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Magistrate, Union County

District 3

Vote for
1
Term
4 years
Candidates
1
Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: Magistrates sit on the fiscal court, the county's governing body, which adopts the county budget and ordinances with the county judge/executive. Union County has five, each elected by one magisterial district.

Open seat: Magistrate Jim Ricketts is not on the ballot. On the ballot in the Raleigh/Henshaw and Sturgis #2/Devoken precincts (sample ballot).

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