Judge, 45th District Court, Bexar County (per the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's May 2025 order)

Mary Lou Alvarez (Democrat) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, 45th Judicial District¹. She is the judge of that court, and the State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded her in May 2025². A full profile is coming.

• Judge of the 45th District Court in San Antonio, Bexar County, as stated in the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's May 2025 order².
• Public discipline: On May 12, 2025, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued Judge Alvarez a public reprimand. The Commission found that she failed to comply with the law and maintain professional competence, including failing to follow Fourth Court of Appeals orders in a timely fashion; failed to accord a party the right to be heard; performed judicial duties with bias or prejudice in her treatment of one attorney; and lent the prestige of her office to advance her own interests when she had Bexar County pay for transcripts used in her defense to the Commission, in violation of Canons 2A, 2B, 3B(2), 3B(5) and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and Article V, Section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution².