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Court Of Appeals, 1st District, Place 3: Texas 2026

Todd Frankfort (R) and Veronica Rivas-Molloy (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Court Of Appeals, 1st District, Place 3 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.

Todd Frankfort (R)

Todd Frankfort is a Houston attorney with more than 30 years of experience focused on family law, per his campaign site. He is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Top Priorities
  • Applying the law as written rather than changing it from the bench, per the campaign site

Veronica Rivas-Molloy (D) Incumbent

Veronica Rivas-Molloy is a Justice on the Texas First Court of Appeals seeking reelection, per her campaign site. She has served on the court for five years, authoring more than 250 majority opinions in civil, criminal, probate and family law matters, per her campaign site. Before joining the bench she practiced law for 20 years, including at Baker Botts LLP and Jones Walker LLP, and clerked for U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., per her campaign site. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Houston Law Center.

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