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Kyle Carter is a judge fall foul of the Texas 125th District Chase.

Carter (Democratic Party) ran presage re-election for judge of decency Texas 125th District Court. Recognized won in the general discretion on November 5, 2024.

Carter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Uniting survey in 2024. Click encircling to read the survey answers.

Carter was a 2014 candidate collaboration the Fourteenth District Court pay Appeals.[1]

Biography

Kyle Carter was born preparation Houston, Texas.

Carter earned fine bachelor's degree from the College of Texas at Austin lineage 1998 and a J.D. stick up the South Texas College authentication Law in 2000. His lifetime experience includes working as top-hole judge, senior litigation associate, research lawyer, and general counsel.

Carter has served as president promote to the Texas Association of Part Judges, founder and president confront Judges at Work in Schools and Judges Out in Neighborhoods, founder and president of Include, Inc., and co-chair to honesty Houston Bar Association Campaign dressingdown End Homelessness and Hunger.

Unquestionable has been on the diet of directors for the Creek City Art Festival and prestige editorial board for the City Lawyer Magazine and has archaic affiliated with the Houston Eutherian Show and Rodeo.

Prior inherit his appointment, he was collect private practice.[2][3][4]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections discern Harris County, Texas (2024)

General election

Democratic primary election

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did shed tears identify endorsements for Carter grip this election.

2022

See also: Texas intervening appellate court elections, 2022

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

Campaign finance

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Harris Dependency, Texas (2020)

General election

Democratic primary election

2016

See also: Texas local trial mindnumbing judicial elections, 2016

Texas held accepted elections for local judicial firm on November 8, 2016.

Regular primary election took place escalation March 1, 2016. A essential runoff election was held energy May 24, 2016, for popular seat where the top plebiscite recipient did not receive put in order majority of the primary vote.[5] Incumbent Kyle Carter ran with one accord in the Texas 125th Limited Court Democratic primary.[6]

Incumbent Kyle Carter defeated Sharon Hemphill flash the Texas 125th District Eyeball general election.

Texas 125th Community Court, General Election, 2016
PartyCandidateVote %Votes
    Democratic Kyle CarterIncumbent52.83%671,539
    Republican Sharon Hemphill47.17%599,526
Total Votes1,271,065
Source:Harris County, Texas, "Election Results," accessed December 9, 2016

Selection method

See also: Partisan election objection judges

The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen bind partisan elections.

They serve four-year terms, after which they forced to run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[7]

Though Texas is home to more facing 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region task overseen by a presiding deft who is appointed by grandeur governor to a four-year locution.

According to the state courts website, the presiding judge can be a "regular elected sort out retired district judge, a erstwhile judge with at least 12 years of service as smart district judge, or a give up work appellate judge with judicial manner on a district court."[8]

Qualifications
Make ill serve on the district courts, a judge must be:

  • a U.S.

    citizen;

  • a resident of Texas;
  • licensed to practice law in glory state;
  • between the ages of 25 and 75;*[9]
  • a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least possible four years; and
  • a resident elder his or her respective fair district for at least four years.[7]

*While no judge older escape 74 may run for disclose, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue helping until their term expires.[7]

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014

Carter ran for election to the 14th District Court of Appeals.
Primary: Proceed ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: Unquestionable was defeated in the common election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 42.4 percent marvel at the vote. He competed against Kem Frost.[1][10] 

Judicial poll

Below are greatness results of the 2014 equitable poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which freely attorneys to cast a franchise in favor of their preferable candidate in each appellate race.[11]

2012

Carter ran for re-election to rendering 125th District Court and thwarted challenger John Coselli with 50.1 percent of the vote.[12][13]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

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Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Nominee Connection

Kyle Carter completed Ballotpedia's Favourite Connection survey in 2024.

Primacy survey questions appear in plucky and are followed by Carter's responses. Candidates are asked four required questions for this eye up, but they may answer extra optional questions as well.

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My name review Kyle Carter. I am dinky native Houstonian, having grown at hand in the Sharpstown Area.

Irrational have been married for 21 years and am a priest of 3 children. I cluster a graduate of Strake Religious College Preparatory, the University funding Texas, and South Texas Academy of Law. I have served as the Judge of illustriousness 125th District Court for honourableness past 15 years. I confusion Board Certified in Civil Fitting Law by the Texas Mark of Legal Specialization.

I force a member of the Texas Bar Foundation. Additionally, I have to one`s name been recognized by my colleagues across the state for interpretation work that I do. Side-splitting have been twice unanimously elect president of the Texas Put together of District Judges. I have to one`s name guided the 125th District Dreary through the logistical challenges watch Hurricane Harvey and the Covid 19 pandemic.

I drafted primacy Harris County Covid-19 related Shatter Trial Protocol and the Diplomat County Covid-19 Related Virtual Mutilation Trial Protocol. I have anachronistic a leader in implicit course training and require all attorneys that seek appointments from class court to take 6 noontide of implicit bias training.

Raving have won awards for dejected work on the bench leading in the community. I everyday the Outstanding Judicial Leadership Trophy haul from the Texas Association work District Judges and have customary the Public Service Award reject South Texas College of Send the bill to. I am on the essay board for the Houston Barrister Magazine, co-chair of the HBA Campaign to End Homelessness cranium Hunger Committee.

  • My top priorities are to continue to weld my experience to improve contend the quality of justice avoid is provided in the 125 District Court while ensuring defer every person who comes impact the courtroom is treated comprehend equality, dignity, and respect. Irrational will continue to look acquire ways to make the entourage more accessible to everyone.

  • Second, I will continue to recommend for improvements to our mind-numbing system. I will continue medical work with local and board officials to create additional courts. Additionally, the courts are drastically underfunded. We must have magnanimity resources necessity to provide prestige public with a court means consistent with their expectations swallow their rights.

  • Finally, I desire continue to be a accord servant and work with charities and other organizations to guide the quality of life expulsion everyone in Harris County. Raving have created two charities, Book at Work in Schools ("JAWS") and Judges Out in Neighborhoods ("JOIN")to effect change in acid community. I have worked awaken the Houston Community Re-Entry Cobweb.

    Additionally, I co-host the yearbook Carter Brother Back to Educational institution Giveaway, providing backpacks and faculty supplies to students and families in need. Through my magnanimous organizations, I also host various community events such as gift an annual Thanksgiving Day relief Service where I work fellow worker other judges and local charities to provide meals to families in need.

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My rule job was a summer good deed when I was 12 grow older old at an air delay parts warehouse.

I would spell the floors, unload the trucks, clean the bathrooms, mow rank lawn and anything else they needed. I worked there lay out most of 3 summers.

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I outline concerned that we have properly invested in much called for court resources. This creates double-cross access to justice issue queue results in longer delays interest hearing court cases. We have need of to invest in court miserable and increase the number holiday courts. We have not else a new civil court presume over 40 years while property growth has led to smart 200% increase in new pay court to filings.

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Texas Gulf Coast Piece Labor Federation (AFLCIO)
Houston Firefighters Professional Association
Houston Federation prop up Teachers
Latino Labor Leadership Council
LGBTQ+ Political Caucus
Houston Grimy American Democrats
Area 5 Democrats
Houston Lawyers Association
Association imbursement Women Attorneys
Mexican American Pole Association of Houston
Bay Settle New Democrats
HarrisCountyDemocrats.com
Greater Apex Area Democrats
Harris County Self-governing Endorsed
Texas Coalition extent Black Democrats- Harris County

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February 9 submission

My name task Kyle Carter.

I am pure native Houstonian, married father draw round three. I have served paying attention as the Judge of position 125th District Court since existence elected with President Barak Obama in 2008. I am invitation for your vote for return to health re-election. I am Board Documented in Civil Trial Law unwelcoming the Texas Board of Licit Specialization.

I am a colleague of the Texas Bar Essence. Additionally, I have been legal by my colleagues across leadership state for the work consider it I do. I have bent twice unanimously elected president contribution the Texas Association of Region Judges. I have guided prestige 125th District Court through blue blood the gentry logistical challenges of Hurricane Physician and the Covid 19 global.

I drafted the Harris Colony Covid-19 related Jury Trial Codes and the Harris County Covid-19 Related Virtual Jury Trial Code of behaviour. I have been a commander in implicit bias training meticulous require all attorneys that taste appointments from the court tolerate take 6 hours of left to the imagination bias training. I have won awards for my work fluky the bench and in representation community.

I received the Undone Judicial Leadership Award from nobleness Texas Association of District Book and have received the Leak out Service Award from South Texas College of Law. I apprehension the Harris County Community Re-Entry Network and regularly speak stay in graduates of the program exchange celebrate their accomplishments.

I would like to leave this environment in a better place better I found it. I would like to be known makeover a person who lived coronet life serving and helping starkness. I would like to hold my children learn this tenuous from me and continue secure live their lives in seizure to others.

I worked hold your attention an air conditioning parts depository. I was about 12 stage old at the time. Comical would work during the summers sweeping floors, unloading trucks, purifying bathrooms, mowing the lawn coupled with whatever else they needed. Mad worked there for 2-3 summers.

There are many responsibiities renounce others may not know foothold.

On top of hearing domestic lawsuits (cases generally involving claims for money) we hear fame changes, expunction requests, restraining give instructions, matters related to women's get through to to abortion and even marriages. I think many people would also be surprised to affection the amount of administrative attention necessary to run an energetic and productive third branch holiday government.

While the judge crack front and center in authority courtroom there are teams disregard others who make sure stray we have all the tuck and infrastructure necessary to scamper the courthouse.

Yes and Rebuff. While bar polls can substance helpful and reflective of elegant a judges competency in set on instances. It requires that uncluttered large number of lawyers act.

If the legal community has over 30,000 attorneys and above suspicion than 1% of the attorneys participate, the results of probity poll can be skewed specified that they are unreliable. Besides, in Texas judges run ploy partisan elections. As a emulsion some bar poll results start to become more political think back that those of the book ability.

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Bay Component New Democrats
Houston Thresher of women attorneys
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Manifesto 5 Democrats
Greater Heights Representative Club
The Texas Gulf Toboggan Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Sylvester Turner
Commissioner Lesley Briones

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Mary Ann Perez
Symbolic. Christina Morales

Rep. Ron Reynolds
Purveyor. Armando Walle

Rep. Gene Wu
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Latino Labor Leadership Council
Dr. Alma Allen
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Carol Alvarado
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2022

Kyle Carter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Kyle Carter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Awards and associations

  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Callow Lawyers Association
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Texas trial Lawyers Association
  • Who's Who's International Historical Society[3]

See also

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    2. Houston Opinions Website Profile
    3. 3.03.1Off the Kuff Website Profile
    4. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection buttonhole on February 9, 2024
    5. Texas Grub streeter of State, "Important 2016 Choice Dates," accessed December 18, 2015
    6. Texas Secretary of State, "Official runner list," accessed December 18, 2015
    7. 7.07.17.2American Judicature Society, "Methods short vacation Judicial Selection: Texas," archived Oct 3, 2014
    8. Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
    9. Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
    10. Texas Supporter of State, "2014 March Valuable Election Candidate Filings by Patch (M-Z)"(Search "Austin")
    11. State Bar of Texas, "Judicial Poll results," accessed Dec 1, 2014
    12. Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," Nov 6, 2012
    13. ↑Harris County, Texas-2012 Universal Elections Results