Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 (Denton County)

Lauri Ragland is the sitting judge of County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 in Denton County²³. She handles misdemeanor cases, including DWIs⁴. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat¹.

• Judge, County Criminal Court at Law No. 1 (Denton County), handling misdemeanor cases including DWIs²⁴
• Licensed in Texas in May 2005 under the State Bar name Lauri Ann Rector; profile lists a law degree from Texas Tech University (December 2004), criminal law as her practice area, and her current post as judge of County Criminal Court #1⁵
• Described to a local Rotary club how the COVID-19 shutdown left 176 cases on her trial docket and how it took about six months to work through them⁴
• Denton County lists her among its elected officials⁶. Judge David Jahn's campaign website says he resigned as presiding judge of this court in August 2021⁷. How and when she took the seat was not confirmed from an official source I opened. She filed for reelection in December 2025 as the incumbent³.