Jessica Alvarado Gonzales

Democratic

On ballot as: Jessica Alvarado Gonzales
Current role: Municipal judge, City of Rio Hondo (per San Benito News reports, 2025 and 2026)
Background: San Benito High School graduate (1992)
Criminal justice studies, Texas Southmost College
Training, Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Police Academy
City of San Benito's Heart of Service Award (2026)
Lifelong San Benito resident
Experience: Associate and presiding municipal judge, City of Rio Hondo, 15 years (per San Benito News)
Rio Hondo ISD school board member, eight years
Chair, San Benito Housing Authority Board (per July 2025 San Benito News report)
Earlier run for office; not elected (per the same 2025 report)
Top priorities: "I pledge to serve as a full-time judge for the court and do the job to the best of my ability"
"I have and will continue to make myself available to the citizens of Precinct 3."
Tidbits: Judicial philosophy: At her July 2025 campaign launch she said being a municipal judge showed her "the hardships that are added when facing fines, penalties, and orders from a court"
Court administration: At her July 2025 campaign launch: "I pledge to serve as a full-time judge for the court and do the job to the best of my ability"
Endorsements: None found in our research
Campaign website: Not found

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2