 Some of the defeated Republican district court judges were later re-appointed to vacant District Court benches by Governor Rick Perry.In 2018, Democrats swept the court capturing all 59 seats on the civil, criminal, family, juvenile and probate courts.The Kinder Institute's Houston Survey in 2018 found that from 2014 through 2018 the number of Houston residents who supported adoption of children by same-sex couples climbed above 50% and remained there, while in 2017 over 56% of residents reported gay or lesbian persons among their circle of close personal friends.