Lubbock County
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Traci BaxaRepublican
Marina GarciaDemocraticOn ballot as
Traci Baxa
Marina Garcia
Current role
Classical education director and small business owner (per campaign)
Not found
Background
- Homeschool educator (per campaign)
- Experience as a debate teacher (per candidate)
- Mother of five (per campaign)
- Raised her family in Precinct 3 (per campaign)
- Served in the Navy Reserve; honorable discharge (per candidate)
- Past president, Jackson/Mahon Neighborhood Association (per candidate)
Experience
- Incumbent Frank Gutierrez eliminated in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary
- Republican primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 875 votes to 768 over Mary Hernandez
- Former Lubbock County Constable, Precinct 3 (first elected 1996)
- Hiatus as constable (2008–2012)
- Resigned as constable effective January 5, 2024, citing medical conditions
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 77.9% over Ronnie Vasquez
Top priorities
- "I am committed to improving the efficiency of court hearings."
- "I will work to ensure the timely removal of squatters."
- "I will bring integrity and transparency to this office."
- "Encourage higher education and provide more services to all school truancy cases."
- "Hold eviction classes in the neighborhood association meetings."
- "Invite middle and high school students to come and experience a court hearing to see how the legal system works."
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "Justice requires applying the law correctly, with integrity."
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026): "I am committed to improving the efficiency of court hearings. The legal deadline should be the maximum allowed"
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026), listed among her priorities: "Hold eviction classes in the neighborhood association meetings."
Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Hispanic Republicans of Texas (listed by campaign)
- True Texas Project (listed by campaign)
- West Texas for Life (listed by campaign)
- West Texas Patriots (listed by campaign)
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- Latinos United for Conservative Action (listed by campaign)
- Mark Lee Dickson (listed by campaign)
- Texans for Vaccine Choice (listed by campaign)
None found in our research
Traci Baxa
Republican- On ballot as
- Traci Baxa
- Current role
- Classical education director and small business owner (per campaign)
- Background
- Homeschool educator (per campaign)
- Experience as a debate teacher (per candidate)
- Mother of five (per campaign)
- Raised her family in Precinct 3 (per campaign)
- Experience
- Incumbent Frank Gutierrez eliminated in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary
- Republican primary runoff (May 26, 2026): won, 875 votes to 768 over Mary Hernandez
- Top priorities
- "I am committed to improving the efficiency of court hearings."
- "I will work to ensure the timely removal of squatters."
- "I will bring integrity and transparency to this office."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "Justice requires applying the law correctly, with integrity."
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026): "I am committed to improving the efficiency of court hearings. The legal deadline should be the maximum allowed"
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- Hispanic Republicans of Texas (listed by campaign)
- True Texas Project (listed by campaign)
- West Texas for Life (listed by campaign)
- West Texas Patriots (listed by campaign)
Show all 8
- Latinos United for Conservative Action (listed by campaign)
- Mark Lee Dickson (listed by campaign)
- Texans for Vaccine Choice (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- tracibaxaforjp3.com
Marina Garcia
Democratic- On ballot as
- Marina Garcia
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Served in the Navy Reserve; honorable discharge (per candidate)
- Past president, Jackson/Mahon Neighborhood Association (per candidate)
- Experience
- Former Lubbock County Constable, Precinct 3 (first elected 1996)
- Hiatus as constable (2008–2012)
- Resigned as constable effective January 5, 2024, citing medical conditions
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 77.9% over Ronnie Vasquez
- Top priorities
- "Encourage higher education and provide more services to all school truancy cases."
- "Hold eviction classes in the neighborhood association meetings."
- "Invite middle and high school students to come and experience a court hearing to see how the legal system works."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: In a Lubbock Lights primary Q&A (Feb. 2026), listed among her priorities: "Hold eviction classes in the neighborhood association meetings."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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