Who is running for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2 (Harris County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Texas) in 2026?

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2 (Harris County)

Steve Duble has served as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2, in Harris County since January 1, 2023¹. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished him in April 2026 for failing to timely hear property exemption claims in about ten cases and for terminating two receiverships without notice or a hearing². He is unopposed in the November 3, 2026 general election¹³.

• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2 (Harris County), since January 1, 2023¹
• First elected in 2022: he finished second in the March 2022 Democratic primary and won the May 2022 runoff with 53.6%, and the general election was canceled for lack of an opponent¹. He advanced from the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary after a primary opponent (Jonathan Preston) withdrew, and the Republican primary was canceled; he is unopposed in the November 3, 2026 general election¹³.
• Public discipline: Public Admonition and Order of Additional Education, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, CJC Nos. 24-0092, 24-0789 & 24-0890, issued April 23, 2026. The Commission found that Judge Duble terminated two court-ordered receiverships (the Cruz and Smith cases) without giving notice to the parties or holding a hearing, and that he failed to timely hold personal-property exemption hearings within the ten days required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure in about ten cases (seven during his first six months in office and three pending from his predecessor's term). Judge Duble acknowledged the lapses, said they were an oversight rather than a misunderstanding of the law, and stated he had since held timely hearings in all such matters. The Commission found this violated Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and ordered a public admonition plus two hours of additional education with a mentor; no suspension or removal was ordered².