Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 1 (Fort Bend County, Texas) in 2026?

Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 (Fort Bend County)

Chris Morales, listed by the county as Christopher G. Morales, is judge of County Court at Law No. 1 in Fort Bend County, elected in 2014 and reelected in 2018 and 2022²³. He oversees Fort Bend County's Misdemeanor Mental Health Court and teaches trial advocacy at the University of Houston Law Center³. He is the Republican nominee against Democrat Nireasha Murray¹.

• Judge, County Court at Law No. 1, Fort Bend County, since 2014; the longest serving judge in the county per the county page³
• Presides over probate, guardianship, juvenile, civil, misdemeanor and mental health matters and the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court³
• Adjunct professor teaching trial advocacy, University of Houston Law Center; Texas A&M University graduate³
• Elected in 2014; reelected in 2018 and 2022³.

Attorney

Nireasha Murray is an attorney and a Fort Bend County native who earned her law degree at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, per her campaign site². She lists practice in criminal, probate, education, juvenile, family and mental health law². She is the Democratic nominee against Chris Morales¹.

• Licensed Texas attorney practicing criminal, probate, education, juvenile, family and mental health law, per her campaign site²
• Bachelor's degree, University of Houston; J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law²
• Democratic nominee for County Court at Law No. 1; she has not held this office¹².