County · November 3, 2026 General Election

Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 11

4-year term

Handles misdemeanours — the less serious criminal charges, such as most first-time DWI and theft cases.

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 compare	Elizabeth Buss	Sedrick T. Walker II
Work	Attorney, Harris County District Attorney's Office (Criminal practice)State Bar of Texas – Find A Lawyer profile for Elizabeth Winter Buss ↗	—
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 ↗
Their words	No published platform we could quote	“Sedrick T. Walker II is the presiding judge of Harris County Criminal Court No. 11. He was first elected to the bench in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. Judge Walker is also serving an active term as the Local Administrative Statutory County Court Judge for Harris County.”judgewalkertx.com – Meet Judge Walker — self-reported ↗
Records check	4 official registries searched for every candidate in this race on 28 July 2026 — nothing found. Texas Legislature (impeachment records) · Texas Ethics Commission (final orders) · State Bar of Texas (attorney discipline) · Texas State Securities Board (enforcement orders).
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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.

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Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/ballot/race/court-judge-county-criminal-court-at-law-no-11-2026 — data from official records via PlainDocket.