Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 4 (Fort Bend County, Texas) in 2026?

Municipal Judge, City of Needville; former Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 2

Michael Cody Moore is an attorney who has practiced in Fort Bend County since 2016, mainly family law, property and small business litigation². Fort Bend Commissioners Court unanimously appointed him Justice of the Peace for a new Precinct 2 position beginning October 1, 2022². He is the Republican nominee against Toni Wallace¹.

• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 2, Fort Bend County, appointed by Commissioners Court to start October 1, 2022²³
• Municipal judge for Needville, per his campaign site³
• Attorney in Fort Bend County since 2016; BA in History, University of Houston; law degree, University of Houston Law Center²
• Appointed Justice of the Peace by a unanimous Commissioners Court vote in 2022²; Republican nominee for County Court at Law No. 4¹.

Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 (Fort Bend County)

Toni Wallace is the presiding judge of County Court at Law No. 4 in Fort Bend County, a position she has held since November 2018²³. She was the first judge of County Court at Law No. 5 in 2016 after a unanimous appointment by Commissioners Court and later won countywide election³. She is the Democratic nominee against Republican Michael Cody Moore¹.

• Presiding Judge, County Court at Law No. 4, Fort Bend County, since November 2018³
• Inaugural judge of County Court at Law No. 5 in 2016; administrative judge for all six county courts at law in 2019 to 2021 and 2024 to present³
• Experience as both prosecutor and defense attorney; chair of the Fort Bend County Juvenile Board since 2022³
• Appointed by Commissioners Court in 2016 to the new County Court at Law No. 5, then elected countywide; presiding judge of Court at Law No. 4 since November 2018³.