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County · November 3, 2026 General Election

Judge, County Civil Court at Law No. 1

4-year term

Handles smaller lawsuits, eviction appeals and appeals from justice courts.

What this office does

The Texas Constitution limits each county to a single county court, so the Legislature creates statutory county courts at law in more populous counties. The jurisdiction of each varies and is set by the statute creating that court; civil jurisdiction generally exceeds a justice court's and falls below a district court's, and these courts usually hear appeals from justice of the peace and municipal courts. County-level courts handle Class A and Class B misdemeanors. Statutory probate courts have original and exclusive jurisdiction over probate, guardianship and mental health commitments.

Source: Texas Judicial Branch — Trial Courts ↗

On the ballot

What we compareJamie KingSonia Lopez
Now—Judge, Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 – Official Court Page ↗
Work—Attorney at Lone Star Legal Aid (Public Interest Lawyer)State Bar of Texas – Member Directory ↗
MoneyNo machine-readable funding publishedCandidates for this office file with a local authority — the county clerk — which doesn’t publish filings in a form we can read automatically. That’s a gap in the filing system, not a statement about any campaign. Texas Ethics Commission — local filing authorities ↗
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We searched the same 4 official registries for every candidate in this race and found no adverse findings for any of them.

Money

No machine-readable funding publishedCandidates for this office file with a local authority — the county clerk — which doesn’t publish filings in a form we can read automatically. That’s a gap in the filing system, not a statement about any campaign. Texas Ethics Commission — local filing authorities ↗

We searched the same 4 official registries for every candidate in this race and found no adverse findings for any of them.

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Same rows for every candidate, listed alphabetically by surname — not the order they appear on the ballot, and never by party. A dash means we hold nothing for that line, not that the answer is zero.

Both nominees were unopposed in the March 3, 2026 primaries, so they are their parties' nominees with certainty. We have not confirmed which candidate currently holds this seat, so no one is marked as the incumbent. Minor-party and independent candidates are not yet confirmed against the certified ballot. Resolved 2026-09-15: the original Republican nominee, Paul Coselli, died on March 28, 2026 — after winning his March primary unopposed but before the November election (an independent obituary and his own State Bar of Texas profile, then marked "Deceased", indicated this; it went unconfirmed with an official source at the time). The Texas Secretary of State's certified Ballot Certification Report, checked directly on 2026-09-15, names Jamie King as the replacement Republican nominee for this seat.

Official record for this race ↗Official sample ballot (party listings) — the authoritative list ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/ballot/race/court-judge-county-civil-court-at-law-no-1-2026 — data from official records via PlainDocket.