Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 1 (Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.

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John C. Hafley

Republican · Incumbent

Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 (Montgomery County)

John C. Hafley is the presiding judge of Montgomery County Court at Law No. 1². By his own campaign account he was elected in November 2022⁴. The county biography says he was a law enforcement officer, a Walker County prosecutor, a private practice lawyer, and a retired Army Brigadier General³. He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 (Montgomery County), presiding²
Eight years as a law enforcement officer; Assistant District Attorney in Walker County starting in 2009; then private practice in Conroe³
Served 32 years in the Army and Army Reserve, retiring as a Brigadier General, per the county court's biography page³
Elected in November 2022, according to his own campaign website⁴.
Public discipline: Searched the State Commission on Judicial Conduct public sanctions pages for fiscal years 2002 through 2026 (every year the site lists) on 2026-10-01, by surname; no public sanction naming this candidate was found. The FY2026 page covers only sanctions published through that date. Private sanctions are not published by name, and the Commission's separate suspension and resignation lists were not searched.⁵

Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.