Cleburne resident Denise Nix filed on Monday to compete in November’s Johnson County Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 race.
Nix is the third candidate so far to enter the race. Candidates have until Jan. 4 to file.
Nix will compete in the March 2 Republican primary, where she will face Johnny Bekkelund, a Sand Flat resident who filed earlier in the month.
Keene resident Angela Ecord last week filed to compete in the race as a Democrat.
The incumbent, Judge Betty Stiles, a Republican, recently announced she will not seek re-election.
After she retired from AT&T; Inc., Nix went to work in 2002 as the deputy court clerk for the Grandview Municipal Court.
While there, Nix earned her municipal court clerk level 2 certification.
She began working for Johnson County in 2005 and presently serves as chief court clerk for the Johnson County Justice of the Peace 2 Court.
During her tenure with the county, Nix received more than 100 hours of justice and small claims court related training and is one of only two justice court clerks in the county to have received her justice court clerk certification from the Justice Court Training Center in Austin.
Before retiring from AT&T;, Nix attended Navarro College, where she took basic courses in law and went on to earn an associate’s degree in paralegal studies.
“I understand the complexity and the ever-changing aspects within the courts,” Nix said. “Having worked in the courts systems for the past eight years, I understand the importance of integrity, fairness and an understanding of the law to make the right decisions.
“It is important to allow all parties to present their case in an open court that represents the values and principles that the courts were created to be.”
Nix said she’s received more than 200 hours of training in various phases of the court system from agencies such as the National Center for State Courts, the Texas Municipal Court Education Center, Office of Court Administration, V.G. Young Institute of County Government and the Justice Court Training Center. Nix is a member of the Texas Court Clerk Association and a former member of the Government Collectors Association of Texas and the Texas Municipal Court Clerk Association.
Nix, like Bekkelund and Ecord, praised Stiles for her years of service to the county.
“I have had occasion to work with Judge Stile’s office,” Nix said. “I hold a great respect for her and the job that she has done for the county. If elected, I would hope to continue with a level of integrity, fairness, independence and competence in the court.”
Nix and her husband, Ralph Nix, have three sons, one daughter and one granddaughter.
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