2026 – Supreme Court, Chief Justice

Court & Place	Republican	Republican	Democrat	Democrat	Notes/Other
	Justice Jimmy Blacklock* (R-Austin)	Steven Wayne Smith (R)	Cory Carlyle (D-Dallas)	Maggie Ellis (D)
Texas Bar Card Number	00000005
Campaign Mailing Address	Jimmy Blacklock Campaign P.O. Box 1588 Austin, TX 78767 https://secure.anedot.com/blacklock/contribute
Campaign Contact	contact@jimmyblacklock.com				.
Campaign Website	jimmyblacklock.com
Social Media Links	facebook linkedin
Current Occupation	Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 2
Years of Texas Residency	Native Texan
JD School & Year	Yale Law School 2005 President, Yale Law Republicans		University of Houston 2005
Other Education	B.A. History University of Texas at Austin 2002		B.A., Government & History University of Texas at Austin 2001
Year of State Bar Licensure	2005		2005 (also licensed in Dist. of Columbia)
Legal Experience - Nonjudicial	• General Counsel, Governor of Texas (2017) • Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel, Texas Attorney General (2012-2017) • Special Assistant & Senior Counsel, Texas Attorney General (2010-2012) • Assistant Solicitor General, Texas Attorney General (2009-2010) • Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (2008-2009) • Attorney, Vinson and Elkins (2006-09) • Deputy Attorney General, Texas • Law Clerk, Judge Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (2005-06)		Criminal Defense Attorney, Law Office of Cory L. Carlyle [has written 56 appellate briefs] (since 2010) Appellate Prosecutor, Dallas County District Attorney's Office [wrote 50 appellate briefs] Trial Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General, District of Columbia [position unknown] Department of Veterans Affairs
Jury Trial Experience
Appellate Judicial Experience	Justice, Texas Supreme Court Place 2 January 2017 to present
Other Judicial Experience			.
Board Certifications
Courts Admitted	US Supreme Court US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Texas Northern District Court Texas Southern District Court Texas Western District Court		All state courts in Texas U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims District of Columbia Dist. Court U.S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. of Texas
Honors and Awards
Prior Elections	2018 General Election 53% against 1 opponent
Most Recent Bar Polls	2024- 2,538 45%
Key Endorsements (Max 5)	Texas Civil Justice League PAC Dallas Morning News
Judicial Philosophy (Max 250 words)	jimmyblacklock.com/about/
Misc	Federalist Society
Date Submitted by Candidate	Gathered from public sources		Gathered from public sources

2026 – Supreme Court, Chief Justice

JusticeJimmy Blacklock* (R-Austin)

Cory Carlyle

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Justice
Jimmy Blacklock*
(R-Austin)