Cameron County
Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2
Jessica Alvarado Gonzales
Democratic- On ballot as
- Jessica Alvarado Gonzales
- Current role
- Municipal judge, City of Rio Hondo (per San Benito News reports, 2025 and 2026)
- Background
- San Benito High School graduate (1992)
- Criminal justice studies, Texas Southmost College
- Training, Lower Rio Grande Valley Regional Police Academy
- City of San Benito's Heart of Service Award (2026)
- Lifelong San Benito resident
- Experience
- Associate and presiding municipal judge, City of Rio Hondo, 15 years (per San Benito News)
- Rio Hondo ISD school board member, eight years
- Chair, San Benito Housing Authority Board (per July 2025 San Benito News report)
- Earlier run for office; not elected (per the same 2025 report)
- Top priorities
- "I pledge to serve as a full-time judge for the court and do the job to the best of my ability"
- "I have and will continue to make myself available to the citizens of Precinct 3."
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: At her July 2025 campaign launch she said being a municipal judge showed her "the hardships that are added when facing fines, penalties, and orders from a court"
- Court administration: At her July 2025 campaign launch: "I pledge to serve as a full-time judge for the court and do the job to the best of my ability"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
Open in the full comparison: Cameron County