The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll results are official. Judge Sedrick T. Walker (bottom far left), the presiding judge for County Criminal Court at Law No. 11, ranked highest among the list of every "CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE" in Harris County, Texas when it comes to being impartial towards the Defense Attorneys and the State inside his courtroom. Judge DaSean Jones (bottom second from left), the presiding judge for the 180th Criminal District Court, pushed his way into the top ten regarding being impartial to the Defense and State inside the 180th Criminal District court. The high marks Judge Walker and Judge Jones received are significant because they are the only two African American incumbent male judges up for reelection in the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, and these high marks disprove the notion that Black judges are not fair to attorneys and prosecutors. SUPPORTING BLACK JUDGES... Attorney Tony Buzbee is a conservative, but most folks don't know that he donated $30,000.00 to Judge Brittanye Morris's campaign during the 2020 Presidential Election. Even fewer people know that the Harris County Democratic Party Chairman Lillie Schechter received a $90,000.00 donation in two payments during the 2018 Midterm Election from Attorney Tony Buzbee, a conservative, who was lambasted as being a Republican by Democratic operatives when he ran for Mayor of Houston against Sylvester Turner. It is unclear whether the $90,000.00 donation was ever spent to aid the "BLACK GIRL MAGIC" campaign during the 2018 Midterm Election. However, this $90,000.00 donation from a well-known conservative by the HCDP dispels the notion that Democrats and Republicans hate each other.
Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, had the highest percentage total of any "CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE" in Harris County, Texas on whether or not he demonstrates impartiality towards the Defense and the State inside his courtroom. Judge Walker presides over the County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 and will be up for re-election in the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election. You can CLICK HERE to see the full "JUDICIAL EVALUATION POLL" results for the Harris County Criminal Courts.
Judge DaSean Jones had the tenth highest percentage total of any "CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE" in Harris County, Texas on whether or not he demonstrates impartiality towards the Defense and the State inside his courtroom. Judge Walker presides over the County Criminal Court at Law No. 11 and will be up for re-election in the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election. You can CLICK HERE to see the full "JUDICIAL EVALUATION POLL" results for the Harris County Criminal Courts.
"THE HCCLA POLL."
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) recently conducted a judicial evaluation poll of its membership. I strongly encourage all open-minded Houston Business Connections Newspaper readers to use these poll results to aid their decision-making as the 2026 Midterm and 2028 Presidential elections approach.
Lawyers know these Criminal Court judges much better than we ever will. Therefore, the 2025 (HCCLA) judicial evaluation poll is a valuable resource, and its results can assist prospective candidates from both sides of the aisle who are trying to decide which benches to seek during next year’s Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Democratic Party Primary and Republican Party Primary.
While the Harris County Criminal Lawyers (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll results are not scientific, they have intrinsic value. These poll results give potential candidates and voters a unique perspective beyond targeted “POLITICAL ATTACK ADS” and guesswork.
It’s fair to note that there are only two African American male Criminal Court Judges in Harris County, Texas (Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, and Judge DaSean Jones), and they both ranked in the top ten on the (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll, at 100% and 90%, respectively.
You heard me correctly: Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, the presiding judge for County Criminal Court at Law No. 11, received the highest score out of every Criminal Court Judge in Harris County, Texas. 100% of the Harris County Criminal Law Lawyers Association responding members praised him as a Criminal Court Judge who is fair to Criminal Defense Attorneys and prosecutors for the State of Texas.
On the question of whether a particular judge demonstrates impartiality towards both the Defense and the State, here are the scores:
(DEM) Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, 100%
(DEM) Judge Alex Salgado – 98%
(REP) Judge Peyton Peebles – 97%
(DEM) Judge Raul Rodriguez – 96%
(DEM) Judge Josh Hill – 96%
(DEM) Judge Melissa M. Morris – 95%
(DEM) Judge Kelley Andrews – 94%
(DEM) Judge Genesis E. Draper – 92%
(DEM) Judge Te’iva J. Bell – 91%
(DEM) Judge DaSean Jones – 90%
(REP) Judge Emily Munoz Detoto – 90%
(DEM) Judge Chris Morton – 90%
(DEM) Judge Shannon Baldwin – 89%
(DEM) Judge Juanita A. Jackson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Veronica M. Nelson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Danilo Lacayo – 89%
(DEM) Judge Stacy Allen Barrow – 86%
(DEM) Judge Tonya Jones – 85%
(DEM) Judge Toria J. Finch – 84%
(DEM) Judge Brian E. Warren – 81%
(DEM) Judge Hilary Unger – 81%
(DEM) Judge Colleen Gaido – 81%
(DEM) Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio – 79%
(REP) Judge Linda Garcia – 69%
(DEM) Judge Beverly D. Armstrong – 68%
(DEM) Judge Kelli Johnson – 64%
(DEM) Judge Lori Chambers Gray – 63%
(REP) Judge Jessica N. Padilla – 60%
(DEM) Judge Andrea Beall – 58%
(REP) Judge Caroline S. Dozier – 56%
(DEM) Judge David M. Fleischer – 53%
(DEM) Judge Katherine N. Thomas – 52%
(REP) Judge Lance G. Long – 52%
(DEM) Judge Ericka Ramirez – 45%
(REP) Judge Lori DeAngelo – 44%
(DEM) Judge Ana Martinez – 42%
(REP) Judge Michelle S. Oncken – 40%
(REP) Judge Paula Goodhart – 35%
(REP) Judge Matthew Peneguy – 35%
(DEM) Judge Andrew A. Wright – 32%
(REP) Judge Aaron Burdette – 28%
(REP) Judge Dan Simons – 28%
(REP) Judge Leslie R. Johnson – 18%
(DEM) Judge Hazel B. Jones – 12%
(DEM) Judge Nikita V. Harmon – 4%
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) recently conducted a judicial evaluation poll of its membership. I strongly encourage all open-minded Houston Business Connections Newspaper readers to use these poll results to aid their decision-making as the 2026 Midterm and 2028 Presidential elections approach.
Lawyers know these Criminal Court judges much better than we ever will. Therefore, the 2025 (HCCLA) judicial evaluation poll is a valuable resource, and its results can assist prospective candidates from both sides of the aisle who are trying to decide which benches to seek during next year’s Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Democratic Party Primary and Republican Party Primary.
While the Harris County Criminal Lawyers (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll results are not scientific, they have intrinsic value. These poll results give potential candidates and voters a unique perspective beyond targeted “POLITICAL ATTACK ADS” and guesswork.
It’s fair to note that there are only two African American male Criminal Court Judges in Harris County, Texas (Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, and Judge DaSean Jones), and they both ranked in the top ten on the (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll, at 100% and 90%, respectively.
You heard me correctly: Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, the presiding judge for County Criminal Court at Law No. 11, received the highest score out of every Criminal Court Judge in Harris County, Texas. 100% of the Harris County Criminal Law Lawyers Association responding members praised him as a Criminal Court Judge who is fair to Criminal Defense Attorneys and prosecutors for the State of Texas.
On the question of whether a particular judge demonstrates impartiality towards both the Defense and the State, here are the scores:
(DEM) Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, 100%
(DEM) Judge Alex Salgado – 98%
(REP) Judge Peyton Peebles – 97%
(DEM) Judge Raul Rodriguez – 96%
(DEM) Judge Josh Hill – 96%
(DEM) Judge Melissa M. Morris – 95%
(DEM) Judge Kelley Andrews – 94%
(DEM) Judge Genesis E. Draper – 92%
(DEM) Judge Te’iva J. Bell – 91%
(DEM) Judge DaSean Jones – 90%
(REP) Judge Emily Munoz Detoto – 90%
(DEM) Judge Chris Morton – 90%
(DEM) Judge Shannon Baldwin – 89%
(DEM) Judge Juanita A. Jackson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Veronica M. Nelson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Danilo Lacayo – 89%
(DEM) Judge Stacy Allen Barrow – 86%
(DEM) Judge Tonya Jones – 85%
(DEM) Judge Toria J. Finch – 84%
(DEM) Judge Brian E. Warren – 81%
(DEM) Judge Hilary Unger – 81%
(DEM) Judge Colleen Gaido – 81%
(DEM) Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio – 79%
(REP) Judge Linda Garcia – 69%
(DEM) Judge Beverly D. Armstrong – 68%
(DEM) Judge Kelli Johnson – 64%
(DEM) Judge Lori Chambers Gray – 63%
(REP) Judge Jessica N. Padilla – 60%
(DEM) Judge Andrea Beall – 58%
(REP) Judge Caroline S. Dozier – 56%
(DEM) Judge David M. Fleischer – 53%
(DEM) Judge Katherine N. Thomas – 52%
(REP) Judge Lance G. Long – 52%
(DEM) Judge Ericka Ramirez – 45%
(REP) Judge Lori DeAngelo – 44%
(DEM) Judge Ana Martinez – 42%
(REP) Judge Michelle S. Oncken – 40%
(REP) Judge Paula Goodhart – 35%
(REP) Judge Matthew Peneguy – 35%
(DEM) Judge Andrew A. Wright – 32%
(REP) Judge Aaron Burdette – 28%
(REP) Judge Dan Simons – 28%
(REP) Judge Leslie R. Johnson – 18%
(DEM) Judge Hazel B. Jones – 12%
(DEM) Judge Nikita V. Harmon – 4%
Please take a moment to (CLICK HERE) and review the 2025 Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll if you are a candidate planning to run for a "CRIMINAL COURT" in Harris County, Texas, during the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election.
Judge Nikita V. Harmon had the lowest percentage total of any "CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE" on whether or not she demonstrates impartiality towards the Defense and the State inside her courtroom. Judge Harmon presides over the 176th Criminal District Court and will be up for reelection in the upcoming 2028 Presidential Election. You can CLICK HERE to see the full "JUDICIAL EVALUATION POLL" results for the Harris County Criminal Courts.
African American judges like Judge LaShawn A. Williams, the presiding judge for County Civil Court at Law No. 3, have fueled the massive success achieved by the Harris County Democratic Party for several election cycles. In the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election cycle, there are (26) African American incumbent judges up for re-election in Harris County, Texas. Of the twenty-six judges up for re-election, (24) are female, and (2) are male.
"HONORABLE JUDGES."
“It is still such a privilege and an honor to serve as a Judge here in Harris County. And it is a true delight to serve with these awesome brothers and sisters! The judiciary is the last line of defense, the third branch of government, democracy, and the Rule of Law. Our independence ensures the balance of power. These extraordinary judges hold it down every day! From probate to family to civil to criminal justice, we work hard to ensure you have equal and fair access to Justice and are heard with respect and professionalism. Because of who we are, we exude the height of competence! Without fear or favor,” says Judge LaShawn A. Williams, presiding judge for County Civil Court at Law No. 3, in Harris County, Texas.
Natalia "Nata" Cornelia needed help for her "ELECTION DAY" strategy against Judge George Powell when she challenged him in the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for District Judge, 351st Criminal District Court, in Harris County, Texas. So, on Monday, March 2, 2020, the day before "ELECTION DAY" on March 3, 2020, Commissioner Rodney Ellis gave her $2,500.00 from his Campaign Bank Account to help her defeat Judge George Powell.
"PUPPET MASTER."
African Americans would be outraged if they knew that Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis is the person who helped Natalia "Nata" Cornelio (Hispanic) unseat Judge George Powell, an African American male, back during the 2020 Democratic Party Primary.
Yes, it's true. When Judge George Powell refused to go along with Commissioner Rodney Ellis's plans for Criminal Justice Reform in the Felony Courts, he found himself challenged by Natalia "Nata" Cornelio as a primary opponent in the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for District Judge, 351st Criminal District Court in Harris County, Texas.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis has a penchant for canceling people who disagree with his devious plots, plans, and schemes. Many of the deadly policies being instituted related to these low-bond and get-out-of-jail-free cards are not the work of "DEMOCRATIC JUDGES" as a whole but a small few who are members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis's "CULT-LIKE" political regime.
Judge Brittanye Morris (Democrat) accepted a $30,000.00 donation from Attorney Tony Buzbee's Law Firm on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. High-powered attorneys like Tony Buzbee donate large amounts of money to local judicial campaigns. It is unclear whether these massive donations impact courtroom decisions, but that's a lot of money to give to one judge's judicial campaign.
- BIG DONATIONS -
Attorney Tony Buzbee is a conservative, but that didn't stop the Harris County Democratic Party Chairman Lillie Schecter from accepting two large donations from him to help the "BLACK GIRL MAGIC JUDGES" get elected during the 2018 Midterm Election. On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, Democratic Party Chairman Lillie Schechter accepted a check for $80,000.00 and another for $10,000.00 from Attorney Tony Buzbee, who happens to be a conservative. It is unclear whether the $90,000.00 donation given to the HCDP by Attorney Tony Buzbee to help promote the "BLACK GIRL MAGIC CAMPAIGN" actually went to help them.
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The UofH Hobby Poll and the HCCLA Judicial Evaluation Poll Hold Secrets; Rodney Ellis Screws Over Blacks
AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©
Democrats can’t serve God and worship and obey Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis. We have public officials who claim to believe in God but are mindlessly going along with ungodly political policies and social beliefs.
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon,” the “GOOD BOOK” says in Matthew 6:24 in the King James Version.
Mark my words: In Harris County, Texas, the days of people bowing down to and worshipping Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis are ending.
The people of Harris County, Texas, in general, and the 18th Congressional District of Texas, in particular, must be made aware of the fact that Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis is the “GRAND WIZARD” who is behind a handful of “LOCAL POLITICIANS” who are long-time members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime – but not all Democrats.
In 2016, Commissioner Rodney Ellis left the State Senate to become the Commissioner for Precinct One and has worked diligently to position his loyalists. Commissioner Ellis has embedded his followers inside our local City and County government and has formed and fashioned members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime into power players in local politics.
A cult is a group with a particular and often dangerously fanatical ideology with specific characteristics. I understand that “CULT” comes from the Latin cultus, meaning ‘worship’ or idolization. As with other “CULT-LIKE” groups, such as religious cults, there’s something very twisted unfolding in Harris County, Texas, with Ellis and the political tyrants who are allegedly following his directives and orders.
Members of Commissioner Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime are mindlessly following Ellis’s established political policies – that’s a known fact. Without a doubt, we see this at the local city and county government levels.
Harris County, Texas, has become one of the deadliest counties in America. The City of Houston has become “THE DEATH CAPITAL” of America because of one person – Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
A NEW DAY IS COMING TO HARRIS COUNTY…
The recently released University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs poll confirms what I have been saying since the late Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5, 2025. The upcoming Tuesday, November 4, 2025, race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas is up for grabs, and anyone can win the “SPECIAL ELECTION,” including a Republican if they run the right strategy between now and Election Day.
Listen. The 18th Congressional District of Texas is no longer an African American Democratic stronghold. Based on “OFFICIAL ETHNICITY DATA” in the Cook Partisan Voting Index, the 18th Congressional District of Texas is 43.4% Hispanic, 32.2% Black, 16.7% White, 4.9% Asian, and 2.2% Two or more races—which means that we could see something very special unfold in the upcoming “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the coveted 18th Congressional District of Texas.
The polling data from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs shows that 53% of the respondents don’t know enough about Harris County Christian Menefee (Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s puppet) to have an opinion on him.
Former Councilwoman Amanda Edwards is even less known than County Attorney Christian Menefee. As 51% of the respondents to the UofH Poll don’t know enough about her to form an opinion about her, this is accurate based on her dismal performance when she challenged Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on March 5, 2024, in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
In her mind, Amanda Edwards believes she’s all that and a bag of chips. Still, the data doesn’t lie and shows that the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas don’t like Amanda Edwards, based on the “CUMULATIVE RESULTS” from her showdown with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee in the 2024 Democratic Party Primary.
Former Councilwoman Amanda Edwards spent a lot of money and got a lot of exposure on local news channels during the 2024 Democratic Party Primary. However, she only received 14,668 votes, or 37.27% of the vote, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee only received 23,629 votes, or 60.04%, when the two faced off against one another.
What was mind-boggling about Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee's only receiving 23,629 votes and Amanda Edwards's only receiving 14,668 votes was that more than 417,430 registered voters lived within the boundaries of the 18th Congressional District of Texas on March 5, 2024, when Amanda challenged Sheila.
So, what does the data say about Amanda Edwards? The data unmistakably says that registered voters living within the boundaries of the 18th Congressional District of Texas didn’t like Amanda Edwards in 2024 when she challenged Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. The Harris County Democratic Precinct Chairs didn’t want Amanda either.
And suppose you want me to be brutally honest, based on the results of the U of H Hobby School of Public Affairs Poll. In that case, the people of the 18th Congressional District don’t want Amanda Edwards now, according to the poll’s respondents.
What am I trying to say? I’m trying to tell you that the upcoming race for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas seat is anybody’s race to win. Still, the winning candidate must run an effective campaign and connect with the district’s registered African American voters.
More respondents polled knew State Rep. Jolanda Jones (HD-147) than did County Attorney Christian Menefee and former Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, but 44% of the U of H Hobby School of Public Affairs Poll respondents didn’t know enough about Jolanda to form an opinion of her. However, the respondents had a more negative view of State Rep. Jolanda Jones than the other potential candidates – which is telling.
Jones received a 33% approval rate and a 23% disapproval rate, but that doesn’t mean she can’t win the upcoming “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas seat on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, if she chooses to pursue it.
I don’t place a lot of faith in polling data. Suppose you look closely with an open mind. In that case, you may discover secrets buried in the data of the recently released University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs Poll and the recently released Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluations Poll.
For starters, 1,400 Houstonians were reportedly surveyed for the U of H School of Public Affairs Poll, with only about 300 respondents coming from within the boundaries of the 18th Congressional District, which has around 800,000 residents and 417,430 registered voters.
For informational purposes, the 18th Congressional District of Texas was created in 1972, with the boundaries drawn to favor an African American congressional candidate. The initial intentions proved fruitful, with the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan serving the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas from 1973 through 1979.
The late Congressman Mickey Leland took over after Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. He served the people of the 18th Congressional District from 1979 through 1989 before dying in a plane crash while on a mission trip.
After the death of the late Congressman Mickey Leland, his successor was Congressman Craig Washington, who served the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas., before Ken Lay, the former CEO of the failed ENRON Corporation, and a handful of his white male, buddies recruited Sheila Jackson Lee, who was a City Councilwoman a the time, to take out Congressman Craig Washington in 1994.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee selfishly died in office on July 19, 2024, of pancreatic cancer to enable her successor to get named by Harris County Democratic Party Precinct chairs instead of allowing the voters of the 18th Congressional District of Texas to choose their representative at the ballot box, which was wrong.
To add insult to injury, as the people of the 18th Congressional District were grieving and mourning the death of the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime came up with the bright idea to install another cancer-stricken, member of their regime (Sylvester Turner) to succeed, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee by an HCDP Chair Precinct vote of (41 to 37), in favor of Sylvester Turner over former Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, who was seemingly healthy, vibrant, beautiful, and willing to take the mantel and serve the people of the 18th Congressional District.
According to several sources, Commissioner Rodney Ellis and other members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime nominated Sylvester Turner for the “FULL-TERM” and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s daughter (Erica Lee Carter) for the “UNEXPIRED TERM” even though they knew Turner was dying of cancer.
It was public knowledge that Sylvester Turner’s oncologist informed him that he had a rare form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma in 2022. Mayor Turner went to the dentist because of what he thought was a toothache, but it turned out to be a tumor growing on his jaw.
Turner told everyone that he was “CANCER-FREE.” Still, it was evident that he was dying a slow and agonizing death in August 2024, when he got recruited by members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime to succeed Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee by nominating him to run for the “FULL-TERM” on last year’s November 5, 2024, Presidential Election ballot in the race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
When Congressman Sylvester Turner died earlier than expected, after only serving two months, it complicated things for members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime by taking the ball out of their court and placing it into the hands of Governor Greg Abbott, who is a Republican, who isn’t afraid of Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Attorney Christian Menefee, or their friends in Washington, D.C., from the looks of things.
In a scramble to figure out what to do after the untimely death of Congressman Sylvester Turner, panic took over their regime. Members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime prematurely threw their “ENDORSEMENTS” behind Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee, thinking that Governor Abbott would set the “SPECIAL ELECTION” for the vacant 18th Congressional District of Texas seat to be held on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
The reason why County Attorney Christian Menefee didn’t wait for the dirt to settle over the late Congressman Sylvester Turner’s grave was that he needed to act fast while the other potential candidates were still mourning, discombobulated, and grieving the death of their dear Democratic friend and ally, on Saturday, March 15, 2025 – but not Christian Menefee.
After members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime could not intimidate and bully Governor Abbott into placing the “SPECIAL ELECTION” on the Saturday, May 3, 2025, ballot, their next move was to try and demand that he put it on the June 2025, “RUNOFF ELECTION” ballot, which also failed.
VOTERS MUST REJECT ELLIS CRONIES…
Over the last two Midterm Election cycles, Harris County voters have made knee-jerk reactions to “POLITICAL ATTACK ADS” aired on Television, Radio, Social Media, and Bill Boards claiming that “DEMOCRATIC JUDGES” are, quote, “Soft on Crime” and don’t follow the law.
While there are a few “DEMOCRATIC JUDGES” who have done a terrible job, we must not rely upon “POLITICAL ATTACK ADS” as our sole method of selecting our judges based on their party affiliation. Nor should we elect our judges based on ethnicity as we proceed into the 2026 Midterm Election and the 2028 Presidential Election in Harris County, Texas.
When you get right down to it, Commissioner Rodney Ellis has caused most of the issues we see forming with these low-bonds, personal recognizance bonds, and get-out-of-jail-free cards given out in Harris County, Texas, to hardened criminals.
ONE OF COMMISSIONER ELLIS’S PUPPETS…
One of the worst Democrat Criminal District Court Judges in Harris County, Texas, who is up for re-election and must be voted out of office in the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, is one of Ellis’s “PUPPETS”, Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio.
Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio worked for Commissioner Ellis and was the person Commissioner Rodney Ellis recruited to unseat Judge George Powell in the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 351st Criminal District Court.
As a refresher, Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio didn’t have the money to pay her “ELECTION DAY” workers when Ellis recruited her to run against Judge George Powell in the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 351st Criminal District Court. However, on March 2, 2020, the day before “ELECTION DAY,” Commissioner Rodney Ellis gave her a $2,500.00 check to help her defeat Judge George Powell, an African American male.
ANOTHER ONE OF ELLIS’S PUPPETS…
Make no mistake about it: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, will be a “LITMUS TEST” for Commissioner Rodney Ellis, as he’s placed his influence behind County Attorney Christian Menefee, one of the weakest Democrats currently serving in a countywide governmental capacity in Harris County, Texas.
Why did Commissioner Ellis choose Menefee to run for the 18th Congressional District seat? Menefee is more easily controlled and manipulated by Commissioner Rodney Ellis than other African American leaders.
Listen. County Attorney Christian Menefee doesn’t have a spine or confidence in himself. Thus, it was relatively easy for Commissioner Rodney Ellis to seize control of his mind, body, and spirit – that boy is like a puppet on a string.
On the other hand, if you take someone like former Judge George Powell, who presided over the 351st Criminal District Court – he possessed intestinal fortitude.
Unlike County Attorney Christian Menefee, former Judge George Powell was a man who stood his ground against Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who recruited one of his “PUPPETS” named Natalia Cornelio to take out Judge George Powell in the 2020 Democratic Party Primary race for the 351st Criminal District Court.
As a refresher, after a short legal battle against the Harris County Democratic Party, Judge Powell won the right to appear on the ballot after having his name wrongfully removed from the March 2020 Primary ballot by local HCDP officials.
The ordeal involving Judge George Powell and the Harris County Democratic Party evolved from Judge Powell filing for his bid for re-election with the clock winding down.
When Judge Powell went to the Harris County Democratic Party Headquarters with his application, he asked an HCDP Headquarters worker for the exact filing fee. According to published reports, Judge Powell only paid $1,500.00 instead of $2,500.00 after being instructed to do so by a Harris County Democratic Party worker.
Long story short, Judge Powell paid the $1,500.00. After going back and forth with the Harris County Democratic Party, Judge Powell ultimately had to file a lawsuit to correct the $1,000.00 discrepancy and get his name back on the ballot.
The backstory to all of this that most “COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS” in the Black Community don’t know is that the Hispanic woman (Natalia Cornelio) who signed up to run against Judge George Powell was from deep inside Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis took issue with Judge Powell because he was not going along with Ellis’s plan for Felony Court Bail Reform, like what Ellis achieved in the Misdemeanor Courts.
In case you don’t know, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis gave Natalia Cornelio the $2,500.00 she needed to help her out on March 2, 2020, one day before “ELECTION DAY,” for the Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary.
In the end, Commissioner Rodney Ellis succeeded in replacing Judge George Powell with his Hispanic female in the 351st Criminal District Court. Natalia Cornelio (Democrat) received 158,098 votes, for 63.8%, and George Powell (Democrat) received 89,633.
JUDGE CORNELIO RECUSES HERSELF...
Fast-forward to Wednesday, April 20, 2022. After an uproar, Judge Natalia Cornelio finally recused herself from the cases involving Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s senior staffers.
How did that $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach case end up in Judge Natalia Cornelio’s 351st Criminal District Court anyway – I guess the luck of the draw or the spin of the wheel?
If you remember, Natalia Cornelio (the judge) and Wallis Nader, one of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s indicted senior staffers, worked together at the Texas Civil Rights Project in 2018.
To make matters even more suspect, in 2019 and 2020, while (the judge) Natalia Cornelio worked for Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, she frequently interacted with Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s senior staffers, who were indicted and charged.
Lest I forget, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo endorsed Natalia Cornelio after Commissioner Rodney Ellis recruited her to unseat her fellow Democrat, Judge George Powell, in the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary.
INVOLVEMENT IN DEATH PENALTY CASE…
Earlier this year, Judge Natalia Cornelio found herself in hot water again. She found herself accused of bias and removed from the case of a death row inmate who killed her ex-wife’s family in Spring, Texas. But it took the State of Texas to step in and file a motion to recuse District Court Judge Natalia Cornelio from a high-profile death row appeal after she was accused of bias, note her own set of morals, internal drive, or quest to do the right thing.
If you are not familiar with the high-profile death row case I’m referring to, it involved a man named Ronald Lee Haskell, who was on death row. According to published reports, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “PUPPET,” who worked with him on matters involving criminal justice, reformed before he recruited her to take out Judge George Powell did something twisted from her 351st Criminal Court bench.
Judge Natalia “Nada” Cornelio secretly ordered the death row inmate to be brought back to Harris County, Texas, by issuing a bench warrant for a hearing, which never took place.
When Ronald Haskell, the death row inmate, came back to Harris County, Texas, he spent three weeks inside the Harris County Jail and, for some reason, was given some special privileges.
During his three-week stay in the Harris County Judge, Robert Haskell was transported to a nearby clinic in the Texas Medical Center for an MRI and received other unique accommodations.
Photographs that surfaced showed the death row inmate, who is a convicted killer, near at least one other patient at the Medical Center Clinic. And according to the photos, the killer wasn’t in handcuffs or shackles.
Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio is against the death penalty. Still, the convicted killer, Ronald Lee Haskell, was given the death penalty in 2019 after getting charged with six counts of capital murder and convicted of shooting and killing six of his family members at their Spring home in 2014. That said, it is imperative that Harris County voters not allow bad Democratic judges like Natalia “Nata” Cornelio, the presiding judge for the 351st Criminal District Court, to hide behind her ethnicity or political affiliations during the 2026 Midterm Election in Harris County, Texas.
Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio and other “BAD JUDGES” must be challenged in Harris County, Texas, from the right and left of the aisle.
Local judges who do not demonstrate impartiality in their courtrooms should be defeated at the ballot box on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in the Democratic and Republican Primaries. And the ones who don’t lose on March 3, 2026, should be unseated in the General Midterm Election on November 3, 2026, in Harris County, Texas.
PLEASE USE THE HCCLA POLL AS A RESOURCE…
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) recently conducted a judicial evaluation poll of the Association’s membership. I strongly encourage all open-minded Houston Business Connections Newspaper readers to use these poll results to aid their decision-making as the 2026 Midterm Election draws near.
Lawyers know these Criminal Court judges much better than we ever will. Therefore, the 2025 (HCCLA) poll is a valuable resource, and its results can assist prospective candidates from both sides of the aisle who are trying to decide which benches to seek during next year’s Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Democratic Party Primary and Republican Party Primary.
While the Harris County Criminal Lawyers (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll results are not scientific, they have intrinsic value. It gives potential candidates and voters a unique perspective beyond targeted “POLITICAL ATTACK ADS” and guesswork.
It’s fair to note that there are only two African American male Criminal Court Judges in Harris County, Texas (Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, and Judge DaSean Jones), and they both ranked in the top ten on the (HCCLA) Judicial Evaluation Poll, at 100% and 90%, respectively.
You heard me correctly: Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, the presiding judge for County Criminal Court at Law No. 11, received the highest score out of every Criminal Court Judge in Harris County, Texas. 100% of the Harris County Criminal Law Lawyers Association responding members praised him as a Criminal Court Judge who is fair to Criminal Defense Attorneys and prosecutors for the State of Texas.
On the question of whether a particular judge demonstrates impartiality towards both the Defense and the State, here are the scores:
(DEM) Judge Sedrick T. Walker, II, 100%
(DEM) Judge Alex Salgado – 98%
(REP) Judge Peyton Peebles – 97%
(DEM) Judge Raul Rodriguez – 96%
(DEM) Judge Josh Hill – 96%
(DEM) Judge Melissa M. Morris – 95%
(DEM) Judge Kelley Andrews – 94%
(DEM) Judge Genesis E. Draper – 92%
(DEM) Judge Te’iva J. Bell – 91%
(DEM) Judge DaSean Jones – 90%
(REP) Judge Emily Munoz Detoto – 90%
(DEM) Judge Chris Morton – 90%
(DEM) Judge Shannon Baldwin – 89%
(DEM) Judge Juanita A. Jackson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Veronica M. Nelson – 89%
(DEM) Judge Danilo Lacayo – 89%
(DEM) Judge Stacy Allen Barrow – 86%
(DEM) Judge Tonya Jones – 85%
(DEM) Judge Toria J. Finch – 84%
(DEM) Judge Brian E. Warren – 81%
(DEM) Judge Hilary Unger – 81%
(DEM) Judge Colleen Gaido – 81%
(DEM) Judge Natalia “Nata” Cornelio – 79%
(REP) Judge Linda Garcia – 69%
(DEM) Judge Beverly D. Armstrong – 68%
(DEM) Judge Kelli Johnson – 64%
(DEM) Judge Lori Chambers Gray – 63%
(REP) Judge Jessica N. Padilla – 60%
(DEM) Judge Andrea Beall – 58%
(REP) Judge Caroline S. Dozier – 56%
(DEM) Judge David M. Fleischer – 53%
(DEM) Judge Katherine N. Thomas – 52%
(REP) Judge Lance G. Long – 52%
(DEM) Judge Ericka Ramirez – 45%
(REP) Judge Lori DeAngelo – 44%
(DEM) Judge Ana Martinez – 42%
(REP) Judge Michelle S. Oncken – 40%
(REP) Judge Paula Goodhart – 35%
(REP) Judge Matthew Peneguy – 35%
(DEM) Judge Andrew A. Wright – 32%
(REP) Judge Aaron Burdette – 28%
(REP) Judge Dan Simons – 28%
(REP) Judge Leslie R. Johnson – 18%
(DEM) Judge Hazel B. Jones – 12%
(DEM) Judge Nikita V. Harmon – 4%
Also, consider this “EXCLUSIVE REPORT” as my warning to Democratic Precinct Chairs who are members of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime and their alleged ‘pay-to-play’ voting scheme that’s been going on for decades.
As an elected precinct chair for the HCDP, you are a public official. Therefore, you are subject to Texas Penal Code 36.02(c), which defines the crime of bribery as offering, soliciting, paying, or receiving money to influence an action of a public official.
What happened at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church on August 13, 2024, with the shenanigans that allowed a visibly feeble and dying Sylvester Turner to receive (41) Precinct Chair votes to defeat a beautiful, vibrant, and healthy former City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, who received (37) Precinct Chair votes, will not be tolerated as we progress into the 2026 Midterms and 2028 Presidential election—no games!
Everyone in attendance at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church could see with their own eyes that Sylvester Turner was dying. That said, it was brought to my attention a few weeks ago that Sylvester Turner was nominated because members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime expected Turner to die in office, but a little later in the process so that local Harris County Democratic Party Precinct Chairs could choose his successor—not the voters of the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
The plans hatched by members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s political regime got spoiled when Congressman Sylvester Turner died after only serving two months as the U.S. Representative for the 18th Congressional District of Texas, which placed the ball in Governor Greg Abbott’s court, who has called for a “SPECIAL ELECTION” to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, with a filing deadline set for Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
My investigative team and I were told some time ago by a well-known Democratic consultant that “Many Precinct Judges and Chairs were paid $500.00 each by Rodney Ellis years ago to win against Gene Locke for Commissioner."
BLACK JUDGES ARE NOT UNDER ELLIS’S CONTROL…
After my nearly four-year investigation and election integrity operation, my team and I have not found one shred of evidence that “BLACK JUDGES” as a group are directly involved in the illegal trade of “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT HARVESTING” in Harris County, Texas. However, I have found evidence that many African Americans, including incumbent Democrat judges, are disregarding (looking the other way) and ignoring the alleged criminal activities that have been occurring for decades by criminal-minded political operatives.
We’ve reached a point in Harris County, Texas, where there are a bunch of lies, innuendos, and falsehoods that must be corrected – on the record. Since nobody else dares to do it, my investigative team and I must clear up these matters before the 2026 Midterm Election arrives.
There’s this misconception that’s been floating around since the historic 2018 Midterm Election around “BLACK DEMOCRATIC JUDGES” being the reason behind the rise in crime in Harris County, Texas, which is not true.
Another narrative that has been written and has gone uncorrected since 2018 centers around the notion that Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has control over African American Democratic Judges and that these judges, as a group, don’t obey the law with their rulings – which is patently false.
I’m not publishing this report to defend “BLACK JUDGES” or defend the Harris County Democratic Party – I don’t particularly care for Mike Doyle, the chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party. I believe that Mike Doyle is a despicable human being who does not give a damn about “BLACK JUDGES” in general or “BLACK PEOPLE” in particular.
ELLIS AND TURNER WERE BOTH CORRUPT…
Listen. Commissioner Rodney Ellis and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner simultaneously left the Texas Legislature in January of 2016 after the late Commissioner El Franco Lee mysteriously died of a heart attack on January 3, 2016, the morning after Sylvester Turner got sworn in as the Mayor of Houston, Texas, after his third try.
Sylvester Turner was as corrupt as all the outdoors before becoming the Mayor of the City of Houston, and things only got worse under his mayoral administration.
There’s no plausible way that Sylvester Turner’s former law partner (Barry Barnes) was legitimately chosen out of more than 60,000 lawyers in Houston, Texas, at the time, to receive $6.7 million in Harvey Disaster Relief Funds for legal services – not possible!
Around 2016, once Commissioner Rodney Ellis got installed as the County Commissioner for Precinct One, my investigative team and I began seeing an uptick in what we believed to be “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT FRAUD” as African American-led mail ballot harvesting groups began expanding their operations countywide.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s political consultant, Dallas Jones, was one of the key culprits in these illegal expansions. Jones owns Elite Change, Inc. and has allegedly employed notorious ballot harvesters for decades.
There’s a group of elderly “BLACK WOMEN” who call themselves “THE DREAM TEAM” for their prowess in illegally harvesting absentee mail ballots.
Before 2016, “THE DREAM TEAM” primarily ran their illegal ballot harvesting program in predominantly African American areas, like the 18th Congressional District of Texas and Senate District 13, which State Senator Borris L. Miles currently controls.
While Dallas Jones was not the only political consultant running alleged illegal ballot harvesting schemes, his group was the most potent because of his strong ties to Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and other members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime.
With the financial assistance of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and other members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime, Dallas Jones rose to stardom within the ranks of the Harris County Democratic Party as his political clients began to repeatedly win elections by dominating their opponents with a flurry of “MAIL BALLOTS” that enabled them to jump out to early leads in City elections, and Countwide elections, up and down the ballot.
Another culprit in the “ILLEGAL BALLOT HARVESTING GAME,” allegedly funded by Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and other members of their “CULT-LIKE” political regime, is Gerald Womack, who is the owner of Womack Development & Investment Realtors, located at 4412 Almeda, in the heart of Third Ward.
Womack Development & Investment Realtors served as the fortified “BALLOT HARVESTING HEADQUARTERS” for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s illegal mail ballot harvesting operation for many years.
With security cameras around the building, 4412 Ameda was not penetrable from the outside. However, Sheree Harris Fisher was my investigative team’s eyes and ears from the inside of Gerald Womack’s “BALLOT HARVESTING OPERATION” before her death.
Sheree Harris Fisher alerted my team that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s team was preparing to gain an unfair advantage over her six Democratic challengers on March 3, 2020, in the Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Yes, you heard me correctly. My investigative team’s key contact (Sheree Harris Fisher) was employed by Gerald Womack and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s campaign and working from inside 4412 Almeda Road, Houston, Texas 77004, during the 2020 Democratic Party Primary, when “SHE-JACK” was facing six Democratic challengers.
In the 2020 Democratic Party Primary, with the help of her “ILLEGAL BALLOT HARVESTING OPERATION,” Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat) received 6,202 absentee mail ballots, which was more than all of her Democratic challengers combined.
Comparatively speaking, Marc Flores (Democrat) received 271, Jerry Ford, Sr. (Democrat) received 168, Michael Allen (Democrat) received 118, Stevens Orozco (Democrat) received 70, Bimal Patel (Democrat) received 70, and Donovan Boson (Democrat) received 33.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and her campaign manager, Gerald Womack, conspired with Gloria Palmer, a notorious absentee mail ballot harvester, during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Gloria Palmer and her associates went out and stole the identities of “DEAD BLACK VOTERS” and requested absentee mail ballot applications in their names. Gloria Palmer mailed these fraudulent documents through the U.S. Postal Service, which is the crime of felony mail fraud.
The signatures of these “DEAD BLACK VOTERS” were affixed on official documents, which was impossible because all of them had been dead for years before Gloria Palmer used their stolen identities to request fraudulent “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS” in their names during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Kathleen Hooey had been dead for 29 years. However, she was still registered to vote at 7014 Jay Street in Houston, Texas, when members of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s “BALLOT HARVESTING TEAM,” who were hired by Gerald Womack, stole her identity and requested an illegal mail ballot in her name during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Gloria Chambers had been dead for 10 years. However, she was still registered to vote at 10525 Barnham Street in Houston, Texas, when members of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s “BALLOT HARVESTING TEAM,” who were hired by Gerald Womack, stole her identity and requested an illegal mail ballot in her name during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Jessie Burks had been dead for 5 years. However, she was still registered to vote at 5102 Moldale Drive Street in Houston, Texas, when members of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s “BALLOT HARVESTING TEAM,” who were hired by Gerald Womack, stole her identity and requested an illegal mail ballot in her name during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
Tommie Bookman, a U.S. Army Veteran, had been dead for 4 years. However, he was still registered to vote at 10441 Barnham Street in Houston, Texas, when members of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s “BALLOT HARVESTING TEAM,” who were hired by Gerald Womack, stole his identity and requested an illegal mail ballot in her name during the March 3, 2020, Democratic Party Primary race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
DIANE TRAUTMAN GOT BULLIED BY ELLIS…
Former Harris County Clerk Diane Trautman loved her job and was an honest Democrat who tried to do things above board and the right way. However, Commissioner Rodney Ellis and other members of his “CULT-LIKE” political regime appear to have applied undue pressure on Trautman, which ultimately led her to tender her resignation.
A three-week timeline developed by my investigative team and me based on information we received from credible sources assisted us in determining the reasoning behind former Harris County Clerk Diane Trautman's abrupt departure from her post.
On 4/15/2020, Colleen M. Vera filed a complaint with the Secretary of State for Texas regarding “ABSENTEE BALLOT HARVESTING” in Harris County, Texas.
You can learn more about what was included in Colleen M. Vera’s report by clicking this link and visiting the “TEXAS TRASH TALK” website. Now, in case you don’t know, some of the evidence that was submitted inside Colleen M. Vera’s 2-year investigation included a direct tie between Diane Trautman and at least one “DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE” my investigative team and I are very familiar with.
On 4/22/2020, Colleen M. Vera went live and published her evidence via the “TEXAS TRASH TALK” website, which included evidence about Diane Trautman, the Harris County Clerk.
On 4/28/20, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis approved $12 million for Diane Trautman to expand “ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING” or what many call the “MAIL BALLOT VOTING” for the Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Primary Runoff Elections, and the Tuesday, November 3, 2020, Presidential Election as well. Now, please note that money was earmarked inside the budget for Diane Trautman to send “MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS” to every 65+ voter inside Harris County, Texas -- whether they wanted to receive a “MAIL BALLOT APPLICATION” or not.
On 5/1/2020, Ken Paxton, the Attorney General for the State of Texas, sent a letter to every Texas county judge and other election authorities warning them not to mislead voters by using the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic fears as a “DISABILITY” to vote by mail.
In case you don’t know, Attorney General Ken Paxton's press release named Diane Trautman, the Harris County Clerk, specifically called out Harris Judge Lina Hidalgo for crossing the line. In his letter, Attorney General Ken Paxton also stated that criminal charges could result.
From 5/4/2020 to 5/7/2020, Dr. Diane Trautman spent a lot of time trying to get GUIDANCE from the Texas Secretary of State on how to carry out the MASS MAILING of MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS without crossing the line that had been drawn in the sand by Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to published reports, the Texas Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs (at the time) did not respond to Diane Trautman’s requests.
On 5/7/2020, the Texas Secretary of State contacted Colleen M. Vera and notified her that evidence from her 2-year investigation into the “ABSENTEE BALLOT HARVESTING COMPLAINT” was forwarded to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a recommendation to investigate the allegations she made.
On 5/7/2020, after not receiving a response from the Secretary of State, Diane Trautman reported in a ZOOM MEETING that she WOULD NOT be mailing ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS to every 65+ voter in Harris County, Texas. Then, according to my sources, Harris County Democratic Party representatives began pressuring Diane Trautman and questioning why the “MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS” would not be mailed out, to which Diane Trautman’ allegedly’ said that she would not do it in the current environment.
According to many of my sources, on 5/9/2020, the Harris County Democratic Party fought and continued to pressure Diane Trautman, the Harris County Clerk at the time, tooth and nail to get more ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS out to voters age 65 and older without these voters requesting a ballot by mail.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS APPLIED PRESSURE…
Some of my sources felt that mounting pressure from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, coupled with a lack of response from the Texas Secretary of State, caused Diane Trautman to take her stand against what the Harris County Democratic Party and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis were trying to do in terms of flooding Harris County with unsolicited mail ballot applications.
According to a few of my Democratic sources, who were close to Diane Trautman, she privately expressed her fear and that she did not feel that the “POLITICAL CLIMATE” was right to pull off what Commissioner Rodney Ellis and others wanted her to do by flooding Harris County, Texas, with unsolicited “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT APPLICATIONS” during the 2020 Presidential Election.
Once Diane Trautman resigned as the Harris County Clerk, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis appointed Chris Hollins. Hollins served in a finance position with the Texas Democratic Party when he was appointed interim Harris County Clerk for a term that began on June 1, 2020.
Today, Chris Hollins has evolved into one of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s most loyal “PUPPETS” as he serves as the City of Houston Controller.
THE USE OF ILLEGAL MAIL BALLOTS…
Anyone who has run up against a member of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime between 2016 and 2024 knows that they are not playing fair.
“Aubrey, there have been several consultants who specialize in just doing absentee ballots programs; that’s been cheating for years,” said a Democrat Political Consultant, who is very familiar with the illegal tactics used by certain Black politicians.
Our source states, “The Feds have been building a case on them for years. The Feds have been to their homes more than two times, and these candidates still use them.”
“They’ve been forging seniors' names for decades. Everybody who used these people and won needs to get challenged. This has got to stop,” proclaimed our Democratic source.
Our Democratic source mentioned a few names, including “Evelyn Dupree, Lanora Walker, and Lula Wilson.” Gloria Palmer and Deborah Adams are two legends in the “ABSENTEE MAIL BALLOT TRADE” in Harris County, Texas, and should be noted.
ELLIS HAS STOOGES AT ALL LEVELS…
The Houston Police Department began using the “SUSPENDED LACK OF PERSONNEL” code around 2016, which involved shelving over 264,000 criminal cases. A former Police Department assistant chief, Donald McKinney, approved using the controversial “SL CODE” in 2016, shortly before he retired.
In case you don’t know, around July 20, 2018, former City of Houston Police Chief Troy Finner was ultimately forced to retire after he became embroiled in the “SL CODE” scandal.
As a refresher, before becoming Houston’s Police Chief (after getting appointed by Mayor Sylvester Turner), Troy Finner served as HPD’s Executive Assistant. He succeeded former Chief Art Acevedo, who got run out of town in connection to that botched raid that left two innocent civilians (Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas) dead after the notorious Harding Street raid.
The retired police officer involved in the botched HPD raid ultimately got 60 years for his involvement in the deaths of Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58, who got killed along with their dog, when HPD Officers barged into their homes under a rain of gunfire after obtaining no-knock warrant from a local judge.
Ultimately, the trial for Goines was presided over by an African American judge, Veronica Nelson, who did an excellent job! Did you hear what I just said?
Judge Veronica Nelson, the presiding judge for the 482nd Criminal District Court, happened to be an African American female and proved herself to be competent, well-qualified, fair, and up to the challenge.
For starters, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis does have control of several Democratic judges, but they aren’t the “BLACK GIRL MAGIC” judges. And when you get down to it, the handful of judges who are members of Commissioner Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” regime isn’t as large as some folks might think – but the facts are the facts.
The “BLACK GIRL MAGIC” phenomenon didn’t evolve until after the 2018 Midterm General Election when African American females looked around and realized how many had successfully emerged from the 2018 Democratic Party Primary.
Contrary to what has floated around for years, there was nothing sinister about the nineteen African American females and their quest to become judiciary members.
Judge Maria T. Jackson, the presiding judge for the 339th Criminal District Court, was the veteran judge in the group. Judge Ramona Franklin, the presiding judge for the 338th Criminal District Court, was embedded within the group called “BLACK GIRL MAGIC,” which took America by storm as seventeen of the nineteen African American women achieved stardom by unseating seventeen Republican judges by ousting them from their benches on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, in Harris County, Texas.
Latasha Lewis Payne (Democrat) unseated Judge Jeff Shadwick (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 55th Civil Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Lori Chambers Gray (Democrat) defeated Tammy J. Thomas (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 262nd Criminal Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Dedra Davis (Democrat) unseated Judge Brent Gamble (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 270th Civil Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Angela Graves-Harrington (Democrat) unseated Judge Charley Prine (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 246th Family Judicial District Court on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Sandra Peake (Democrat) defeated Melanie Flowers (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 257th Family Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Linda Marie Dunson (Democrat) unseated Judge Sheri Y. Dean (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 309th Family Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Germaine Tanner (Democrat) unseated Judge Alicia Franklin York (Republican) in the District Judge, 311th Family Judicial District Court race on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Michelle Moore (Democrat) unseated Judge John F. Phillips (Republican) in the race for District Judge, 314th Juvenile Judicial District Court, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
LaShawn A. Williams (Democrat) unseated Judge Linda Storey (Republican) in the race for Judge, County Civil Court at Law No. 3, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Ronnisha Bowman (Democrat) unseated Judge Bill Harmon (Republican) in the race for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 2, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Erica Hughes (Democrat) unseated Judge Natalie C. Fleming (Republican) in the race for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 3, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Shannon Baldwin (Democrat) unseated Judge John Clinton (Republican) in the race for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 4, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Toria J. Finch (Democrat) defeated John Wakefield (Republican) in the Judge, County Criminal Court race at Law No. 9 on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Cassandra Y. Holleman (Democrat) defeated Judge John Spjut (Republican) in the Judge County Criminal Court race at Law No. 12 on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Tonya Jones (Democrat) unseated Judge Roger Bridgwater (Republican) in the race for Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 15, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
Lucia Bates (Democrat) unseated her fellow Democrat Judge Don Coffey in the March 6, 2018, Democratic Party Primary race for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 2. Since no Republican candidate ran for the bench on the November 6, 2018, Midterm Election, Lucia Bates was declared the winner after she defeated Judge Coffey.
Sharon Burney (Democrat) defeated “DC” Daniel Caldwell (Republican) in the race for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 2, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.
LOOKING AHEAD IN HARRIS COUNTY…
The battle unfolding in Harris County, Texas, for the 18th Congressional District of Texas, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, and next year’s 2026 Midterm Election will be a fierce fight for territory between the Harris County Republican Party and the Harris County Democratic Party.
The man seeking to conjure up a magic potion for his regime to hold power is Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, whose grip on Harris County, Texas, is weakening after the untimely deaths of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Sylvester Turner.
NOT IN CONTROL OF BLACK JUDGES…
The people of the 18th Congressional District haven’t had a good, solid representative since Congressman Craig Washington held the seat before Ken Lay, the late CEO of the ENRON Corporation, recruited Sheila Jackson Lee, a City Councilmember at the time, to take out Congressman Craig Washington in 1994.
Our Harris County Courts were too far to the right side of the aisle during the 1990s, leading up to 2018, when the “BLACK GIRL MAGIC” phenomenon took America by storm.
While many of the inaugural members of “BLACK GIRL MAGIC” have rounded into solid judges, several others have not and should get challenged in the March 3, 2026, Democratic Party Primary in Harris County, Texas.
Listen. Everyone with brown skin is not related to one another. And NOPE, we don’t all think alike. Not everyone wearing a "BLACK ROBE" is honest, fair, unbiased, trustworthy, or honorable.
The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 10, in the NIV, proclaims, “Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed.”
The people we elect to Congress are elected to go there to enact laws that impact and influence our daily lives positively. That said, our Congressmen and congresswomen are elected from districts for a reason. Members of Congress are supposed to serve as the voice of the people who elect them to go to Washington, D.C., to fight for and protect their interests.
Giving out Turkeys at Thanksgiving and buying children bicycles for Christmas is fine, but Black people have emphasized these small-time gestures too much.
Jumping in front of every news camera that rolls by doesn’t make a person a good congressman or woman. Members of Congress are responsible for funding our government, holding hearings to inform the legislative process, and overseeing our executive branch of government – which should be their top priorities.
As far as the 18th Congressional District of Texas is concerned, members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime have held a stranglehold on this formerly predominantly African American district for nearly three decades.
If you look at the 18th Congressional District, parts of it look worse than you would see if you travel overseas and visit a third-world Country. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was a piss-poor leader who the people of the 18th Congressional District tolerated for symbolic reasons and because she was familiar.
As for the late Congressman Sylvester Turner, he was decent as a State Legislator when he represented House District 139 for nearly three decades. However, as the Mayor of Houston, Texas, Sylvester Turner was as low-down, dirty, corrupt, and filthy as they come. Sylvester Turner was not an upstanding citizen but a troubled man, vexed in his spirit and struggling with his innermost demons and skeletons in his closet.
Ultimately, the late Congressman Sylvester Turner only served as a U.S. Representative for two months, which isn’t long enough to have written any congressional legacy.
So, when it comes to former Mayor Sylvester Turner, we are left with a former Mayor who could ultimately go down in history as one of the most corrupt Mayors in American history.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS DIRTY SCHEME…
The people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas must stand up against Commissioner Rodney Ellis and his band of political tyrants who are trying to push County Attorney Christian Menefee down their throats.
County Attorney Christian Menefee is one of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “PUPPETS” who will jump, holler, scream, file lawsuits, withhold public information, skip, hop, roll over, bend over, play dead, and do the “WATUSI DANCE” whenever his strings get pulled by the “PUPPET MASTER” who has complete control of his mind, body, and spirit.
Christian DaShaun Menefee had a soul before Commissioner Rodney Ellis recruited him in 2020 to take out former Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan, whom he could not control.
Speaking of control, Commissioner Rodney Ellis has carefully placed members of the “CULT-LIKE” political regime inside key elected positions with our local City and County government, who worship, adore, and idolize him.
We have public officials in Harris County, Texas, who believe, in their warped minds, that Commissioner Rodney Ellis is a form of mini-god or deity worthy of exaltation and reverence as a supreme being.
In actuality, Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and Congressman Sylvester Turner are the culprits who placed the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas in a predicament – not Governor Greg Abbott.
Yes, the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas will be without representation in the United States House of Representatives through the end of the year. However, this is not because Governor Abbott decided to set the “SPECIAL ELECTION” on the regularly scheduled Tuesday, November 4, 2025, “UNIFORM ELECTION” ballot.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis, County Attorney Christian Menefee, and other members of Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime worked against the best interests of the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas when they pushed two dying, self-serving, egotistical members of their political regime down the throats of the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas instead of choosing a healthy robust Democrat to run for office.
Back when Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee lost the 2023 City of Houston Mayoral Race running against John Whitmire, she had already been diagnosed with cancer.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and kept it a secret from her constituents until 2012, a full year after her diagnosis.
Ellis, Turner, and Sheila Jackson Lee pulled the same shenanigans when “SHE-JACK” got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. These three corrupt politicians tried to keep it a secret so that “SHE-JACK” could die in office, which would allow members of their “CULT-LIKE” political regime to choose her successor by securing the votes of Democratic Party Precinct chairs, as they did on August 13, 2024, when Sylvester Turner received 41 votes, and Amanda Edwards received 37 votes.
Ultimately, with the prompting of Councilwoman Letitia Plummer, HCDP Precinct Chairs selected a sick, dying, and feeble Sylvester Turner over a healthy Amanda Edwards as the Democratic nominee to appear on the Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Presidential Election ballot in the race for the 18th Congressional District of Texas.
In hindsight, it seems that members of the “CULT-LIKE” political regime run by Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s plan was to have Congressman Sylvester Turner die in office, like Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee did, which would have allowed their political regime to use the same process of winning the support of Harris County Democratic Party Precinct Chairs to select Congressman Turner’s replacement. However, their sinister plot failed when Congressman Sylvester Turner died on March 5, 2025, only two months into his term.
Now, the people of the 18th Congressional District of Texas will have the unique opportunity to make their voices heard in a fair, free, transparent “SPECIAL ELECTION” on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, after Governor Greg Abbott rejected the demands, threats, and “INTIMIDATION TACTICS” County Attorney Christian Menefee and other members of Commissioner Rodney Ellis’s “CULT-LIKE” political regime tried to use against him.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…
Candidates who aspire to become the next United States Representative of the 18th Congressional District of Texas should be grateful and thank Governor Greg Abbot — not vilify him, in my opinion.
After Governor Abbott’s bold decision, any candidate who wishes to run for the 18th Congressional District of Texas has until Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., to sign up for their place on the Tuesday, November 4, 2025, ballot.
Early voting for Tuesday, November 4, 20205, “SPECIAL ELECTION” will begin on Monday, October 20, 2025, giving prospective candidates plenty of time to prepare.
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