Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 3 (Fort Bend County, Texas) in 2026?

Councilwoman, City of Rosenberg; attorney

Jessica Jaramillo is a solo practitioner since November 2011 who has practiced juvenile, family, criminal, probate, civil and appellate law, per her campaign site². She serves on the Rosenberg City Council². She is the Republican nominee against Juli Mathew¹.

• Solo practitioner since November 2011; argued twice before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals; court approved mediator, amicus attorney and guardian ad litem, per her campaign site²
• Rosenberg City Council member, with service on city boards and committees²
• Graduated from South Texas College of Law Houston in 2011 and Stephen F. Austin State University in 2007²
• Republican nominee for County Court at Law No. 3; she has not held this judicial office¹².

Judge, County Court at Law No. 3 (Fort Bend County)

Juli A. Mathew is the presiding judge of County Court at Law No. 3 in Fort Bend County²³. The county biography says she earned her law degree at Delaware Law School and became the first Indian American woman elected to a bench in the United States³. She is the Democratic nominee against Republican Jessica Jaramillo¹.

• Presiding Judge, County Court at Law No. 3, Fort Bend County, hearing criminal, juvenile, civil, mental health, probate, guardianship and Justice of the Peace appeals³
• Chair of the U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program locally; member of the Fort Bend County Bail Bond Committee³
• Adjunct professor, University of Houston Law Center, since 2023; Penn State University and Delaware Law School³
• Elected judge of County Court at Law No. 3; the county biography does not give the election year³.