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Texas general election: November 3, 2026

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

Here are the candidates for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Place 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2.

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Ninh Truong

Republican

Independent insurance adjuster

Ninh Truong is the Republican nominee for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1, and is challenging incumbent Roderick C. Garner Sr.12. His campaign site says he came to the U.S. at 16, earned a degree from the University of Houston and worked as an insurance adjuster, and that this is his first run for office2.

  • Independent insurance adjuster in Fort Bend County, per his campaign site2
  • Almost a decade as an insurance adjuster before that; earlier worked as a car salesman2
  • Degree from the University of Houston2
  • Has not held public office; says this is his first run2
  • Republican nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot1; has not held this office.

Roderick C. Garner, Sr.

Democrat · Incumbent

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

Roderick C. Garner Sr. is the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2, Place 1 and is seeking reelection12. The county's biography says he was elected in November 2022, graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2016, and previously served as a state trooper and as Chief Deputy of the Precinct 2 Constable's Office3.

  • Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1; elected November 20223
  • Chief Deputy, Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Constable's Office, for four years before taking the bench3
  • Texas Department of Public Safety trooper beginning 1994, later narcotics sergeant and investigator; captain in Waller County while in law school3
  • J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 2016; master's degree in criminal justice, Colorado Technical University; bachelor's degree in criminal justice, University of Houston-Downtown, 19923
  • Elected to the bench in November 20223; nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot1.

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