In a private preference poll, members of the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association rated 16 candidates in seven contested Travis County judicial races, and four candidates in each of the races for District Attorney, County Attorney, and Sheriff, who will appear on the ballot in the March primary. The purpose of the preference poll is to give the general public an opportunity to see how local attorneys evaluate their colleagues in the legal community.
The results are strictly the opinions of the individual attorneys participating in the poll and are not intended as an endorsement of any candidate(s) by either the Austin Bar Association, ACDLA, or any affiliated organization.
For each race, Austin Bar and ACDLA members were asked to indicate which candidate they believed was best qualified to serve in the position for which he or she was running.Members did not have to vote in every race. Members cast their votes through Ballot Box, an online polling system. Of the 3,528 eligible voters, 1008 (28.6%) participated in the poll.
The results, based on the votes of those who participated in the 2020 Austin Bar/ACDLA Preference Poll, are:
District Attorney:
| Martin Harry (R) |
5.7% |
57 |
|
| Erin Martinson (D) |
8.3% |
84 |
|
| José Garza (D) |
14.2% |
143 |
|
| Margaret Moore (D) |
53.2% |
536 |
|
| Not Answered |
18.7% |
188 |
|
County Attorney:
| Laurie Eiserloh (D) |
30.5% |
307 |
|
| Delia Garza (D) |
15.4% |
155 |
|
| Mike Denton (D) |
26.3% |
265 |
|
| Dominic Selvera (D) |
1.0% |
10 |
|
| Not Answered |
26.9% |
271 |
|
Sheriff:
| Raul Vargas (R) |
9.1% |
92 |
| John Loughran (D) |
2.6% |
26 |
| Sally Hernandez (D) |
58.6% |
591 |
| Liz Donegan (D) |
4.7% |
47 |
| Not Answered |
25.0% |
252 |
Travis County District Judge, 53rd Judicial District:
| Kennon Wooten (D) |
60.1% |
606 |
|
| Maria Cantú Hexsel (D) |
21.6% |
218 |
|
| Not Answered |
18.3% |
184 |
|
Travis County District Judge, 167th Judicial District:
| Dayna Blazey (D) |
23.4% |
236 |
| David Wahlberg (D) |
48.8% |
492 |
| Not Answered |
27.8% |
280 |
Travis County District Judge, 200th Judicial District:
| Maggie Ellis (D) |
19.4% |
196 |
| Jessica Mangrum (D) |
54.5% |
549 |
| Not Answered |
26.1% |
263 |
Travis County District Judge, 353rd Judicial District:
| Tim Sulak (D) |
87.0% |
877 |
|
| Madeleine Connor (D) |
4.3% |
43 |
|
| Not Answered |
8.7% |
88 |
|
Travis County District Judge, 390th Judicial District:
| Julie Kocurek (D) |
85.1% |
858 |
| Albert Amado (D) |
5.0% |
50 |
| Not Answered |
9.9% |
100 |
Travis County District Judge, 460th Judicial District:
| Geoffrey Puryear (R) |
18.2% |
183 |
|
| Amy Meredith (D) |
42.3% |
426 |
|
| Selena Alvarenga (D) |
15.0% |
151 |
|
| Not Answered |
24.6% |
248 |
|
Travis County Court at Law No. 4:
| Dimple Malhotra (D) |
25.5% |
257 |
|
| Margaret Chen Kercher (D) |
21.9% |
221 |
|
| Tanisa Jeffers (D) |
12.2% |
123 |
|
| Not Answered |
40.4% |
407 |
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