Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Judge, County Criminal Court No. 4 in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Judge, County Criminal Court No. 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Tarrant County.

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Deborah Nekhom

Republican · Incumbent

Judge, County Criminal Court No. 4 (Tarrant County)

Deborah Nekhom is the judge of County Criminal Court No. 4 in Tarrant County, according to the county's misdemeanor courts page⁴. On her campaign site she says she was first elected in 2002 and took the bench in January 2003⁶. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

Judge, County Criminal Court No. 4, Tarrant County, listed as the sitting judge on the county's misdemeanor courts page⁴
State Bar profile lists her as a full-time judge at County Criminal Court #4, Fort Worth; licensed in Texas November 10, 1988; law degree from the University of Texas, May 1988⁵
In her own account: presided over the Tarrant County DIRECT drug court program for seven years and presides over a specialty misdemeanor DWI court program⁶
In her own account: certified as an expert in criminal law, and fluent in Spanish⁶
Her campaign site's court page presents case statistics for her court for January 2003 to 2015⁷
In her own account she was first elected in 2002 and took the bench in January 2003⁶.

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