Judge, Hays County Court at Law No. 2

Chris Johnson is the incumbent Judge of Hays County Court at Law No. 2, which hears misdemeanor, juvenile and Veterans Treatment Court cases³². He first took the oath of office in 2018 and is seeking a third term². He is the Democratic nominee and faces Republican Charmaine Wilde¹.

• Judge, Hays County Court at Law No. 2, since taking the oath of office in 2018; the court now focuses almost exclusively on criminal matters including misdemeanors, juvenile cases and Veterans Court²
• Presides over the Hays County Juvenile Court and serves as judge of the Hays County Veterans Treatment Court, which his campaign says has a 98 percent success rate²
• Has served as Administrative Judge for the Hays County Courts at Law²
• First took the oath of office in 2018 and is seeking a third term². He won the May 26, 2026 Democratic primary runoff with 5,070 votes (50.91 percent) over Thomas Just (4,888) in the official county results⁴.