Chari Kelly
What this job does: One of nine justices on the Texas Supreme Court, the state's highest court for civil cases (not criminal ones). It has the final word on what state civil law means and also writes the rules for lawyers and courts. A term is six years; the Place 2 winner serves the rest of an unfinished term.
- Current office
- Justice, Third Court of Appeals, Place 3 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Appellate judge
- Lives in
- Austin
Background
- B.A. in political science and criminology, University of Florida (1999); J.D., University of Texas at Austin (2002). source: ballotpedia.org
- U.S. Army, 2003 to 2007; captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps at Fort Hood. source: ballotpedia.org
- Former felony prosecutor in Travis and Comal counties, assistant attorney general in the Civil Medicaid Fraud unit, and staff attorney at the Court of Criminal Appeals. source: ksat.com
- Justice on the Texas Third Court of Appeals since January 1, 2019. source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Fair and impartial consideration of cases source: ballotpedia.org
- Handle every appeal fully, fairly and timely source: ballotpedia.org
Look them up yourself
Latest news
Headlines that name this candidate, newest first. They are found automatically and are not checked by a person yet, so a story about someone else with the same name can slip in. How often someone is in the news says nothing about who is ahead. We link to stories; we don't endorse them.
No headlines found yet.
Something wrong or missing? This profile was compiled from public sources on October 15, 2026. Every fact links to where it came from.