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John Devine
Justice, Texas Supreme Court · Place 4
Background: Prior to assuming his seat on the state supreme court, Devine served as a district judge for Texas' 190th District Court and as an appointed special judge for the Harris County justice of the peace courts.
At a glance
- Court
- Texas Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Place 4
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2012)
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- January 1, 2013
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2030
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Republican
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Ball State University, 1980
- Law: South Texas College of Law, 1986
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on John Devine’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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