This story was last updated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday.

A Dallas judge who disparaged a teenage rape victim won Tuesday's Democratic primary over a defense attorney who challenged her in the Democratic primary because of the remark.

In another race for a domestic violence court, a former judge who lost her bench four years ago pulled ahead late Tuesday over the incumbent after the race was close for much of the night.

Both apparent victors have recently been scolded by the Texas Commission on Judicial Ethics.

Other judicial races are headed for a runoff with no candidate garnering a majority.

Criminal District Court 6

State District Judge Jeanine Howard was poised for victory over defense attorney Alison Grinter. Howard appeared to be headed for a fourth term in Criminal District Court 6. There is no Republican challenger.

Howard was taken to task in 2015 by the judicial conduct commission for telling The Dallas Morning News that a 14-year-old girl raped at school "wasn't the victim she claimed to be."

Howard recused herself afterward.

A victim of domestic violence sued Howard and her campaign manager last week. Howard sent Keisha Nixon’s husband to prison after he assaulted Nixon’s son. Nixon thought her husband should not have served time. After Howard identified Nixon at a political event as someone who had been abused, Nixon said Howard and her campaign manager disparaged her.

Criminal Court 10

Former judge Etta Mullin pulled ahead of criminal court judge Roberto Cañas in the Democratic primary for a misdemeanor court that oversees domestic violence cases. There is no Republican challenger.

Cañas spearheaded a program to use existing laws to take guns from abusers and his work overseeing domestic violence cases was honored by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Mullin lost her original bench four years ago and was slammed by the judicial commission for conduct on the bench after nine attorneys filed complaints.

The panel found: Mullin threatened to restrain a pregnant prosecutor; unnecessarily kept attorneys waiting for hours; required certain defendants to pay court costs before she would accept a plea deal, which is against the law; and refused to allow a defense attorney to appear in her courtroom because he wore shorts after knee surgery.

Runoff elections

Several judicial primaries will end in a runoff because no candidate had 50 percent plus one vote. Those races will be decided May 22. There are no Republican challengers.

Several civil judges tried to force the runoffs by encouraging white women to run in races that drew black or Hispanic female opponents. In recent years, women almost always win Democratic primary races against men. Turnout is lower in runoffs.

Martin Hoffman, who presides over the 68th District Court, and attorney Kim Brown will face off in a runoff. They had more votes than Amanda Ghagar. In the 193rd District Court, state District Judge Carl Ginsburg is in a runoff with attorney Bridgett Whitmore. They both had more votes than two others in the race.

County Court at Law Judge Ken Tapscott is in a runoff with attorney Paula Rosales, who was ahead but did not have a majority over her three opponents.