Justin Early

Justin Early is the Democratic nominee for Texas's 31st District, a U.S. Army veteran and cybersecurity architect from Georgetown who won the March 2026 Democratic primary with 57.6% of the vote. He has not held elected office. According to his campaign website, he is running on lower costs, higher wages, rules for artificial intelligence, and protecting Social Security and Medicare.[1][2][3]

Early describes himself as the eldest of three children of Wilson and Leisa Early, both U.S. Army veterans, in a working-class family.[2] After graduating from Leander High School in 1998, he enlisted in the Army and served until 2006, first as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg and later as a LAN systems administrator at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the Pentagon.[1][2] Since leaving the military he has built a career in cybersecurity and is currently a cybersecurity architect at Dell Technologies.[2][4]

Early has served as a Democratic precinct chair in Tarrant County, on a Human Relations Committee, and as a 2008 presidential delegate in Barack Obama's campaign.[1][2] He announced his candidacy for the 31st District in July 2025, according to the Williamson County Sun, and defeated Stuart Whitlow in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary, 57.6% to 42.4%.[4][3] According to his campaign, Early lives in Georgetown, Texas, with his wife, Toni, and they have seven adult children.[2][4]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.