Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 (Denton County)

Forrest Beadle is the sitting judge of County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 in Denton County²³. By his own 2018 candidate profile, he is a former U.S. Army armor captain who spent 12 years as a Denton County assistant district attorney and led its Veterans Treatment Court prosecution from 2009⁴. He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat¹.

• Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 (Denton County), listed by the county as the sitting judge²
• Assistant district attorney, Denton County, for 12 years as of 2018, and the prosecutor in charge of the Denton County Veterans Treatment Court Program from 2009, per his 2018 candidate profile⁴
• Captain, Armor, U.S. Army, six years, per his 2018 candidate profile and a Gazette profile⁴⁵
• J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (May 2005), per his 2018 candidate profile⁴
• Challenged the incumbent, David D. Garcia, in the March 2018 Republican primary for the seat⁴. Denton County lists him among its elected officials⁶. He filed for reelection in December 2025 as the incumbent³.