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Judge, County Probate Court No. 1: who gets your vote?

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Probate judges hear matters involving estates, guardianships, and mental-health commitments.

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Candidate

Running for Judge, County Probate Court No. 1 · Texas

StateDemocratic Party / Partido Demócrata

Candidate

Running for Judge, County Probate Court No. 1 · Texas

StateRepublican Party / Partido Republicano

JERRY SIMONEAUXCandidateLOYD H. WRIGHTChallenger

Job fit

JERRY SIMONEAUX

His campaign biography reports that his service as judge of Harris County Probate Court 1 began in January 2019. ¹
His biography says he introduced remote video hearings months before the COVID pandemic and was the first Harris County judge to offer them. ¹
His biography says he founded and managed the Simoneaux Law Firm, later Simoneaux & Watson, during 2001–2009 and 2014–2018. ¹

LOYD H. WRIGHT

The October 3, 2018 editorial reported that Simoneaux credited Wright with combining probate courts after Hurricane Harvey to provide the criminal judiciary with two courtrooms. ²
In October 2018, Wright said he had taken the bench in 2010. ²
The 2018 editorial described Wright as a University of Houston Law Center graduate with a background in accounting. ²

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