Nueces County
District Judge, 148th Judicial District
Carlos Valdez
Democratic- On ballot as
- Carlos Valdez
- Current role
- Attorney (per 2026 candidate filing)
- Background
- Attended Del Mar College and Corpus Christi A&I (per KRIS 6 News)
- Law degree, University of Oklahoma (1979)
- Texas law license (May 1980)
- Grew up in the Molina neighborhood of Corpus Christi (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
- First in his family to go to college (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
- Experience
- Ran for 148th District Court (November 2022); lost the general election to David Klein
- Judge, 148th District Court (elected November 2018; sworn in January 1, 2019)
- Former Nueces County District Attorney
- Prosecutor for the state in the trial of Yolanda Saldivar for the death of the singer Selena (1995)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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