Who is running for District Judge, 502nd Judicial District in 2026?

Judge, 502nd District Court (Fort Bend County)

Mark H. Hanna is the judge of the 502nd District Court in Fort Bend County, appointed December 1, 2025²³. He was a prosecutor for Matagorda County and then the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office from 1998, where he rose to Chief of Special Crimes³. He is the Republican nominee against Democrat Tamecia Glover¹.

• Judge, 502nd District Court, Fort Bend County, since December 1, 2025³
• Assistant county attorney and assistant district attorney in Matagorda County; Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office from 1998, including Chief of the Narcotics Division and Chief of Special Crimes³
• Board certified in criminal law; helped develop Fort Bend County's first treatment court (Drug Court); J.D., South Texas College of Law³
• Appointed to the 502nd District Court by Governor Greg Abbott effective December 1, 2025, for a term ending December 31, 2026⁴.

Attorney; former Associate Judge, 400th District Court

Tamecia Glover is an attorney who, per her campaign site, served as Associate Judge of the 400th District Court and earlier as an Assistant County Attorney². She is an alumna of the University of Houston and its Law Center². She is the Democratic nominee against Mark Hanna¹.

• Associate Judge, 400th District Court, per her campaign site²
• Assistant County Attorney; civil and criminal law experience, per her campaign site²
• University of Houston, UH Law Center and Bauer College of Business alumna²
• Democratic nominee for the 502nd District Court; she has not held this office¹².