New Election Ordered for 180th District Court in Harris County

 


A judge ordered Harris County to hold a new election for the 180th District Court judge after Republican candidate Tami Pierce, who narrowly lost to Democratic Judge DaSean Jones, filed a lawsuit challenging the results. Jones won by a margin of 449 votes in 2022.

Judge David Peeples, a visiting judge from Bexar County, issued the order Wednesday.

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In the findings of fact and conclusions of law, Peeples said 983 votes cast in the 2022 race were determined to be invalid because voters lived outside Harris County or had other residency-related issues. Additionally, 445 voters did not show a valid form of photo identification and 48 mail ballots lacked required signatures or were not received before the deadline.

More than a year after Pierce filed the election contest, the court ordered Jones to pay Pierce more than $65,000 in attorney fees, which Peeples said was reasonable given Jones’ motion to dismiss the case.

“This court held that Jones’s motion to dismiss was without merit and frivolous,” Peeples wrote, noting that the ruling to dismiss the case was affirmed by the First Court of Appeals.

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