Michelle Butler is a mother and community advocate who has called Denton County’s Precinct 6 home for nearly two decades. With 17 years of experience in policy advocacy, national campaign leadership, and community engagement, she has led organizing efforts for presidential campaigns including Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris, and served as Texas State Director for Run for Something, helping young candidates run for state and local office. As a mother raising two daughters in the local public school system, Butler understands the challenges facing working families and has dedicated her career to advancing policies that expand opportunity and improve access to public services. 

Butler is running for Denton County Justice of the Peace in Precinct 6, which includes Carrollton, Plano, Dallas, Castle Hills, and The Colony, to make local courts more accessible, fair, and responsive to the people they serve. She is committed to reducing default judgments, expanding mediation options, increasing multilingual court materials, and introducing more virtual and evening court options so working families can participate in their cases without sacrificing their jobs or caregiving responsibilities. Butler also wants to address eviction and debt related cases with greater attention to due process, expand alternatives to fines and jail time when legally appropriate, and connect residents facing mental health challenges with needed resources.