Judge, County Criminal Court No. 8 (Tarrant County)

Charles "Chuck" Vanover is the judge of County Criminal Court No. 8 in Tarrant County, according to the county's misdemeanor courts page⁴. On his campaign site he describes a career that began as a police officer, followed by service as a Tarrant County prosecutor, and says he took the bench in 2015⁶. He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Judge, County Criminal Court No. 8, Tarrant County, listed as the sitting judge on the county's misdemeanor courts page⁴
• State Bar profile lists him as a full-time judge of Tarrant County Criminal Court 8; licensed in Texas May 5, 2003; law degree from Texas Wesleyan University, December 2002⁵
• In his own account: more than eleven years as a police officer, including as a trained SWAT team member, before law school, then a Tarrant County prosecutor⁶
• In his own account: presides over the Veterans Treatment Court and the Public Safety Employees Treatment Court in addition to his regular docket⁶
• In his own account: Staff Judge Advocate for the Texas State Guard⁶
• In his own account he took the bench in 2015⁶. The sources reviewed give no election date.