2026 Texas General Election

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Valencia Nash

Valencia is from Dallas, Texas. She attended Wilmer-Hutchins High School. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Houston. She has a juris doctorate degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.

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Valencia is a Justice of the Peace in Dallas County, Precinct 1, Post 2. She has served in that role since January 2007. She previously practiced law in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, focusing on environmental law and justice; family law; juvenile law; landlord-tenant law; construction law; and general litigation. Before taking the bench, she worked as an intern at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with the City of Houston Environmental Law and Land Use Department, as Assistant General Counsel for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection leading emergency response and solid waste enforcement, as in-house counsel for an Atlanta construction management company on the City of Atlanta Wastewater Systems Improvement Program, and as a solo practitioner in Dallas handling family, juvenile, and child protective services cases.

Valencia Nash is currently Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 2, representing the southern part of Dallas County. She is chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Texas Judicial Council.

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As in-house counsel for a construction management company, assisted with the City of Atlanta Wastewater Systems Improvement Program and led the environmental justice segment of the project.

As an attorney, researches, drafts, and files legal documents, and provides defense and counsel to clients, specializing in family law, juvenile law, and child protective services cases.

As of July 22, 2026, Valencia Nash’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Valencia is a Justice of the Peace in Dallas County. She works at the Dallas County Justice of the Peace Court, Precinct 1 Place 2, where she has served since January 2007. She previously worked as an environmental law intern for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and for the City of Houston’s Environmental Law and Land Use Department, as Assistant General Counsel at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection overseeing emergency response and solid waste enforcement, and as in-house counsel for a construction management firm in Atlanta advising on the City of Atlanta’s wastewater systems improvement project. Before taking the bench, she practiced law in Dallas as a solo attorney focusing on family law, juvenile cases and child protective services.

Valencia Nash is currently the Justice of the Peace for Dallas County Precinct 1 Place 2. She was first elected in November 2006 and sworn into office on January 1, 2007. She was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice to the Texas Judicial Council in 2008 and has been reappointed by two Chief Justices for an additional six terms.

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Valencia is from Dallas, Texas. She attended Wilmer-Hutchins High School. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from the University of Houston. She has a Juris Doctorate degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.

Valencia is a Justice of the Peace for Dallas County Precinct 1, Post 2. She works at the Dallas County Justice of the Peace Court Precinct 1, Post 2, where she has served since January 1, 2007. She previously worked as a solo practitioner in Dallas handling family law, juvenile law and child protective services cases. Before that, she was in-house counsel for a construction management company in Atlanta on the City of Atlanta Wastewater Systems Improvement Program. She also served as assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, leading emergency response and solid waste enforcement. Early in her career, she interned at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and worked with the City of Houston Environmental Law and Land Use Department.

Valencia Nash is currently the Justice of the Peace for Dallas County, Precinct 1, Place 2, representing South Dallas, Oak Cliff, Lancaster, Wilmer, Hutchins, DeSoto, Glenn Heights and Duncanville. She took office on January 1, 2007.

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Valencia is a judge at the Dallas Justice of the Peace Court, Precinct 1, Post 2. She has served in this role since January 2007. She previously worked as an intern for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and with the City of Houston Environmental Law and Land Use Department. She then served as assistant general counsel for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, where she was the lead enforcement attorney for emergency response and solid waste. After that, she worked as in-house counsel for a construction management company in Atlanta on the City of Atlanta Wastewater Systems Improvement Program, leading the environmental justice segment. Upon returning to Dallas, she established a solo law practice focusing on family law, juvenile law and child protective services cases.

Valencia Nash is currently the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1, Place 2 of Dallas County. She was first elected in 2007.

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- Justices of the Peace oversee Justice Courts, trial courts for civil cases up to $20,000, and misdemeanor cases punishable only by fine. They also perform marriages, issue warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and serve as notaries.
- Texas has 835 Justice Courts, each presided over by a single judge. Every county has between one and eight precincts based on the county's population, each with its own Justice Court.
- Justices of the Peace are elected through partisan, precinct-wide election to four-year terms. 
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a district resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that precinct.
- The annual salary for Justices of the Peace ranges from $19,207 to $151,805 and is by the county's Commissioners Court.


Presides over civil cases and fine-only misdemeanor cases.