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

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 (Fort Bend County)

Kelly Crow is the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 1 in Fort Bend County per the county², and she is seeking reelection¹. Her campaign site says she has held the office since January 1, 2019³. She is an attorney who earned her law degree from South Texas College of Law in 1997 and previously served as a prosecutor and municipal associate judge in Missouri City and Sugar Land, per her campaign site³. In October 2020 the State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a public warning and order of additional education to a Kelly Crow, Justice of the Peace, Fort Bend County⁴.

• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, since January 1, 2019, per her campaign site³; the county lists her as the current justice²
• Presiding Judge, City of Fulshear, since 2008; former Presiding Judge for the City of Rosenberg, per her campaign site³
• Assistant City Attorney and Prosecutor, Missouri City, 1997 to 2002; Missouri City associate judge, 2003 to 2010; Sugar Land assistant city attorney and associate judge, 2011 to 2016, per her campaign site³
• Assistant District Attorney, Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office, 2017 to 2019, per her campaign site³
• J.D., South Texas College of Law, 1997; degree from Texas A&M University, 1994, per her campaign site³
• Her campaign site says she took office January 1, 2019³; the county lists her as the current justice². Nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹.
• Public discipline: Public Warning and Order of Additional Education, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, CJC Nos. 19-1694 and 19-1747 (Commission meeting October 5 to 7, 2020; listed October 28, 2020)⁴⁵. The order concludes that the Honorable Kelly Crow, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Fulshear, Fort Bend County, Texas, should be publicly warned and ordered to obtain additional education (two hours of instruction with a mentor, in the area of perception of bias) for conduct that cast reasonable doubt on her capacity to act impartially, in violation of Canon 4A(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, when she publicly disparaged a judicial colleague's discretionary bond decision in a July 2, 2019 social media comment, without personal knowledge of what that judge considered, and referred to the judge's family⁴. Identity note: the order names her office as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Fulshear, Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County lists Kelly Crow as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1². The precinct numbers differ, and no official source was found that explains the difference. The office (justice of the peace) and county (Fort Bend) match, and the county lists only one Kelly Crow among its justices of the peace²⁴.

Substitute teacher (Katy)

Martin B. Sanchez is the Democratic nominee for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, and is challenging incumbent Kelly Crow¹². His campaign site says he is a substitute teacher in Katy, holds a bachelor's degree in international business from the University of St. Thomas, and has certificates in mediation and arbitration².

• Substitute teacher in Katy, per his campaign site²
• B.A. in international business, University of St. Thomas (Houston); certificates in Conflict Resolution in Mediation and in Arbitration²
• Member of the Texas Association of Mediators and Prospanica²
• Democratic nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot¹; has not held this office.