District 457
Jurisdiction: Montgomery,
District Level Judicial Candidates
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Chart of Texas Judicial Department
https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452920/court-structure-chart-september-2021.pdf
Brochure of the Court System
https://www.txcourts.gov/media/675444/The-Texas-Judicial-System_Print102714.pdf
District Courts
Sabine County (9,894 population)
District 1 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine
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District 273​ up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
San Augustine County (7,918 population)
District 1 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine
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District 273​ up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
San Jacinto County (9,894 population)
District 258 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity
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District 411 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity
San Patricio County (68,755 population)
District 35 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Brown, Mills
District 36 up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by Rick Perry
Jurisdiction: Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio
District 156 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio
District 343 up for re-election in 2024
Jurisdiction: Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio
San Saba County (5,730 population)
District 33 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Blanco, Burnet, Llano and San Saba
District 424 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Blanco, Burnet, Llano and San Saba
Schleicher County (2,451 population)
District 51​up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott
Jurisdiction: Coke, Irion, Schleicher, Sterling and Tom Green
Scurry County (16,932 population)
District 361​ up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazos and Scurry
Shackleford County (3,105 population)
District 259 Judge Brooks Hagler (IN) up for re-election 2026. J.D. from the Baylor Law School.
Jurisdiction: Jones, Shackelford
Shelby County (24,022 population)
District 123 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Panola, Shelby
District 273 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
Sherman County (2,782 population)
District 69 up for election 2026
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott April 6, 2022
Jurisdiction: Dallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman
Smith County (233,479 population)
District 7 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Smith
District 114 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Smith
District 241 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Smith
District 321 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Smith
District 475 up for re-election 2024
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022
Jurisdiction: Smith
Somervell County (9,205 population)
District 18 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Johnson, Somervell
District 249 up for re-election 2026
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott Aug. 2022
Jurisdiction: Johnson, Somervell, Williamson
Starr County (65,920 population)
District 229 Judge Baldemar “Balde” Garza (IN) up for re-election in 2026. Bachelors Texas A & M University and her J.D. from St. Mary's University of San Antonio. Garza is an attorney at the firm of Ramirez & Garza, L.L.P. Practice Areas: Business, Litigation: Commercial, Oil, Gas and Energy Resources, Real Estate, Mediation, Contracts Source: https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=168688
Jurisdiction: Duval, Jim Hogg, Starr
District 381 Judge Jose L. Garza (IN) up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Starr
Stephens County (9,101 population)
District 90 up for re-election 2024
Retiring
Jurisdiction: Stephens, Young
Sterling County (1,372 population)
Stonewall County (1,245 population)
District 51​up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott
Jurisdiction: Coke, Irion, Schleicher, Sterling and Tom Green
District 39 up for re-election 2026
Switched parties after being elected.
Jurisdiction: Haskell, Kent, Stonewall, Throckmorton
Sutton County (3,372 population)
District 112​ Judge Pedro Gomez, Jr. (IN) up for re-election in 2026. Judge Gomez has a BA from Angelo State University and his J.D. from Texas Tech University.Judge Gomez maintained a general practice in San Angelo, Texas for 17 years before taking the bench. His primary areas of practice were criminal, family, personal injury and real estate. He was first elected to the position of 112th District Judge and took the bench on January 1, 2007. He was re-elected to the same position in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
Source:https://court112.wixsite.com/court112
Jurisdiction: Crockett, Pecos, Reagan, Sutton and Upton
Swisher County (6,971 population)
District 64 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Castro, Hale and Swisher
District 242 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Castro, Hale, and Swisher