Bastrop County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2
Zachary Carter
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- ZACHARY CARTER
- Current role
- Bastrop County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2; associate municipal judge, Smithville (per campaign)
- Background
- Graduate, Smithville High School (2004) (per campaign)
- Associate of Arts in criminal justice, Blinn College (2025) (per campaign)
- New-judge school, Texas Justice Court Training Center (2023–2024) (per campaign)
- New-judge school, Texas Municipal Court Education Center (2024) (per campaign)
- Bastrop County resident since childhood (per campaign)
- Experience
- Associate municipal judge, Smithville Municipal Court (since January 2024) (per campaign)
- Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (since August 2023) (per campaign)
- Appointed unanimously by the Commissioners Court (per candidate, 2024 Community Impact questionnaire)
- Corrections officer and deputy sheriff, Bastrop County Sheriff's Office (October 2007–August 2023) (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: his background "reflects a lifelong commitment to fairness, accountability, and public service"
- Court administration: In a 2024 Community Impact primary questionnaire: "Experience and a good rapport with other courts and agencies in Bastrop County are vital to accomplish duties as required."
- Endorsements
- Bastrop County Conservatives
- Campaign website
- electzacharycarter.com
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