Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 1 (Dallas County, Texas) in 2026?
Here are the candidates for Judge, County Court At Law No. 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Dallas County.
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Erin Nowell
DemocraticAttorney; former Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals
Erin Nowell served as a justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 20241. She earned her law degree at the University of Texas in 2003 and worked at Baron & Budd, Jones Day and other firms1. She defeated the incumbent in the March 2026 Democratic primary and is unopposed in November12.
- Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals (Place 5), January 1, 2019 to December 31, 20241
- Attorney with Baron & Budd, Jones Day, Kelley Witherspoon LLP, and Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett1
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2003; B.A., Wake Forest University, 20001
- Elected to the Fifth Court of Appeals in 20181. Defeated incumbent D'Metria Benson in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for County Court at Law No. 11; unopposed in November2. The court page still lists Judge Benson presiding3.
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