District 457
Jurisdiction: Montgomery,
District Level Judicial Candidates
B Counties
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
Bailey County (6,904 Population)
District 287up for re-election 2026
Appointed by Abbott
Jurisdiction: Bailey and Parmer
Bandera County (20,851 Population)
District 198 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Bandera and Kerr
Bastrop County (97,216 Population)
District 21 Up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, and Washington
District 335 up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, and Washington
District 423 Christopher D. Duggan (IN) is up for re-election 2024. Prior to his election to the court in 2008, Duggan was a prosecutor and worked as a briefing attorney for the Eastland Court of Appeals. Judge Duggan received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. He received his juris doctorate degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1989. After graduating from law school, Judge Duggan started his legal career as a briefing attorney for the Eleventh [Circuit] Court of Appeals in Eastland, Texas. He then became a prosecutor in Travis County, Texas for the next 18½ years. He was elected to the 423rd District Court bench in November, 2008. Judge Duggan will be proudly serving the citizens of Bastrop County for his fourth term beginning January of 2021.District Courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Texas. District Courts have original jurisdiction in cases involving matters such as felony criminal, divorce, real property, election contest, civil matters where damages exceed $200.00, and any other matters brought properly before the Court. While some District Courts serve multiple counties, the 423rd District Court only hears matters that arise within Bastrop County. Judge Duggan hears all matters that come properly before the 423rd District Court in Bastrop County. Judge Duggan also presides over weddings.
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Christopher_Duggan; https://www.co.bastrop.tx.us/page/districtcourt.423
Jurisdiction: Bastrop
Baylor County (3,465 Population)
District 50 up for re-election in 2024
Appointed by Rick Perry
Jurisdiction: Baylor, Cottle, King, and Knox
Bee County (31,047 Population)
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
Bell County (370,647 Population)
District 27 up for election in 2024
Jurisdiction: Bell and Lampasas
District 146 up for election in 2014
Jurisdiction: Bell
District 169 up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by Governor Abbott
Jurisdiction: Bell
District 264 up for election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Bell
District 426 up for election 2026
Appointed by Governor Abbott
Jurisdiction: Bell
District 478 up for election 2026
Appointed by Governor Abbott
Jurisdiction: Bell
Bexar County (2,009,324 Population) has been moved to it's own page due to number of District Judges
Blanco County (11,374 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
Borden County (631 Population)
District 132 up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by the Governor July 1995
Jurisdiction: Borden
Bosque County (18,235 Population)
District 220 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Bosque, Comanche, and Hamilton
Bowie County (92,893 Population)
District 5 up for re-election in 2024
pointed by the Governor
Jurisdiction: Bowie and Cass
District 102 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Bowie and Red River
District 202 up for re-election in 2024
Jurisdiction: Bowie
Brazoria County (372,031 Population)
District 149 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazoria
District 239 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazoria
District 300 up for re-election in 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazoria
District 412 up for re-election in 2026
Appointed by Governor Rick Perry
Jurisdiction: Brazoria
District 461 up for re-election in 2024
Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott
Jurisdiction: Brazoria
Brazos County (233,849 Population)
District 85 up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazos
District 272​ up for re-election 2024
Jurisdiction: Brazos
District 361​ up for re-election 2026
Jurisdiction: Brazos and Scurry
Brewster County (9,546 Population)
District 394​ Judge Roy Ferguson (IN) up for re-election 2024 Judge Ferguson received his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1992. He earned his J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1994. Prior to his judicial election, Ferguson worked as an attorney in private practice since his graduation from law school. He practiced in Houston before moving to West Texas in 1999.Judge Ferguson is a frequent educator of students, lawyers, civic associations, and judges around the world for the National Judicial College, TexasBarCLE, the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the ABA, and ABOTA. He is published frequently, and maintains a regular column in the ABA Young Lawyers Journal, "Let's Talk Lawyering." Judge Ferguson is a Commissioner on the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and the Texas Children’s Commission, and a member of the Texas Supreme Court’s Judicial Committee on Information Technology, the SBOT Court Rules Committee, and the National Center for State Courts' Hybrid Hearings Focus Group. He currently serves on the governing boards of the Family Law Section and Computer & Technology Section, and previously served on the GPSOLO and Judicial Sections, Uniform Case Management System Study Group, Judicial Needs Assessment Committee, Remote Proceedings Task Force and Judicial Council Civil Justice Committee’s Advisory Council. Sources: https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Ferguson; https://texas394th.com/?fbclid=IwAR1lGGxTBZUWCS8pUhmWSofNLdnX-ziua56Czm5DlngSlnHnPbQN5nXrmr4
Jurisdiction: Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio
District 394 up for re-election in 2024
​Jurisdiction: Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio
Briscoe County (1,435 Population)
District 110 up for re-election in 2024
Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott 2023
Jurisdiction: Briscoe, Dickens, Floyd, and Motley
Brooks County (7,076 Population)
District 79 Michael Ventura Garcia (IN) Unopposed
Currently County Court at Law Judge for Jim Wells County
Source: https://www.co.jim-wells.tx.us/page/co.county.court.at.law.judge:
Jurisdiction: Brooks and Jim Wells
Brown County (38,095 Population)
District 35 up for re-election 2024. Unopposed
Jurisdiction: Brown and Mills
Burleson County (17,642 Population)
District 21​ up for re-election 2024 Unopposed
Jurisdiction: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, and Washington
District 335 ​up for re-election 2024 Unopposed
Jurisdiction: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, and Washington
Burnet County (49,130 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