Mark Ash

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Mark Ash

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Law

South Texas College of Law

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Mark Ash (Libertarian Party) ran for election for the Place 7 judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Mark Ash earned a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. Ash's career experience includes working as an attorney with Mark Ash & Associates, PC.^[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7

Gina Parker defeated Nancy Mulder in the general election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gina Parker (R)	58.3	6,340,949
		Nancy Mulder (D)	41.7	4,526,924

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 10,867,873
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Ash (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7

Nancy Mulder advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Mulder	100.0	819,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 819,154
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7

Gina Parker defeated incumbent Barbara Hervey in the Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gina Parker	66.1	1,210,956
		Barbara Hervey	33.9	621,660

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,832,616
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7

Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 on April 14, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Mark Ash (L)

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

2022

See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2022

General election

General election for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated Rochelle Garza and Mark Ash in the general election for Attorney General of Texas on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Paxton (R)	53.4	4,278,986
		Rochelle Garza (D)	43.7	3,497,267
		Mark Ash (L)	2.9	233,750

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,010,003
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Rochelle Garza defeated Joe Jaworski in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rochelle Garza	62.7	305,168
		Joe Jaworski	37.3	181,744

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 486,912
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Paxton	68.0	633,223
		George P. Bush	32.0	298,577

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 931,800
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas

Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lee Merritt, Mike Fields, and S. T-Bone Raynor in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rochelle Garza	43.0	438,134
✔		Joe Jaworski	19.8	202,140
		Lee Merritt	19.4	198,108
		Mike Fields	12.3	125,373
	Submit photo	S. T-Bone Raynor	5.5	55,944

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,019,699
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas

Incumbent Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a runoff. They defeated Eva Guzman and Louis B. Gohmert Jr. in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ken Paxton	42.7	823,199
✔		George P. Bush	22.8	439,240
		Eva Guzman	17.5	337,761
		Louis B. Gohmert Jr.	17.0	327,257

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,927,457
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Krause (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas

Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Mark Ash (L)

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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice

Incumbent Nathan Hecht defeated Amy Clark Meachum and Mark Ash in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nathan Hecht (R)	53.0	5,827,085
		Amy Clark Meachum (D)	44.5	4,893,402
		Mark Ash (L)	2.5	277,491

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,997,978
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Charles E. Waterbury (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice

Amy Clark Meachum defeated Jerry Zimmerer in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Clark Meachum	80.5	1,434,175
		Jerry Zimmerer	19.5	347,186

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,781,361
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William McLeod (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice

Incumbent Nathan Hecht advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nathan Hecht	100.0	1,718,096

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Green convention

Green convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice

Charles E. Waterbury advanced from the Green convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice on April 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Charles E. Waterbury (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice

Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas Supreme Court Place 1 Chief Justice on August 3, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Mark Ash (L)

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Campaign finance

2016

Ash was the Libertarian judicial candidate for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2.^[2] He challenged incumbent Judge Lawrence Meyers (D), Mary Lou Keel (R), and Adam Reposa (Green).

Election results

November 8 general election

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Lou Keel	54.88%	4,790,800
	Democratic	Lawrence Meyers Incumbent	40.05%	3,496,205
	Libertarian	Mark Ash	3.68%	321,568
	Green	Adam Reposa	1.39%	121,467
Total Votes (100% reporting)				8,730,040
Source: Texas Secretary of State Official Results

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Ash ran for election to the Texas Supreme Court.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 3.2 percent of the vote. He competed against incumbent Jeff Brown (Republican) and Lawrence Meyers (Democratic). ^[3] 

Judicial poll

Below are the results of the 2014 judicial poll, conducted by the State Bar of Texas, which asked attorneys to cast a vote in favor of their preferred candidate in each appellate race.^[4]

2012

Ash was defeated by incumbent Justice Nathan Hecht in the November 6, 2012 general election after receiving 3.0% of the vote.^[5] Other candidates included Michele Petty and Jim Chisholm.^[6][7]

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Mark Ash did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark Ash did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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