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Court Of Appeals, 14th District, Chief Justice: Texas 2026

Sarah Beth Landau (D) and Kevin Jewell (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Court Of Appeals, 14th District, Chief Justice in Texas. This seat is elected only inside its court district or county, so it appears on some Texas ballots, not all; enter your address in the lookup to check yours.

Sarah Beth Landau (D)

Sarah Beth Landau served as a justice on the First Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2024, per her campaign site. She previously worked as a federal public defender and commercial litigator.

Top Priorities
  • Modernizing court operations and expanding legal education access for law students, per the campaign site

Kevin Jewell (R)

Kevin Jewell is the Republican candidate for Chief Justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, where he has served as a justice since being elected on November 8, 2016, per his campaign site. Before joining the bench he spent 23 years in private practice as an appellate litigation shareholder and is board certified in civil appellate law. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston Law Center.

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