Who is running for District Judge, 458th Judicial District in 2026?

Judge, 458th District Court (Fort Bend County)

Maggie Jaramillo, listed by the county as Maggie Perez-Jaramillo, is the judge of the 458th District Court in Fort Bend County². Governor Greg Abbott appointed her to the 458th effective January 1, 2025, for a term ending December 31, 2026⁴. According to her campaign site she was appointed to the 400th District Court by Governor Rick Perry in 2014, won election to it in 2016, and served as associate judge of the 268th District Court from 2023 to 2024³. She is the Republican nominee against Democrat Tameika Carter¹.

• Judge, 458th District Court, Fort Bend County (current); the county lists her as Maggie Perez-Jaramillo²⁴
• Presiding judge, 400th District Court, October 2014 to December 2020 (appointed, then elected in 2016); associate judge, 268th District Court, 2023 to 2024, per her campaign site³
• Assistant county attorney in Starr County in 1997; solo private practice 1998 to 2014; president of the Fort Bend County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2009; law degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1997, per her campaign site³
• Appointed to the 458th District Court by Governor Greg Abbott effective January 1, 2025, for a term ending December 31, 2026⁴; earlier appointed to the 400th District Court by Governor Rick Perry in 2014 and elected to it in 2016, per her campaign site³.

Chief Assistant District Attorney, Felony Trial Bureau, Harris County District Attorney's Office

Tameika Carter is a Chief Assistant District Attorney in the Felony Trial Bureau of the Harris County District Attorney's Office². She was elected in 2021 as presiding judge of the 400th District Court in Fort Bend County, where she also served as Local Administrative District Judge². She is the Democratic nominee against Maggie Jaramillo¹.

• Chief Assistant District Attorney, Felony Trial Bureau, Harris County District Attorney's Office, per her campaign site²
• Presiding judge, 400th District Court, Fort Bend County, after election in 2021; Local Administrative District Judge; chair of the Courthouse Security Council; member of the Fort Bend Bail Bond Board²
• Received the Houston Lawyers Association Weldon Berry Judicial Service Award in May 2023²
• Elected to the 400th District Court in 2021². She is now the Democratic nominee for the 458th¹.