

Place 6: Mike Toth* (R) v. Gisela Triana (D)

4th Court of Appeals

7 Justices, 32 Counties, Based in San Antonio

Place 2: Marialyn Barnard* (R) v. Beth Watkins (D)

Place 3: Jason Pulliam (R) v. Patricia O’Connell Alvarez* (D)

Place 4: Patrick Ballantyne (R) v. Luz Elena Chapa* (D)

Place 5 OPEN SEAT: Rebecca Simmons (R) v. Liza Rodriguez (D)

Place 7: Shane J. Stolarczyk (R) v. Rebeca Martinez* (D)

5th Court of Appeals

13 Justices, 6 Counties, Based in Dallas

Chief Justice OPEN SEAT: Douglas S. Lang* (R) v. Robert Burns (D)

Place 2: David Evans* (R) v. Robbie Partida-Kipness (D)

Place 5: Craig Stoddart* (R) v. Erin Nowell (D)

Place 9: Jason Boatright* (R) v. Bill Pederson (D)

Place 10: Molly Francis* (R) v. Amanda Reicheck (D)

Place 11 OPEN SEAT: John Browning (R) v. Cory Carlyle (D)

Place 12 OPEN SEAT: Jim Pikl (R) v. Ken Molberg (D)

Place 13: Elizabeth Lang-Miers* (R) v. Leslie Lester Osborne (D)

13th Court of Appeals

6 Justices, 20 Counties, Based in Corpus Christi & Edinburg

Chief Justice OPEN SEAT: Ernie Aliseda (R) v. Dori Contreras* (D)

Place 2: Greg Perkes (R) v. Nora Longoria* (D)

Place 4 OPEN SEAT: Jaime Tijerina (R) v. Rudy Delgado (D)

Place 5: Clarissa Silva (R) v. Gina Benavides* (D)

14th Court of Appeals

9 Justices, 10 Counties, Based in Houston, Concurrent Jurisdiction with 1st Court

Place 3: Brett Busby* (R) v. Jerry Zimmerer (D)

Place 4: Marc Brown* (R) v. Charles Spain (D)

Place 5: Martha Hill Jamison* (R) v. Frances Bourliot (D)

Place 6: Bill Boyce* (R) v. Meagan Hassan (D)

Place 8: John Donovan* (R) v. Margaret Poissant (D)