Celina Vasquez has been the Brazos Valley Justice of the Peace in Precinct 4 since 2019. She is a daughter of Mexican immigrants and was born in California. Vasquez then moved to Texas and has been here for 20 years.

Your Vote Counts: Brazos County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4

When she arrived to Bryan, she started to teach government classes at Blinn College. Vasquez describes herself as a soccer mom to her son Diego and a devoted wife to her husband Fernando.

Celina Vasquez was born in California and later moved to Texas. She is married to Fernando and has a son.

Celina Vasquez taught government classes at Blinn College.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -Three Bryan residents are looking for your vote in the Democratic Primary to become the next Brazos Valley Justice of the Peace in Precinct 4.

Celina Vasquez has been the Brazos Valley Justice of the Peace in Precinct 4 since 2019.

Celina has served as the Brazos Valley Justice of the Peace in Precinct 4 since 2019.

2026 Texas General Election

As of August 5, 2026, Celina Vasquez’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Legal Experience

“One of the changes we would like to implement would be implementing a community court. Maybe once a month at one of the community sites, where the judge and the staff are there so people are not intimidated. We would bring the people’s court, the neighborhood court to the community. If they are unable to access the court downtown,” said Vasquez.

MAKE THE COURT MORE CONVENIENT:

Support night court options for residents who cannot afford to miss work, lose pay, or rearrange childcare just to be heard.

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IMPROVE LANGUAGE ACCESS:

Ensure every resident can participate fully in court proceedings by expanding interpreter services, providing multilingual forms and notices, and training court staff to serve non-English speakers with clarity and respect.

FOCUS ON PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS:

Look for ways the court can help people resolve problems clearly and fairly instead of making confusing systems harder to navigate.

Proposed monthly community court sessions at community sites to make the court more accessible to people unable to reach the downtown courthouse.

Supports night court options for residents who cannot afford to miss work, lose pay, or rearrange childcare to attend court.

Supports expanding interpreter services and multilingual court forms and notices, as well as providing staff training to assist non-English speakers.

Plans to make court systems clearer and fairer for people navigating them to resolve problems.

- Proposed monthly community court sessions at community sites to make the court more accessible to people unable to reach the downtown courthouse.
- Supports night court options for residents who cannot afford to miss work, lose pay, or rearrange childcare to attend court.
- Supports expanding interpreter services and multilingual court forms and notices, as well as providing staff training to assist non-English speakers.
- Plans to make court systems clearer and fairer for people navigating them to resolve problems.

Judicial Administration

PROTECT FAIRNESS IN EVICTION COURT:

Ensure tenants and property owners are heard, the facts are clear,and due process is respected before life-changing decisions are made.

Supports eviction-court procedures that allow tenants and property owners to be heard and respect due process before decisions are made.

- Supports eviction-court procedures that allow tenants and property owners to be heard and respect due process before decisions are made.

Judicial Philosophy

Ethics & Conduct

Taught government classes at Blinn College.

Community Involvement

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Celina Vasquez

- Supports night court options for residents who cannot afford to miss work, lose pay, or rearrange childcare to attend court.
- Supports expanding interpreter services and multilingual court forms and notices, as well as providing staff training to assist non-English speakers.
- Plans to make court systems clearer and fairer for people navigating them to resolve problems.

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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.