Barbara Parker Hervey (born June 26, 1953) is a Judge of the

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; she holds the Place 7 seat.

Background

Hervey earned her

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in 1975 from the

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, and her

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in November 12, 1979 from

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. Prior to becoming a judge, Hervey was an assistant criminal district attorney for

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. Hervey, a San Antonio resident, is currently a member of the State Bar of Texas and the

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. She is also Chair of Grants Committee for the Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund.

Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit

In 2008, Hervey created the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit to educate those in the criminal justice system about problems with evidence in criminal prosecutions, which can lead to wrongful convictions. Some of the Unit's areas of focus include eyewitness identification, forensic science, and arson science.

Election information

Hervey is a

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who has won four elections, starting with her first in 2000. In 2012, her third general election, Hervey drew 78 percent of the vote. Hervey secured her fourth term on the appellate court in the general election held on November 6, 2018, but with a considerably reduced margin than in 2012. With 4,412,391votes (54.2 percent)), she defeated her Democratic opponent, Ramona Franklin, who polled 3,731,595 votes (45.8 percent). Franklin won Hervey's Bexar County by more than 71,000 votes.

References

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