Vernon's Texas Rules Annotated - VTRA TX ST CJC Canon 5. Refraining From Inappropriate Political Activity

(1) A judge or judicial candidate shall not:

(2) A judge or judicial candidate shall not authorize the public use of his or her name endorsing another candidate for any public office, except that either may indicate support for a political party.  A judge or judicial candidate may attend political events and express his or her views on political matters in accord with this Canon and Canon 3B(10).

(3) A judge shall resign from judicial office upon becoming a candidate in a contested election for a non-judicial office either in a primary or in a general or in a special election.  A judge may continue to hold judicial office while being a candidate for election to or serving as a delegate in a state constitutional convention or while being a candidate for election to any judicial office.

(4) A judge or judicial candidate subject to the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act, Tex. Elec. Code § 253.151, et. seq. (the “Act”), shall not knowingly commit an act for which he or she knows the Act imposes a penalty.  Contributions returned in accordance with Sections 253.155(e), 253.157(b) or 253.160(b) of the Act are not a violation of this paragraph.

(5) A judge or judicial candidate shall not knowingly make a false declaration on a statutorily required application for a place on the ballot for any of the courts listed in Canon 6A(1).