Erin Nowell
Democratic · TX
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Erin Nowell is a lawyer who served as an elected justice on Texas's Fifth District Court of Appeals from 2019 through 2024. She says her focus is fairness, giving every litigant a chance to be heard, and moving cases through court on time.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Lost re-election to the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Place 5, on November 5, 2024. Republican Cynthia Barbare beat her with 50.5% of the vote (767,119 to 753,359).
November 5, 2024
Source: ballotpedia.org
Lost the November 8, 2022 general election for Place 3 on the Texas Supreme Court to Republican incumbent Debra Lehrmann. Nowell ran as the Democratic challenger while serving on the Fifth District Court of Appeals.
November 8, 2022
Source: texastribune.org
Won election to Place 5 on the Dallas-based Fifth District Court of Appeals on November 6, 2018. She beat Republican incumbent Craig Stoddart with 52.99% of the vote (632,443 to 561,120).
November 6, 2018
Source: elections.sos.state.tx.us
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 unfavorable
Wrote the Dallas appeals court's February 23, 2022 opinion in Panda Power's lawsuit against ERCOT, the state power grid operator, which reversed the trial court and sent the case back. In a divided decision on June 23, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court reversed her court's judgment and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction.
February 23, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Past race Erin Nowell ran in:
- Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 · November 3, 2026 · Dallas County, Texas