District Judge, 168th Judicial District

Per the campaign site.

Cruz is an attorney with the El Paso County Attorney's Office, where he serves as its affirmative litigation attorney, per the campaign site. He previously worked as an attorney with the ACLU of Texas focused on the constitutional rights of immigrant and border communities, clerked at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and represented farm workers in Washington state, per the campaign site. He holds a law degree from Seattle University and a business degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, per the campaign site.

Pritchard is a licensed attorney and registered professional engineer who has practiced law in El Paso for 37 years, most recently as a solo practitioner, per the campaign site. Pritchard's practice has focused on intellectual property law, along with employment law, antitrust law, family law and probate matters, and includes admission to practice before the U.S. Patent Office and the U.S. Supreme Court. Pritchard holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a law degree from St. Mary's Law School.