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2026 Texas General Election

2026 Texas Primary Election

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2026 Texas Primary Runoff

Jason M. Charbonnet

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Jason is from Fort Worth, Texas. He attended Tarrant County College. He has an associate degree in criminal justice and police science from Tarrant County College. He lives with his wife and their two children in Fort Worth. He attends Trinity Episcopal Church.

Jason Charbonnet - Ballotpedia

Jason is a judge for Precinct 6 of the Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Courts in Texas. He works at the Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Courts, Precinct 6, where he has been since January 2019. He previously worked at the City of Kennedale Police Department, where he served as a police officer for 17 years.

Jason M. Charbonnet is currently a judge representing Precinct 6 of the Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Courts in Texas. He was elected in 2018.

Has 17 years of experience as a police officer and investigator.

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As of January 22, 2026, Jason M. Charbonnet’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Active with a local animal rescue and helps the Las Vegas Trail community with food and clothes drives to local churches and schools.

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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.

Tarrant Justice of the Peace, Justice Precinct 6, Republican Primary

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