CCL 1 · Incumbent: Alex Salgado
County Criminal Court at Law No. 1
The desk’s rating
Likely Democratic
Democrat · Incumbent
Alex Salgado
Seeking reelection
- Cash on hand
- $4K
- Raised
- None
- Spent
- None
Republican
Erin Swanson
R nominee
- Cash on hand
- $9K
- Raised
- None
- Spent
- None
Money
Erin Swanson holds 2.0x as much cash.
Cash on hand as reported in each campaign’s latest filing (as of Jan 2026 and Dec 31, 2025). Full finance records
The desk’s notes
Salgado has held CCL #1 since 2019. All 15 Harris County Criminal Courts at Law are countywide races. Making them bellwethers for county-level partisan lean. Democrats swept all these seats in 2018 and have held most since.
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Share of cash on hand
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$2K
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Share of cash on hand
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