Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for District Judge, 459th Judicial District in 2026?

Here are the candidates for District Judge, 459th Judicial District on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in 459th Judicial District.

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Maya Guerra Gamble

Democrat · Incumbent

Judge, 459th District Court (Travis County)

Maya Guerra Gamble is the presiding judge of the 459th District Court in Travis County, which the county court page says she has been since January 2019². On her campaign site she describes a career as a trial lawyer focused on Child Protective Services cases before taking the bench³. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

Presiding judge, 459th Civil District Court, since January 2019²
In her own account on her campaign site: trial lawyer specializing in Child Protective Services cases; also Assistant Attorney General of Texas, trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, and law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit³
Per her campaign site: B.A. and J.D. from Yale University; Vice President of the Austin Bar Association board; chair of the Travis County Security Committee³
Per the county court page, she has served as presiding judge of the 459th District Court since January 2019². Her campaign site calls her the first judge elected to preside over that court³.

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