Lisa Soto
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2023 - Present
2030
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Lisa Soto (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 2 of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Soto (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for the Place 2 judge of the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Lisa Soto won election in the general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Soto (D) | 100.0 | 174,254 |
| Total votes: 174,254 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Lisa Soto advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Soto | 100.0 | 31,974 |
| Total votes: 31,974 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Soto in this election.
2022
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
General election
Special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Lisa Soto defeated incumbent Jeff Alley in the special general election for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Soto (D) | 60.4 | 111,838 |
| Jeff Alley (R) | 39.6 | 73,367 | |
| Total votes: 185,205 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Lisa Soto defeated Veronica Lerma in the special Democratic primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Soto | 54.6 | 21,005 |
| Veronica Lerma | 45.4 | 17,498 | |
| Total votes: 38,503 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2
Incumbent Jeff Alley advanced from the special Republican primary for Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Alley | 100.0 | 21,289 |
| Total votes: 21,289 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lisa Soto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Lisa Soto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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| Preceded by - |
Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals Place 2 2023-Present |
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