Who is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, Place 2 in 2026?

Attorney

Michael L. Geller is the Republican candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2 in Dallas County¹. In his own account to The Dallas Morning News, he has practiced law for 38 years, concentrating on debtor and creditor disputes, and has lived in Dallas County for 38 years².

• Law practice for 38 years concentrated primarily on debtor and creditor disputes, by his own account²
• Says he has handled such disputes in courts throughout the county, including all of the Dallas justice courts²
• Not an incumbent. Dallas County lists Steven Seider as the current JP 3-2 judge; he is not a certified candidate for this race¹³.

Attorney and former Dallas County Court at Law No. 4 judge

Paula M. Rosales is the Democratic candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2 in Dallas County¹. Her campaign website and her own account to The Dallas Morning News say she was presiding judge of Dallas County Court at Law No. 4 for four years and earlier served five years as a City of Dallas municipal and community court judge²³. She says she regularly serves as a visiting justice of the peace, including in JP 3-2³.

• Presiding judge, Dallas County Court at Law No. 4, for four years, hearing appeals from the county's justice of the peace courts, by her own account²³
• City of Dallas Municipal Court and Community Court judge for five years, by her own account²³
• Former Dallas County assistant district attorney; litigation attorney manager at a Dallas law firm, by her own account²
• Regularly appointed as a visiting judge for Dallas County justice of the peace courts, by her own account²³
• J.D., Texas Wesleyan School of Law; B.A., Southern Methodist University²
• Not an incumbent in this office. The sources reviewed do not say how she came to the Court at Law bench. Dallas County lists Steven Seider as the current JP 3-2 judge; he is not a certified candidate for this race¹⁴.