State supreme courts / Texas

Texas's highest courts

Two courts: Supreme Court of Texas (civil cases) and Court of Criminal Appeals (criminal cases).

Supreme Court of Texas

Chosen by
Partisan election
Justices
9
Term
6 years
Retirement age
75
Next election
November 7, 2028
Up in 2028
Place 9 (term expires December 31, 2028)
On the 2026 ballot
Chief Justice, Place 2 (unexpired term), Place 7, Place 8 (results pending)

Justices

JusticeRoleSeat
Jimmy BlacklockChief justice
Debra LehrmannAssociate justicePlace 3
John Phillip DevineAssociate justicePlace 4
Brett BusbyAssociate justicePlace 8
Jane BlandAssociate justicePlace 6
Rebeca Aizpuru HuddleAssociate justicePlace 5
Evan A. YoungAssociate justicePlace 9
James P. SullivanAssociate justicePlace 2
Kyle D. HawkinsAssociate justicePlace 7

Court facts checked November 4, 2026; election dates checked November 4, 2026.

Court of Criminal Appeals

Chosen by
Partisan election
Justices
9
Term
6 years
Retirement age
75
Next election
Not confirmed
On the 2026 ballot
Place 3, Place 4, Place 9 (results pending)

Justices

JusticeRoleSeat
David J. SchenckPresiding judgePlace 1
Bert RichardsonJudgePlace 3
Kevin YearyJudgePlace 4
David NewellJudgePlace 9
Mary Lou KeelJudgePlace 2
Scott WalkerJudgePlace 5
Jesse F. McClure, IIIJudgePlace 6
Lee FinleyJudgePlace 8
Gina G. ParkerJudgePlace 7

Court facts checked November 4, 2026; election dates checked November 4, 2026.

Results 2016-2024

2024

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  • STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: several seats may be pooled under one office label in the source.

2022

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PLACE 3

CandidatePartyVotesShare
LEHRMANNRepublican4,465,16856.1%
NOWELLDemocrat3,331,50141.9%
OXFORDLibertarian162,0512.0%

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PLACE 5

CandidatePartyVotesShare
HUDDLERepublican4,531,13557.1%
REICHEKDemocrat3,407,02742.9%

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT PLACE 9

CandidatePartyVotesShare
YOUNGRepublican4,474,99556.4%
MALDONADODemocrat3,459,08043.6%

2020

SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE

CandidatePartyVotesShare
HECHTRepublican5,825,87353.0%
MEACHUMDemocrat4,892,13744.5%
ASHLibertarian277,4042.5%

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, STATEWIDE, PLACE 6

CandidatePartyVotesShare
BLANDRepublican6,049,26255.2%
CHENGDemocrat4,902,22444.8%

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, STATEWIDE, PLACE 7

CandidatePartyVotesShare
BOYDRepublican5,842,27653.3%
WILLIAMSDemocrat4,860,39444.3%
STRANGELibertarian256,6652.3%

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, STATEWIDE, PLACE 8

CandidatePartyVotesShare
BUSBYRepublican5,845,85153.4%
TRIANADemocrat4,825,34544.1%
OXFORDLibertarian274,8752.5%

2018

SUPREME COURT, district 2

CandidatePartyVotesShare
BLACKLOCKRepublican4,359,90453.1%
KIRKLANDDemocrat3,845,88346.9%

SUPREME COURT, district 4

CandidatePartyVotesShare
DEVINERepublican4,399,06053.7%
SANDILLDemocrat3,791,17146.3%

SUPREME COURT, district 6

CandidatePartyVotesShare
BROWNRepublican4,403,77953.7%
CHENGDemocrat3,795,01546.3%

2016

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, district 3

CandidatePartyVotesShare
LehrmannRepublican4,807,46654.8%
WestergrenDemocrat3,377,98338.5%
GlassLibertarian348,3364.0%
MunozGreen232,6432.7%

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, district 5

CandidatePartyVotesShare
GreenRepublican4,757,84054.3%
GarzaDemocrat3,608,43041.2%
OxfordLibertarian288,4743.3%
WaterburyGreen107,7221.2%

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, district 9

CandidatePartyVotesShare
GuzmanRepublican4,883,91655.8%
RobinsonDemocrat3,445,81439.4%
FultonLibertarian304,5593.5%
ChisholmGreen118,9681.4%

November general elections only. The Court of Criminal Appeals is not in the data.

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Texas overview: statewide officials, legislature and elections

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