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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

JAMES P. SULLIVAN

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

James P. Sullivan

James P. Sullivan

Republican Incumbent
On ballot as
JAMES P. SULLIVAN
Current role
Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, Place 2
Background
  • B.A., Rice University
  • J.D., Harvard Law School (Articles Editor, Harvard Law Review)
Experience
  • General counsel to Gov. Abbott (2021–2025)
  • Assistant Solicitor General under then-AG Abbott
  • Appellate litigator in private practice
  • Adjunct professor, George Mason
  • Clerk to Judge Thomas B. Griffith (D.C. Cir.)
Top priorities
  • "Bold, relentless, conservative judging"
  • His campaign says he "will run through a wall for the rule of law and won't back down from defending our Constitution"
Tidbits
  • Pro Life
Endorsements
  • Gov. Greg Abbott
  • Texas Alliance for Life
  • Texas Civil Justice League PAC
  • Houston Police Officers' Union
  • Texas Home School Coalition
  • Texas Values Action
Campaign website
judgesully.com