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Court Of Appeals, 15th District, Place 3: Texas 2026

April Farris (R) and Marc M. Meyer (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Court Of Appeals, 15th District, Place 3 in Texas. This seat is voted statewide, so it is on every Texas ballot.

April Farris

April Farris (R) Incumbent

April Farris is the Republican candidate for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. She was appointed to the court by Governor Abbott effective September 1, 2024, after previously serving as a justice on the First Court of Appeals, and worked as an appellate litigation partner and assistant solicitor general for the State of Texas, per her campaign site. She is a Harvard Law School graduate and clerked for Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod.

Marc M. Meyer (D)

Marc M. Meyer is a retired Houston Fire Department captain and paramedic with 20 years of service who now practices law defending health care providers, per his campaign site.

Top Priorities
  • Protecting individual rights against state power, per the campaign site

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