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

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 (Dallas County)

Thomas G. Jones is the sitting Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 1 in Dallas County and is the Democratic candidate for the seat¹²³. Dallas County's biography says he served on the Dallas school board from 1987 to 1992 and began as a justice of the peace in January 1991³. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct's public sanctions lists show a Public Admonition in 2009 and a Public Reprimand & Order of Additional Education in 2021⁴⁵⁶⁷.

• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, Dallas County; the State Commission on Judicial Conduct's 2009 order says he began service as a justice of the peace in 1991⁵
• Dallas school board member, 1987 to 1992, according to Dallas County's biography³
• Worked ten years for the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and for the Wilmer-Hutchins School District, per the county biography; master's degree in urban studies, University of Texas at Arlington³
• Has served as Justice of the Peace for this precinct since 1991³⁵. The sources reviewed do not say whether his first term began by election or appointment.
• Public discipline: State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Public Admonition, Hon. Thomas G. Jones, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (CJC Nos. 07-0269-JP, 08-0901-JP and 09-0148-JP), issued September 9, 2009⁴⁵. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Public Reprimand & Order of Additional Education, Hon. Thomas G. Jones, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1, Pl. 1, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (CJC No. 19-1083), dated 06/17/2021 on the Commission's list; the Special Court of Review opinion in SCR 21-0002, issued June 17, 2021, states "We affirm the sanctions imposed by the Commission"⁶⁷.

Candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1

Lizbeth Diaz is the Republican candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 in Dallas County¹. In her own account to The Dallas Morning News, she has lived in Dallas County for 38 years, worked more than ten years as a paralegal with Dallas attorneys, and holds a bachelor's degree from Dallas Baptist University².

• Paralegal in the Dallas legal field for more than ten years, by her own account²
• Bachelor's degree, Dallas Baptist University, and associate's degree in theology, Christ For The Nations Institute, by her own account²
• Not an incumbent. Certified for the November 3, 2026 ballot against sitting Justice of the Peace Thomas G. Jones¹³.