Cindy Buckner Barksdale

Emileigh Crouch

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Cindy Buckner Barksdale is a school counselor.

Cindy Buckner Barksdale (Wise County Justice of the Peace ...

As of January 22, 2026, Cindy Buckner Barksdale’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Kim Redman

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Kim is the Justice of the Peace for Wise County Precinct 2. She has served in that role since 2018. She previously worked in the Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace office as a criminal court clerk for seven years and as a chief clerk for two years.

For Candidate Kim Redman on Issue legal-experience:  
Prior to her election as Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace in 2018, served nine years as court clerk for the Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace office, including seven years as criminal clerk and two years as chief clerk.

As of January 22, 2026, Kim Redman’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Justices of the Peace oversee Justice Courts, trial courts for civil cases up to $20,000, and misdemeanor cases punishable only by fine. They also perform marriages, issue warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and serve as notaries.
- Texas has 835 Justice Courts, each presided over by a single judge. Every county has between one and eight precincts based on the county's population, each with its own Justice Court.
- Justices of the Peace are elected through partisan, precinct-wide election to four-year terms. 
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a district resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that precinct.
- The annual salary for Justices of the Peace ranges from $19,207 to $151,805 and is by the county's Commissioners Court.


Presides over civil cases and fine-only misdemeanor cases.

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Wise Justice of the Peace, Justice Precinct 2, Republican Primary

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