Lesa Pamplin is the Democratic candidate for Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 9 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Republican Brian Bolton is her opponent on the Texas secretary of state’s certified ballot.
Experience and judicial approach
On her campaign website, Pamplin describes a career as a police officer, prosecutor and defense attorney. Her campaign reports more than 34 years in the justice system, including 21 years in criminal defense.
Pamplin calls her judicial approach the F.I.T. Standard: fairness, integrity and transparency. She describes fairness as impartial justice, integrity as rulings grounded in law, and transparency as accountability to the community.
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