HOUSTON – The Republican and Democratic primaries for Harris County judge will head to a runoff.<\/p>\n
Harris County judge primary results <\/p>\n
Democratic primary<\/p>\n
According to unofficial election results released Wednesday morning, Annise Parker received 46.62% of the vote and Letitia Plummer had the second most votes with 37.29%.<\/p>\n
Republican primary<\/p>\n
According to the election results released by the county, Orlando Sanchez received the most votes with 26.46% and Warren Howell received the second most with 20.79%. Marty Lancton came in a close third with 20.57%.<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
No single candidate received more than 50% of the vote, prompting a runoff on May 26. Only the top two candidates who received the most votes in their party’s primary will be on the ballot for their party’s runoff.<\/p>\n
About Harris County judge <\/p>\n
Big picture view:<\/p>\n
Current judge Lina Hidalgo announced last September that she would not be seeking reelection<\/a> after two terms.<\/p>\n A county judge in Texas is said <\/a>to be the county’s CEO and representative.<\/p>\n They’re the presiding officer of the Commissioners Court, head of emergency management, and they serve as the county’s budget officer.<\/p>\n The Democratic candidates <\/p>\n Annise Parker<\/p>\n Annise Parker <\/a>previously served as the mayor of Houston between 2010-2016. According to Ballotpedia<\/a>, Parker has also served as a Houston City Council member and Houston city controller.<\/p>\n Letitia Plummer<\/p>\n Dr. Letitia Plummer <\/a>served two terms for Houston City Council At-large Position 4. She stepped down from the position in 2025. Dr. Plummer is also the owner and lead of Maxwello Dental in Pearland.<\/p>\n The Republican candidates <\/p>\n Orlando Sanchez<\/p>\n After fleeing Cuba as a child, Orlando Sanchez<\/a> previously served as treasurer for Harris County for 12 years and a Houston City Council member for six years. Sanchez also has current positions with multiple organizations.<\/p>\n Warren Howell<\/p>\n Warren Howell, an Air Force veteran, is the president and owner of Employers Risk Insurance. He also serves as president of the Shadow Oaks Civic Association in Spring Branch.<\/p>\n 2026 Elections<\/a>Harris County<\/a>Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON – The Republican and Democratic primaries for Harris County judge will head to a runoff. Harris County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3485,405,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-193197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-elections-2026","9":"tag-harris-county","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}