Who is running for Probate Court No. 1 in 2026?

Judge, Probate Court No. 1 (Montgomery County)

Claudia Laird is judge of Montgomery County Probate Court No. 1, which was created when County Court at Law No. 2 converted to a statutory probate court on October 1, 2023²³. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Judge, Probate Court No. 1 (Montgomery County); the county page says County Court at Law No. 2 converted to a statutory probate court on October 1, 2023, and she is listed as its judge²
• Press coverage of her October 2023 swearing-in calls her the first judge of the newly created Probate Court 1³
• The same press report says she was first elected to the bench in 2011³
• Sworn in as the first judge of the newly created Probate Court 1 in October 2023, according to the Montgomery County Police Reporter³. The county's page ties the court to the conversion of County Court at Law No. 2 on October 1, 2023².
• Public discipline: Searched the State Commission on Judicial Conduct public sanctions pages for fiscal years 2002 through 2026 (every year the site lists) on 2026-10-01, by surname; no public sanction naming this candidate was found. The FY2026 page covers only sanctions published through that date. Private sanctions are not published by name, and the Commission's separate suspension and resignation lists were not searched.⁴