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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Pam Hampton

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Pam is a police reserve officer. She previously served 21 years as a sworn police officer in North Texas, retiring as a sergeant, and worked in the Dallas County Justice of the Peace Court under Judge Cleophus Steele as a paralegal handling accident reports, preliminary homicide investigations, and conflict resolution.

As a former police officer with 21 years of service, retired as a sergeant, and holds a B.S. in Paralegal Studies; worked in the Dallas County Justice of the Peace Court handling accident reports, preliminary homicide investigations, and conflict resolution.

Legal Experience

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Judicial Administration

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Judicial Philosophy

Ethics & Conduct

Community Involvement

- 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.