The Houston Bar Association (HBA) has released the results of its 2014 Judicial Preference Poll. The results are posted on the HBA Web site, www.hba.org. The Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement by the Houston Bar Association.*
In each election year, the HBA asks its members to indicate their preference in contested judicial and some non-judicial races. The 2014 Judicial Preference Poll includes Democratic, Green, Libertarian and Republican candidates in contested races for the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Houston Courts of Appeals, Harris County District Courts, Probate Courts, Harris County Courts at Law, Harris County Clerk, Harris County District Clerk, Harris County District Attorney and Harris County Judge. The poll was conducted through online voting, with 1,932 polls returned or a return rate of 21 percent of eligible HBA voters.
Believing that an informed electorate is vital to the efficient administration of justice, the Houston Bar Association has conducted judicial polls since the early 1970s.
* The Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement by the Houston Bar Association and any use of the information contained in this poll, including publication or advertising, must reflect that the poll is not an endorsement by the Houston Bar Association.