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Texas 2026 › Judges on the ballot › Court Of Appeals, 3rd District, Chief Justice
Cory Liu (R) and Darlene Byrne (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Court Of Appeals, 3rd District, Chief Justice in Texas. This seat is elected only inside its court district or county, so it appears on some Texas ballots, not all; enter your address in the lookup to check yours.
Cory Liu is the Republican candidate for Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals. He currently serves as a district judge in Travis County and previously worked in legal roles for Texas state leaders, per his campaign site. He holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Harvard Law School.
Darlene Byrne is Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals of Texas, elected to the court in 2020, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, she served 20 years as presiding judge of the 126th District Court of Travis County, graduated from the University of Houston Law Center, and has served as President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
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