36 judicial races. Most voters skip them.

Open seat. Incumbent DaSean Jones did not seek reelection. All-women matchup in a county that has trended decisively D since 2018.

Danilo Lacayo holds the 182nd as a Democratic incumbent seeking reelection.

Lance Long holds one of the few Republican criminal district benches in the county; Maldonado runs with the structural D lean behind her.

Open seat. Incumbent Abigail Anastasio did not seek reelection. All-women matchup.

185th District Court. Incumbent Jason Luong (D) did not seek reelection; Andrea Beall won the Democratic primary.

Beverly Armstrong holds the 208th as a Democratic incumbent seeking reelection.

209th District Court. D primary had three candidates. Robert Johnson, Ysidra Kyles, and Brian Warren: with Johnson prevailing.

Dozier got the bench from Abbott after Judge Aguilar died in office. Almaguer is a felony district court chief at the DA's office.

Chris Morton holds the 230th as a Democratic incumbent. R challenger Megan Long is a Felony District Court Chief at the HC DA's office: a formidable opponent.

Josh Hill holds the 232nd as a Democratic incumbent; he survived a primary challenge from Fort Bend County prosecutor Roderick Rodgers.

Hilary Unger holds the 248th as a Democratic incumbent seeking reelection.

Lori Chambers Gray holds the 262nd as a Democratic incumbent. R challenger Nathan Moss is a Division Chief in the HC DA's Homicide Bureau.

Melissa Morris holds the 263rd as a Democratic incumbent. R challenger Jason Campo is a Felony Chief in the HC DA's Homicide Bureau. Among the most high-profile judicial matchups on the Harris County ballot.

Veronica Nelson holds the 482nd as a Democratic incumbent seeking reelection. R challenger Bryan Honeycutt is a Felony District Court Chief at the HC DA's office.

Abbott appointed DeAngelo when this court was created. Hill is a former associate judge.

Newly created court. D primary featured Michael Abner (HC ADA, Felony Court Chief) vs. Ramona Franklin (former 338th District Court judge, defeated in her own 2024 primary). Abner won the primary.

Newly created court. Open seat with no incumbent. Schwartz is the D nominee in a county race with a strong D structural lean.

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.

Open seat. Judge Paula Goodhart is not seeking reelection. Both nominees are newcomers to the bench in this D-leaning countywide race.

One of two Republican-held misdemeanor benches: Johnson defends against defense attorney Mathis.

Shannon Baldwin has held CCL #4 since the 2018 blue wave. An all-women matchup.

Fleischer holds CCL #5 (misdemeanor DWI, assault, theft cases). The court operates under a federal consent decree governing bail practices since 2019. Considered one of the more competitive CCL matchups given the R challenger's prosecutorial background.

Kelley Andrews has held CCL #6 since 2019.

Wright survived a competitive D primary against Jorge Garcia Diaz and Rustin Foroutan. Thomas Brodrick (goes by Adam) is an assistant Harris County DA running as the R nominee.

Erika Ramirez has held CCL #8 since 2019.

Toria Finch has held CCL #9 since 2019.

Juanita Jackson has held CCL #10 since 2019.

Sedrick Walker has held CCL #11 since 2019.

Ashley Mayes Guice was appointed by the Commissioners Court in June 2025 when Genesis Draper left the bench to lead the Harris County Public Defenders' Office. An all-women matchup.

Raul Rodriguez has held CCL #13 since 2019.

The inversion race: R incumbent Padilla defends a countywide bench in a county Democrats have swept since 2018.

Tonya Jones has held CCL #15 since 2019.

Jerry Simoneaux has held Probate Court No. 1 since 2019. Loyd Wright lost to him in 2022 and is back for a rematch. Probate courts handle wills, estates, guardianship, and mental health cases.

Pamela Medina (D) has held Probate Court No. 2 since 2023. She faces R challenger Paul Shanklin, endorsed by the Houston Region Business Coalition.

Jason Cox (D) has held Probate Court No. 3 since 2019. One of the few openly LGBTQ+ judges in Harris County. He won reelection in 2022 and faces R challenger Ronald Schramm in 2026.

James Horwitz (D) has held Probate Court No. 4 since 2019. He defeated a D primary challenger (Lema Mousilli) before facing Fulton in the general.