2026 Texas General Election

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Kathy Osier

Kathy Osier has been married for 40 years. She and her husband have a son and a daughter, who are both married. She is a grandmother to three grandchildren.

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Kathy is currently a justice of the peace for Johnson County.

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

Said, "I believe that a woman judge in my community means bringing both strength and compassion, and unwavering impartiality to the bench... It means upholding the law with fairness and integrity, while also understanding the real-life challenges that many people may be facing."

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Kathy is a justice of the peace for Johnson County, where she has served for 24 years. 

Kathy is currently a justice of the peace for Johnson County. She has served in this role for 24 years.

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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.