Lubbock County
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Susan RowleyRepublican Incumbent
Nellie HopsonDemocraticOn ballot as
Susan Rowley
Nellie Hopson
Current role
Justice of the Peace, Lubbock County Precinct 2 (first elected 2018; took office January 1, 2019)
Retired licensed vocational nurse (per campaign)
Background
- B.A., psychology and public speaking, Creighton University (1990) (per Ballotpedia)
- J.D., Creighton University School of Law (1995) (per Ballotpedia)
- Licensed attorney, nearly 30 years (per candidate)
- Trained mediator (per candidate)
- Military veteran (per campaign)
- Retired nurse and veteran from Slaton (per Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Experience
- Earlier ran her own law practice (per Ballotpedia)
- Former Assistant District Attorney, Lubbock County (per Ballotpedia)
- Former Assistant City Attorney, Amarillo (per Ballotpedia)
- Free mediation program for debt collection cases, started by her court (per candidate)
- National Association of Counties award for the program (per candidate)
- Worked as insurance company care manager, detox nurse and HIV case manager, Texas and Virginia (per campaign)
Top priorities
- Truancy cases: "I want to get these kids back in school!"
- "I believe in the importance of letting people be heard."
- On debt cases: "My idea was to mediate these kinds of cases before we set them for a stressful trial."
- Wants to ensure "the Justice of the Peace court is accessible, efficient and just for everyone"
- Key issues: truancy, evictions and LGBTQIA+ marriages (per campaign site)
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026): "I believe in the importance of letting people be heard. I give all parties a chance to tell their side of the story."
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026), on debt cases: "We started implementing a free mediation program."
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "I look forward to representing the people of Lubbock County with integrity, fairness, and dedication."
- Court administration: Campaign site: wants to ensure "the Justice of the Peace court is accessible, efficient and just for everyone"
Endorsements
- 806 Advantage PAC (primary)
None found in our research
Susan Rowley
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Susan Rowley
- Current role
- Justice of the Peace, Lubbock County Precinct 2 (first elected 2018; took office January 1, 2019)
- Background
- B.A., psychology and public speaking, Creighton University (1990) (per Ballotpedia)
- J.D., Creighton University School of Law (1995) (per Ballotpedia)
- Licensed attorney, nearly 30 years (per candidate)
- Trained mediator (per candidate)
- Experience
- Earlier ran her own law practice (per Ballotpedia)
- Former Assistant District Attorney, Lubbock County (per Ballotpedia)
- Former Assistant City Attorney, Amarillo (per Ballotpedia)
- Free mediation program for debt collection cases, started by her court (per candidate)
- National Association of Counties award for the program (per candidate)
- Top priorities
- Truancy cases: "I want to get these kids back in school!"
- "I believe in the importance of letting people be heard."
- On debt cases: "My idea was to mediate these kinds of cases before we set them for a stressful trial."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026): "I believe in the importance of letting people be heard. I give all parties a chance to tell their side of the story."
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026), on debt cases: "We started implementing a free mediation program."
- Endorsements
- 806 Advantage PAC (primary)
- Campaign website
- Not found
Nellie Hopson
Democratic- On ballot as
- Nellie Hopson
- Current role
- Retired licensed vocational nurse (per campaign)
- Background
- Military veteran (per campaign)
- Retired nurse and veteran from Slaton (per Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
- Experience
- Worked as insurance company care manager, detox nurse and HIV case manager, Texas and Virginia (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Wants to ensure "the Justice of the Peace court is accessible, efficient and just for everyone"
- Key issues: truancy, evictions and LGBTQIA+ marriages (per campaign site)
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "I look forward to representing the people of Lubbock County with integrity, fairness, and dedication."
- Court administration: Campaign site: wants to ensure "the Justice of the Peace court is accessible, efficient and just for everyone"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- nelliehopson.com
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