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This category is for people who are or have been County Judge of counties in the state of Texas. (In Texas, the County Judge is the chief executive of the county, similar to the mayor of a city, though with far less actual authority.) For judges of state courts, see Category:Texas state court judges
Each county is run by a commissioners' court, consisting of four elected commissioners (one from each of four precincts drawn based on population) and a county judge elected from all the voters of the county. In smaller counties, the county judge actually does perform judicial duties, but in larger counties, the county judge functions as the ...
Alfred J. Hernandez: [103] First Hispanic American male judge in Harris County, Texas; A.D. Azios: [104] First Hispanic American male elected as a criminal district judge in Harris County Texas; Roland Garcia, Jr.: [105] First minority male elected as the President of the Harris County Bar Association, Texas
The county judge could act as a budget officer and have election duties, according to the Handbook of Texas. The county judge can also be an ex-officio school superintendent in places with less ...
Since the county judge is also responsible for presiding over the Commissioners Court (the main executive and legislative body of the county), in 94 counties the Texas Legislature has established county courts at law to relieve the county judge of judicial duties. The first multi-county statutory county court (composed of Fisher, Mitchell, and ...
The Commissioners Courts in Texas are served and provided continued education by the County Judges and Commissioners Association [12] events and the official association publication County Progress. [13] Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [14] Counties in Texas do not have
Calhoun County (1998-) Calhoun County Court at Law County Judge (1985-1989) Texas: active: Aurora Chaides Hernández [279] Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace (elec. 1994–2022) [265] Texas: lost reelection: George C. Hernández Jr. [280] Alameda County Municipal Court (1989–1996); Alameda County Superior Court (1996–2018) California: retired
Mary Velma Davenport: [29] First female county judge in Texas (c. 1938) Charlye O. Farris (1953): [12] First African American female elected as a county judge pro tem in Texas (1954) Alicia R. Chacón: [30] [31] First Latino American female elected as a judge of a major county in Texas (c. 1990s)