Democrat running for Judge in Texas married to lifetime sex offender

Democratic judicial candidate in El Paso married to lifetime registered sex offender

Christina Montes, a Democrat running for judge of County Court at Law No. 2 in El Paso, Texas, is married to a man required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, and the couple has been campaigning together at recent events, Facebook photos show.

Juan Manuel Montes, 44, was charged with indecency with a child by contact and sexual performance by a child over a 2011 incident involving a 12-year-old female. He took a plea deal in 2013, completed seven years of community supervision, and had the charges dropped in 2020.

But the lifetime sex offender registration requirement remains. Court records reviewed by the Daily Mail confirmed the registration obligation, which requires him to update his information on the Texas sex offender registry four times a year.

Christina Montes, also 44, is competing in the May 26 Democratic primary runoff. The winner will take office on January 1, 2027, and serve a four-year term presiding over misdemeanor criminal cases, including family violence, DWIs, burglaries, and prostitution.

That a candidate for a criminal court judgeship is married to a lifetime registrant on the sex offender registry raises questions El Paso voters deserve to have answered before they cast their ballots.

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