Fort Bend County
Judge, County Court at Law No. 3
Juli A. Mathew
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- JULI A. MATHEW
- Current role
- Judge, Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 3 (elected November 2018; in office since January 1, 2019; re-elected 2022)
- Background
- J.D., Widener University School of Law (Delaware Law School) (2002)
- Texas law license (since May 2006)
- B.A., Pennsylvania State University (1999) (per campaign)
- Born in Kerala, India (per campaign)
- Raised in Philadelphia (per campaign)
- Experience
- Founder, county's Juvenile Intervention and Mental Health Specialty Court (per court website)
- Administrative Judge, County Courts at Law (elected by fellow judges during the COVID-19 pandemic) (per campaign)
- Civil litigator for 15 years before taking the bench (per campaign)
- Associate municipal judge, Arcola, before taking the bench (per campaign)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): lost to Paula Miller, 55.9% to 44.1%
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- Miller was then declared ineligible on residency grounds by the county Democratic Party chair (per Ballotpedia)
- County Democratic Executive Committee then nominated Mathew as her replacement (per Ballotpedia)
- Top priorities
- On case backlogs: "Cases don't wait. Neither does this court." (per campaign)
- Her juvenile specialty court "prioritizes treatment and support for youth with mental-health needs, reducing recidivism instead of deepening it" (per campaign)
- She "advanced language access initiatives to improve access to justice for Fort Bend County residents" (per campaign)
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: Campaign site: "A clearance rate above 100% means a court is closing more cases than come in — working down the backlog instead of adding to it."
- Endorsements
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Campaign website
- judgejuli.com
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