During each election year, the HBA distributes a Judicial Preference Poll before the general election, asking members to indicate their preferences for judicial candidates in contested races. In non-election years, the HBA conducts its Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire, in which members are asked to evaluate all elected and appointed judges on a number of professional and ethical questions. The results of these polls are distributed to the media and the public.
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Questions? Please email HBA Marketing and Communications Director Maggie Martin at maggiem@hba.org.
2025 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results
The 2025 HBA Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire opened on October 27 and closed on November 21. There were 755 responses, representing 10.4% of eligible HBA members.
*Results of the questionnaire are not a Houston Bar Association opinion or an endorsement.
Past HBA Judicial Polls and Results
2024 Judicial Preference Poll
The 2024 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. There were 1,134 responses to the online Judicial Poll, representing 14.5% of eligible HBA members. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not a Houston Bar Association opinion or endorsement.
Results of the 2024 Judicial Preference Poll
Questions? Please email HBA Marketing and Communications Director Maggie Martin at maggiem@hba.org.
2023 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
The Evaluation opened on October 30 and closed on Nov. 17. There were 909 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 11.1% of eligible HBA members.
Results of the 2023 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
2022 Judicial Preference Poll
The 2022 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not a Houston Bar Association opinion or endorsement.
Results of the 2022 Judicial Preference Poll
2021 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
The Evaluation opened on Nov. 1 and closed on Nov. 19. There were 1,232 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 14.4% of eligible HBA members.
Results of the 2021 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
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2020 Judicial Preference Questionnaire
The 2020 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate.
Release – 2020 Judicial Preference Poll
Results of the 2020 Judicial Preference Poll
2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
Every two years, the HBA conducts a Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire, in which members are asked to evaluate elected and appointed judges on a number of professional and ethical questions, based on personal, firsthand knowledge. Judges who had not actively served at least six months on their current bench as of the date this questionnaire was prepared do not appear on the Judicial Evaluation. The HBA presents the results of its 2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire below. You may view the entire Evaluation or you may view selected courts. The Evaluation results for each judge appear on a separate page. The Evaluation opened on Oct. 21 and closed on Nov. 8. There were 1,276 responses to the online Judicial Evaluation, representing 13.6% of eligible HBA members.
2019 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results
2018 Judicial Preference Poll
The 2018 HBA Judicial Preference Poll Results and news release are posted below. The HBA Judicial Preference Poll is not an endorsement of any candidate.
2018 Judicial Preference Poll Results
2018 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release
2018 Judicial Preference Poll Email Alert to HBA Members
2017 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
2017 Judicial Evaluation Poll Results
2017 Judicial Evaluation Poll Press Release [PDF]
2016 Judicial Preference Poll
2016 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF]
2016 Judicial Qualification Press Release [PDF]
2016 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF]
2015 Judicial Evaluation
2015 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results
2014 Judicial Preference Poll
2014 Judicial Preference Results (Download PDF)
2014 Judicial Candidate Qualification Questionnaire Results
2013
2013 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results
2012
2012 Judicial Preference Poll Results (Download PDF)
2012 Judicial Preference Poll Press Release (Download PDF)
2012 Judicial Preference Poll Candidate Website List (Download PDF)
2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results
2012 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Press Release
2011
2011 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire Results [PDF]
2010
2010 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF]
2010 Judicial Qualification Questionnaire Results [PDF]
2009
2009 Judicial Evaluation Results [PDF]
2008
2008 Judicial Preference Poll Results [PDF]
2008 Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll [PDF]
2007
Judicial Evaluation Poll 2007 [PDF]
