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2 candidates are tracked for Collin County Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Chris Hill and John R. "Buster" Brown. Candidate information follows official Collin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
March 3 primary result: Chris Hill won the Republican nomination outright over Rick Grady (78.30%-21.70%) and meets Democrat John R. "Buster" Brown, who was unopposed in his primary, on the November 3 ballot, per the county's official canvass.
Republican · Incumbent
Chris Hill is the sitting Collin County Judge, seeking re-election; five generations of his family have lived in Collin County, per his campaign site.
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-04.
Campaign site →Democratic
John R. "Buster" Brown is a Plano attorney whose practice includes business, consumer, creditor-debtor, environmental, ethics and malpractice law, per the State Bar of Texas. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for John R. "Buster" Brown.