2024

General election

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General election for Texas House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Cole Hefner is running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.

Cole Hefner (R)

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 5

Incumbent Cole Hefner defeated Jeff Fletcher and Dewey Collier in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 5 on March 5, 2024.

	Cole Hefner	69.8%	20,040 Votes✔
	Jeff Fletcher	19.3%	5,547 Votes
	Dewey Collier	10.9%	3,119 Votes

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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. Jeff Fletcher defeated Brad McCampbell in the Texas 402nd District Court Republican primary.

Texas 402nd District Court, Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jeff Fletcher	56.95%	5,046
Brad McCampbell	43.05%	3,814
Total Votes		8,860
Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph, "Wood County election night returns," March 1, 2016

Selection method

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.

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."

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;*
• 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.

*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.