Where do you go when a landlord files to evict you or you want to fight a ticket? To your Justice of the Peace court. Rodney Lee, a Democrat, is running for the Precinct 4 seat in northwest Tarrant County.
We could not find much public information on his background. His campaign site gives a motto, 'My Allegiance is to God and Our Country, My Service is for the People,' and a Saginaw, Texas post office box, but no biography.
Judges aren't allowed to take sides on these values — it's against judicial ethics rules. The best clue to how a judge thinks is the party they run with.