2026 Texas General Election

Raul Arturo Gonzalez

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Raul is a Justice of the Peace for Precinct 4 in Travis County. He works at the Travis County Justice of the Peace Court, Precinct 4, where he has been since 2006. He previously served as assistant counsel for the State Board of Educator Certification and the Texas Education Agency, and he worked as an assistant district attorney in the Travis County District Attorney’s Office for six and a half years.

Justice of the Peace - Travis County Tax Office

Elected Officials - Travis County Archives

Justices of the Peace | Travis County, Texas

Received a law degree from the University of Texas.

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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.