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One candidate is tracked for Judge, 74th District Court on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Pete Rusek. Candidate information follows official Mclennan County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Single-nominee race: Incumbent Pete Rusek filed as the only candidate in the Republican primary. No Democrat filed, so he is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot, per the Waco Bridge's comprehensive filing list for McLennan County (Texas prints unopposed nominees).
Republican
Pete Rusek is a Waco attorney and former shareholder at the law firm Sheehy, Lovelace and Mayfield who was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the 74th Judicial District Court in McLennan County in September 2025, per KWTX and the Waco Tribune-Herald. He served on the Midway ISD school board since 1996, as its president since 2004, per KWTX.