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Tex. Elec. Code § 231.004 (2026)

Disqualification Of District Judge

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Sec. 231.004. DISQUALIFICATION OF DISTRICT JUDGE. (a) The judge of a judicial district that includes any territory covered by a contested election that is less than statewide is disqualified to preside in the contest.

(b) If a contest is filed in which a judge is disqualified under Subsection (a), the district clerk shall promptly call the filing to the attention of the judge. The judge shall promptly request the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region to assign a special judge to preside in the contest.

(c) A judge who resides in the territory covered by a contested election is not eligible for assignment as a special judge for the contest.

(d) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to a contest of an election for an office of a political party.

(e) In an election contest in which the district judge is disqualified, until a special judge is assigned to preside over the contest, the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region may take any action regarding the contest that a district judge may take if the contested election is:

(1) a primary election; or

(2) an election in which a runoff in the contested race is necessary, according to the official returns, or will be necessary if the contestant prevails.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 7.14, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Horn v. Gibson, 352 S.W.3d 511 (Tex. App. 2011).

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Horn v. Gibson, 352 S.W.3d 511 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 231.004(a) (West 2010).”

Bejarano v. Hunter, 899 S.W.2d 346 (Tex. App. 1995). “TexElec.Code Ann. § 231.004 (Vernon 1986).”

Sepulveda v. Medrano, 323 S.W.3d 620 (Tex. App. 2010). “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 232.014(e) (West 2010).”

Gonzalez v. Ables, 945 S.W.2d 253 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex.Elec.Code Ann. § 231.004(a) (Vernon 1986).”

Marla Cuellar v. Omar Maldonado (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “) 22 STATUTES Tex. Elec. Code §231.004 11 Tex. Elec. Code §232.”

Mary Horn, Hugh Coleman, Ron Marchant, Bobbie J. Mitchell, & Andy Eads, in Their Capacities as Denton Cnty. Judge & Commissioners of Denton Cnty., Texas & Eric D. Stanley v. Al Gibson (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 231.004 (a) (West 2010).”

Steven Denny v. the Honorable Lawrence M. 'Larry' Doss, Just., 7th Court of Appeals, Place 4 (Tex. App. 2020). “See Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 231.004 . Ector County is within the Eleventh District Court of Appeals’ jurisdiction.”

Becerra (S.D. Tex. 2026). “This argument is incorrect because the statute on which Williams bases her argument, Tex. Elec. Code § 231.004, is not jurisdictional.”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 231.004(a) — 2 cases

Horn v. Gibson, 352 S.W.3d 511 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 231.004(a) (West 2010).”

Gonzalez v. Ables, 945 S.W.2d 253 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex.Elec.Code Ann. § 231.004(a) (Vernon 1986).”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 231.004(b) — 1 case

Horn v. Gibson, 352 S.W.3d 511 (Tex. App. 2011). “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 231.004(a) (West 2010).”

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