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3 candidates are tracked for Bexar County Criminal District Attorney on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Luz Elena Chapa, Ashley Foster and Jason Wolff. Candidate information follows official Bexar County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
An open seat: Joe Gonzales is not seeking reelection, per the San Antonio Report. A three-way November race decided by plurality, with an independent who qualified by petition.
Luz Elena Chapa served as a justice on the Fourth Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2025, authoring more than 1,400 opinions including hundreds of criminal cases, per her campaign site.
2026 priorities
- Fully funding and staffing the office, per her campaign site
- Victim advocacy and reducing the domestic violence case backlog, per her campaign site
- Repairing the relationship with law enforcement, per her campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
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Ashley Foster spent 11 years as a Bexar County assistant district attorney prosecuting felony cases and now practices civil law, per her campaign site and the San Antonio Report.
2026 priorities
- Reducing the case backlog, per her campaign site
- Victim-centered prosecution, per her campaign site
- A prosecutor training academy, per her campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
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Jason Wolff is a criminal defense attorney and former Bexar county court judge who qualified for the November ballot by petition, per the San Antonio Report, which reports he is running as an independent because of partisan division. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jason Wolff.
