Dallas County
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Lynn A. BenedettoRepublican
Adam M. SwartzDemocratic Incumbent
On ballot as
Lynn A. Benedetto
Adam M. Swartz
Current role
Not found
Dallas County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 1 (elected 2022; in office since January 1, 2023)
Background
Not found
- Bachelor's degree, University of Kansas (per campaign)
- J.D., Texas A&M School of Law (2013); licensed in Texas November 2013 (per State Bar)
- Former managing attorney, Swartz│Davidson Law (per campaign)
- Practice focused on consumer protection, credit law and criminal defense (per campaign)
- Qualified Mediator under Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable standards (per campaign)
- Born and raised in North Dallas (per campaign)
Experience
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): advanced
- Co-Administrative Judge, elected by the other Dallas County Justices of the Peace (per campaign)
- Approximately 60,000 cases presided over (per campaign)
- Former Dallas County precinct chair (per campaign)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): advanced
Top priorities
Not found
- Campaign: as Co-Administrative Judge he "has published new pro se forms, implemented electronic filing"
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: In a 2021 Ballotpedia survey for his first campaign: "A judge calls balls & strikes. The law is the law, and within the law, there are variables and opportunities for sound minds to differ on interpretation."
- Court administration: Campaign site: as Co-Administrative Judge he "has published new pro se forms, implemented electronic filing"
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
Lynn A. Benedetto
Republican- On ballot as
- Lynn A. Benedetto
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Not found
- Experience
- Republican primary (March 3, 2026): advanced
- 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
Adam M. Swartz
Democratic Incumbent- On ballot as
- Adam M. Swartz
- Current role
- Dallas County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 1 (elected 2022; in office since January 1, 2023)
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, University of Kansas (per campaign)
- J.D., Texas A&M School of Law (2013); licensed in Texas November 2013 (per State Bar)
- Former managing attorney, Swartz│Davidson Law (per campaign)
- Practice focused on consumer protection, credit law and criminal defense (per campaign)
- Qualified Mediator under Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable standards (per campaign)
- Born and raised in North Dallas (per campaign)
- Experience
- Co-Administrative Judge, elected by the other Dallas County Justices of the Peace (per campaign)
- Approximately 60,000 cases presided over (per campaign)
- Former Dallas County precinct chair (per campaign)
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): advanced
- Top priorities
- Campaign: as Co-Administrative Judge he "has published new pro se forms, implemented electronic filing"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: In a 2021 Ballotpedia survey for his first campaign: "A judge calls balls & strikes. The law is the law, and within the law, there are variables and opportunities for sound minds to differ on interpretation."
- Court administration: Campaign site: as Co-Administrative Judge he "has published new pro se forms, implemented electronic filing"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- keepjudgeswartz.com
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