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2026 Texas General Election

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Kelly Crow

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Kelly Crow is from Mission Bend, Texas. She has a bachelor 27s degree from Texas A&M University and a law degree from South Texas College of Law. She is married to Jeff Sorbel, and together they share a blended family of five sons.

Kelly is a judge. She has served as the Justice of the Peace for Fort Bend County Precinct 1, Place 1 since 2019. Before taking the bench, she worked as an assistant district attorney in the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office from 2017 to 2019. She also served as an assistant city attorney and prosecutor for the City of Missouri City from 1997 to 2002. She then served as one of its associate judges from 2003 to 2010. From 2011 to 2016, she held the same titles with the City of Sugar Land. Kelly also served as presiding judge for the City of Rosenberg. She previously taught for the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center. Kelly also teaches for the Texas Justice Court Training Center, where she shares her expertise with fellow justices of the peace on animal-related matters in the justice court system.

Judge Kelly Crow | Paul Kubosh Attorney at Law

Kelly is currently a judge for Precinct 1, Place 1 of the Fort Bend County Justice of the Peace. She previously served as a justice of the peace for Fort Bend County's Precinct 3.

Kelly Nicole Crow - Ballotpedia

Has 20 years of legal experience as a prosecutor and a 10-year history as a presiding judge.

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As of January 22, 2026, Kelly Crow’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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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.