Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Judge, County Court At Law No. 6 (Montgomery County, Texas) in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Judge, County Court At Law No. 6 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Montgomery County.

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Scharlene White Valdez

Republican · Incumbent

Judge, County Court at Law No. 6 (Montgomery County)

Scharlene W. Valdez is presiding judge of Montgomery County Court at Law No. 6². She was appointed to the new court by county commissioners in June 2022 after serving as an associate judge of the 418th District Court since 2017³. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

Presiding Judge, County Court at Law No. 6 (Montgomery County); the county's court page also lists a Juvenile Associate Judge for the court²
Associate judge of the 418th District Court in Conroe from 2017 until her appointment to the new court, according to Community Impact³
Montgomery County commissioners unanimously appointed her to the newly created County Court at Law No. 6 on June 14, 2022, with the term effective August 15, 2022; Community Impact reported she was uncontested in the March 2022 Republican primary and had no general election opponent³.
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.⁴

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