Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 (Collin County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Texas) in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Collin County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1.

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Paul M. Raleeh

Republican · Incumbent

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 (Collin County)

Paul Raleeh is Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1 in Collin County and is serving his seventh consecutive four-year term². He began as a McKinney and Collin County Sheriff's Office criminal investigator². He is the only candidate listed for the seat on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹.

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, since January 1999; seventh consecutive four-year term²
Criminal investigator for the City of McKinney from 1985 and the Collin County Sheriff's Office from 1991²
Started a program letting people work off community service hours by providing food to a food pantry or homeless shelter; created a Night Court at no added cost to taxpayers; posted his court's checkbook, audits and budget online²
Appointed by the Commissioners Court as Administrative Judge for all Collin County Justice Courts²
When the previous Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace announced his retirement, Raleeh ran and won the election, taking office in January 1999; he has been reelected since².

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