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

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (Bastrop County)

Zachary Carter is the sitting Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2 in Bastrop County, with an office in Smithville, and the Republican nominee¹³. By his own account he served 16 years at the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office in corrections and law enforcement before the Commissioners Court unanimously appointed him to the bench².

• Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Bastrop County, listed as the sitting judge on the county court page¹
• 16 years at the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office in corrections and law enforcement, working with several judges, by his own answer in a 2024 Community Impact questionnaire²
• Appointed by the Bastrop County Commissioners Court; in a 2024 questionnaire he wrote that the appointment was recommended and unanimous². He then ran in the March 2024 Republican primary for the seat². The 2024 primary outcome was not verified in a source opened for this profile.

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Ruth Todd is the Democratic nominee for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Bastrop County, on the November 3, 2026 ballot². Her campaign site describes a campaign for fairness and equality and shows her at the 2026 MLK Walk in Elgin, but gives no professional or legal background¹.

• Certified as a Democratic candidate on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot². How she won the Democratic nomination was not verified in a source opened for this profile.