Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 2 (Hays County, Texas) in 2026?

Attorney in private practice (criminal and juvenile law, probate guardianship)

Charmaine Wilde is the Republican nominee for Hays County Court at Law No. 2¹. She has been an attorney since 2012 and works in private practice in criminal and juvenile law and probate guardianship². She is a former Hays County assistant district attorney and former Hays County Bar Association president⁵.

• Attorney since 2012; private practice covering criminal law, juvenile law and probate guardianship²
• Former Hays County Assistant District Attorney and former Hays County Bar Association president⁵
• Attended Baylor Law School⁵; has practiced criminal law in numerous Texas counties and works as a professional guardian³
• Won the Republican nomination as the only candidate on the March 3, 2026 Republican primary ballot, with 15,240 votes in the official county results⁴. In December 2021 she announced a run for the 207th District Court⁵. She has not held judicial office.

Judge, Hays County Court at Law No. 2

Chris Johnson is the incumbent Judge of Hays County Court at Law No. 2, which hears misdemeanor, juvenile and Veterans Treatment Court cases³². He first took the oath of office in 2018 and is seeking a third term². He is the Democratic nominee and faces Republican Charmaine Wilde¹.

• Judge, Hays County Court at Law No. 2, since taking the oath of office in 2018; the court now focuses almost exclusively on criminal matters including misdemeanors, juvenile cases and Veterans Court²
• Presides over the Hays County Juvenile Court and serves as judge of the Hays County Veterans Treatment Court, which his campaign says has a 98 percent success rate²
• Has served as Administrative Judge for the Hays County Courts at Law²
• First took the oath of office in 2018 and is seeking a third term². He won the May 26, 2026 Democratic primary runoff with 5,070 votes (50.91 percent) over Thomas Just (4,888) in the official county results⁴.