183rd Dist. · Incumbent: Lance Long
183rd District Court
Lance Long holds one of the few Republican criminal district benches in the county; Maldonado runs with the structural D lean behind her.
The desk’s rating
Leans Democratic
Democrat
Julia Maldonado
D nominee; won March primary
- Cash on hand
- $18K
- Raised
- $10K
- Spent
- $11K
Republican · Incumbent
Lance Long
Republican incumbent
- Cash on hand
- $444
- Raised
- $500
- Spent
- $105
Money
Julia Maldonado holds 41x as much cash.
Cash on hand as reported in each campaign’s latest filing (as of Dec 2025). Full finance records
The desk’s notes
Lance Long holds the 183rd as one of the few Republican-held criminal district courts in Harris County. D challenger Julia Maldonado faces an uphill path but the county's D lean gives her structural advantage.
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