Nueces County
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David KleinRepublican IncumbentCarlos ValdezDemocratic
On ballot as
David Klein
Carlos Valdez
Current role
Judge, 148th District Court (elected November 8, 2022; since January 1, 2023)
Attorney (per 2026 candidate filing)
Background
- BBA in finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Law degree, University of Texas at Austin (1998)
- Texas law license (November 1998)
- Originally from Central Texas
- Attended Del Mar College and Corpus Christi A&I (per KRIS 6 News)
- Law degree, University of Oklahoma (1979)
- Texas law license (May 1980)
- Grew up in the Molina neighborhood of Corpus Christi (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
- First in his family to go to college (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
Experience
- Member, Bail Bond Board for Nueces County
- Past president, Corpus Christi Bar Association, Criminal Section
- Served on the Board of Directors, Corpus Christi Bar Association
- Started his own practice in 2006, focusing on family law, personal injury and criminal defense in state and federal court
- Practiced construction litigation in Houston, then moved to Corpus Christi in 2000 to work for a civil litigation firm
- Ran for 148th District Court (November 2022); lost the general election to David Klein
- Judge, 148th District Court (elected November 2018; sworn in January 1, 2019)
- Former Nueces County District Attorney
- Prosecutor for the state in the trial of Yolanda Saldivar for the death of the singer Selena (1995)
Top priorities
Not found
Not found
Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
David Klein
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- David Klein
- Current role
- Judge, 148th District Court (elected November 8, 2022; since January 1, 2023)
- Background
- BBA in finance, University of Texas at Austin
- Law degree, University of Texas at Austin (1998)
- Texas law license (November 1998)
- Originally from Central Texas
- Experience
- Member, Bail Bond Board for Nueces County
- Past president, Corpus Christi Bar Association, Criminal Section
- Served on the Board of Directors, Corpus Christi Bar Association
- Started his own practice in 2006, focusing on family law, personal injury and criminal defense in state and federal court
- Practiced construction litigation in Houston, then moved to Corpus Christi in 2000 to work for a civil litigation firm
- 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
- electdavidklein.com
Carlos Valdez
Democratic- On ballot as
- Carlos Valdez
- Current role
- Attorney (per 2026 candidate filing)
- Background
- Attended Del Mar College and Corpus Christi A&I (per KRIS 6 News)
- Law degree, University of Oklahoma (1979)
- Texas law license (May 1980)
- Grew up in the Molina neighborhood of Corpus Christi (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
- First in his family to go to college (per candidate, to KRIS 6 News)
- Experience
- Ran for 148th District Court (November 2022); lost the general election to David Klein
- Judge, 148th District Court (elected November 2018; sworn in January 1, 2019)
- Former Nueces County District Attorney
- Prosecutor for the state in the trial of Yolanda Saldivar for the death of the singer Selena (1995)
- 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
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