County · November 3, 2026 General Election
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.
| What we compare | Tonya Jones | Stephen C. St. Martin |
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| Work | — | Attorney, Stephen C. St. Martin, P.C.; practice areas: Criminal, Litigation: Personal Injury, Immigration, JuvenileState Bar of Texas – Find A Lawyer profile ↗ |
| 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 | “She currently serves as Judge of Harris County Criminal Court at Law #15. She and 16 other African American women made history during the November 2018 midterm election when they were elected to the bench in Harris County (Houston), the third largest city in the nation.”judgetonyajones.com/meet_tonya ↗ | — |
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| We searched the same 4 official registries for every candidate in this race on 28 July 2026 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 on 28 July 2026 and found no adverse findings for any of them.
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