Nile Copeland
Nile Copeland (Republican Party) ran for election for judge of the Texas 11th District Court. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Copeland was a 2016 candidate for the Texas 178th District Court.[1] He was defeated in the primary election on March 1, 2016. He ran for the Texas First District Court of Appeals in 2012. In 2010, he ran for the Texas District 234 and was defeated in the Democratic primary.
Biography
Copeland received his bachelor's degree in biological sciences and master's degree in educational administration from Louisiana State University and his J.D. from South Texas College of Law. Copeland's professional experience includes working as an associate municipal judge for the City of Houston, as a partner at Cheng Copeland, PLLC, as a commercial and residential realtor in Texas, as a tax expert for Intuit, and as a neutral for FINRA. He has been certified as an arbitrator and as a mediator. Copeland also received his realtor license with the Texas Real Estate Commission.[2][3][4]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Texas 11th District Court
Incumbent Kristen Hawkins defeated Nile Copeland in the general election for Texas 11th District Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kristen Hawkins (D) | 51.5 | 751,297 | |
| Nile Copeland (R) | 48.5 | 706,148 | ||
| Total votes: 1,457,445 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 11th District Court
Incumbent Kristen Hawkins advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 11th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kristen Hawkins | 100.0 | 139,518 | |
| Total votes: 139,518 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 11th District Court
Nile Copeland advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 11th District Court on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nile Copeland | 100.0 | 143,309 | |
| Total votes: 143,309 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Copeland in this election.
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Texas 55th District Court
Incumbent Latosha Payne defeated Nile Copeland in the general election for Texas 55th District Court on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Latosha Payne (D) | 51.2 | 548,194 | |
| Nile Copeland (R) | 48.8 | 523,089 | ||
| Total votes: 1,071,283 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 55th District Court
Incumbent Latosha Payne advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 55th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Latosha Payne | 100.0 | 144,636 | |
| Total votes: 144,636 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 55th District Court
Nile Copeland advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 55th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nile Copeland | 100.0 | 144,094 | |
| Total votes: 144,094 | ||||
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2020
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Texas 127th District Court
Incumbent R.K. Sandill defeated Nile Copeland in the general election for Texas 127th District Court on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | R.K. Sandill (D) | 54.4 | 849,085 | |
| Nile Copeland (R) | 45.6 | 711,614 | ||
| Total votes: 1,560,699 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 127th District Court
Incumbent R.K. Sandill advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 127th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | R.K. Sandill | 100.0 | 230,206 | |
| Total votes: 230,206 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas 127th District Court
Nile Copeland advanced from the Republican primary for Texas 127th District Court on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nile Copeland | 100.0 | 154,357 | |
| Total votes: 154,357 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Harris County Treasurer
Dylan Osborne defeated incumbent Orlando Sanchez in the general election for Harris County Treasurer on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dylan Osborne (D) | 54.2 | 643,915 | |
| Orlando Sanchez (R) | 45.8 | 543,800 | ||
| Total votes: 1,187,715 | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Treasurer
Dylan Osborne defeated Cosme Garcia in the Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Treasurer on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dylan Osborne | 61.8 | 31,913 | |
| Cosme Garcia | 38.2 | 19,724 | ||
| Total votes: 51,637 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Treasurer
Dylan Osborne and Cosme Garcia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Nile Copeland in the Democratic primary for Harris County Treasurer on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dylan Osborne | 38.1 | 52,462 | |
| ✔ | Cosme Garcia | 36.6 | 50,428 | |
| Nile Copeland | 25.3 | 34,782 | ||
| Total votes: 137,672 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Treasurer
Incumbent Orlando Sanchez advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County Treasurer on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Orlando Sanchez | 100.0 | 113,645 | |
| Total votes: 113,645 | ||||
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Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[5]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[6]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[7]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[5]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[5]
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Copeland was defeated by incumbent Michael Massengale in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nile Copeland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Nile Copeland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Nile Copeland did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Copeland provided the following description of his political philosophy to Ballotpedia:
| “ | I believe running for office should be seen as a step down as it involves a commitment to serve. There is a perpetual search for good people to serve the community.[3][10] | ” |
| —Nile Copeland, 2018 | ||
He added:
| “ | I would not be here today wanting to serve others if it were not for my mom. This is something I am very proud about. My mom has always been there as my morale compass and guide. She taught me the value of being a charitable man, to be there for others when they are in need. She set a high bar for me and I am still trying to reach it.[3][10] | ” |
| —Nile Copeland, 2018 | ||
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ Candidate Spotlight: Judge Nile Copeland, Candidate for 1st Court of Appeals, Place 8, Dec. 7, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on January 28, 2018
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Nile Copeland," December 28, 2021
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas Democratic Party, 2012 Candidate Filing (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
