Fort Bend County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Bill Rickert is the sitting county treasurer, per the county's elected officials roster. He was unopposed in the March Republican contest.

Grady Prestage is the sitting Precinct 2 commissioner, per the county's elected officials roster. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Kelly Crow is the sitting justice of the peace for Precinct 1 Place 1, per the county's elected officials roster. She was unopposed in the Republican contest.

Martin B. Sanchez works as a substitute teacher in Katy and previously worked as a Senior Client Solution Specialist in banking and financial services, per his campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in international business from the University of Saint Thomas in Houston and certificates in Conflict Resolution in Mediation and Arbitration, and is involved with the Texas Association of Mediators, per the same source. Martin B. Sanchez appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Fort Bend Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Place 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Tricia Krenek is an attorney, certified mediator and small business owner who earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, per her campaign website. She was elected to Fulshear City Council in May 2014 and served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2017 to 2018, per the same source. No secure (https) version of her campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Hortencia Sanchez was unopposed in the Democratic contest, per the official canvass. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Hortencia Sanchez.

Roderick C. Garner, Sr. is the sitting justice of the peace for Precinct 2 Place 1, per the county's elected officials roster. He was unopposed in the Democratic contest. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Ninh Truong immigrated to the United States at age 16, graduated from Westbury High School and earned a degree from the University of Houston, per his campaign website. He worked as a car salesman and later spent nearly a decade as an independent insurance adjuster helping Fort Bend County families recover after storms, per the same source. This is his first run for public office, per his website.

William Ferguson is the Republican nominee for Fort Bend Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, per the official canvass. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for William Ferguson.

Sonia Rash has served as Justice of the Peace for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 since January 1, 2023, per her campaign website. She holds a law degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law and previously worked in court advocacy and free legal clinics, per the same source. She established a night court program for working families and offers video conference hearings, per her website.

Surendran K. Pattel is the sitting judge of the 240th District Court, per the county's elected officials roster. He was unopposed in the Democratic contest. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Monica Rawlins is the sitting judge of the 328th District Court, per the county's elected officials roster. She was unopposed in the Democratic contest. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Richard Lybarger is a divorce and family law attorney who founded his own practice, licensed to practice law since 1986, per his FindLaw attorney profile. He holds a law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, a Master of Science in Health Care Administration from Trinity University, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Abilene Christian University, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Richard Lybarger.

Maggie Jaramillo legally immigrated from Mexico at age 9 and graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1997, per her campaign site. She practiced law privately for 17 years, previously served as judge of the 400th District Court and as Associate Judge of the 268th District Court, and was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott as judge of the 458th District Court effective January 1, 2025, per the same source.

Tyra McCollum was elected Presiding Judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2 in November 2022, per her campaign website. She also serves as Presiding Judge of the county's Veterans Treatment Court and previously served as Chief Assistant District Attorney over the Juvenile Division and as Assistant City Attorney for Tyler, Texas, per the same source. She holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, per her website.

Jorden Maljovec is an attorney in Richmond, Texas, licensed for 13 years, practicing estate and probate law, criminal defense, family law, personal injury and juvenile defense, per her Lawyer Legion attorney profile. She holds a law degree from South Texas College of Law, completed in 2012, per the same source. Jorden Maljovec appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jorden Maljovec.

Juli Mathew is the presiding judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 3, hearing criminal, juvenile, civil, mental health, probate and guardianship matters, and founded the county's Juvenile Intervention and Mental Health Court, the first of its kind in Texas, per the court's official page. Before taking the bench she served as associate municipal judge in Arcola and practiced law for more than 15 years in Fort Bend and neighboring counties; she holds a law degree from Delaware Law School, per the same page. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Toni Wallace is the sitting judge of County Court at Law No. 4, per the county's elected officials roster. She was unopposed in the Democratic contest. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Michael Cody Moore is a licensed attorney and Fort Bend County resident of more than 20 years, per his campaign site. He previously served as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2 Place 2 in Fort Bend County from October 2022 to December 2024. Michael Cody Moore appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 4, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Michael Cody Moore.

Dean Hrbacek serves as Judge of Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 6, which handles probate, guardianship, juvenile, civil and mental-health matters, per his campaign website. He previously served on the Sugar Land City Council and as Mayor of Sugar Land from 1996 to 2002, per the same source. He holds an accounting degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, and is a Certified Public Accountant, per his website.

Stephen Longoria is an attorney in Sugar Land, Texas, practicing civil litigation and criminal defense, admitted to practice in Texas in 1993, per his Martindale attorney profile. He holds an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas and a law degree from Texas Southern University, per the same source. Stephen Longoria appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 6, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 3, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Stephen Longoria.

Veronica Rivas-Molloy is a Justice on the Texas First Court of Appeals seeking reelection, per her campaign site. She has served on the court for five years, authoring more than 250 majority opinions in civil, criminal, probate and family law matters, per her campaign site. Before joining the bench she practiced law for 20 years, including at Baker Botts LLP and Jones Walker LLP, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., per her campaign site. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Houston Law Center.

David M. Gunn joined the First Court of Appeals in October 2024, per the court's official biography, after more than two decades as an appellate partner at a Houston law firm. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Julie Countiss is a former justice of the First Court of Appeals of Texas, where she served a six-year term through December 31, 2024 and wrote more than 300 opinions, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, she earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2002 and worked as an Assistant County Attorney with the Harris County Attorney's Office and as a Teach for America teacher in the South Bronx.

Amy Guerra, who serves on the bench as Justice Amparo 'Amy' Guerra, is the Democratic candidate for the First Court of Appeals, where she has served since 2021, per her campaign site. She practiced as a private attorney for nearly 20 years, served as a Houston municipal court judge from 2005 to 2010, and was the first Hispanic partner at her law firm.

Jessica Caird is the Republican candidate for the First Court of Appeals. She has served 26 years as an Assistant District Attorney in Harris County, including as Appellate Division Chief since 2021, and is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, per her campaign site. She holds a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center.

Kevin Jewell is the Republican candidate for Chief Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, where he has served as a justice since being elected on November 8, 2016, per his campaign site. Before joining the bench he spent 23 years in private practice as an appellate litigation shareholder and is board certified in civil appellate law. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston Law Center.

Ken Wise is the incumbent Place 7 justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, appointed in October 2013, per the court's official biography. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

William Demond is the Democratic candidate for the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Place 7. He currently serves as a staff attorney for the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas and previously practiced as a partner in his own law firms, focusing on constitutional rights litigation for more than a decade, per his campaign site.