Sergio DeLeon

Felix Alvarado

December 16, 2013

Sergio DeLeon is a positive role model and a leader.  He was born in Fort Worth, moved with his family to Arkansas in 1984.  He graduated from Bigelow High School.   As a political activist, he was registering young people to vote before he could himself vote.  His first elected office was precinct chair.  He became a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) youth council.  He was mentored by State Director, Ben Rodriguez who urged him to campaign for national youth president.  Although he was not elected, he lost the election by only two votes.  As a political activist he has also been a delegate to the Democratic National Convention on two occasions, once as a delegate for Bill Clinton in 1996 and in 2004 as a delegate for John Kerry.  In a rare anomaly it was in the 2004 convention that he was joined as a delegate by his wife Frances.  Sergio DeLeon is well known in national Democratic Party circles.

He received his Bachelor of Science of Texas Wesleyan University.  He supported Bill Clinton for governor of Arkansas and when Clinton ran for president he moved back to Fort Worth in 1991 to help in the Bill Clinton campaign for president.  Once in Fort Worth he ran for Precinct 5 Constable in 1996.  Although he did not win, the election set the stage for his election victory in 2000 where he beat the incumbent Jim Palmer by 700 votes.  Recently he was elected Justice of the Peace for Precinct 5. 

Judge Sergio DeLeon also knows how to set the example in community participation and involvement.  He has visited classrooms motivating students to stay in school and his Honorary Junior Program is a hit with elementary kids.  This program is also open to middle and high schools.  Children should not learn about the judicial system when they are in front of the judge for some offense.  Kudos to Judge DeLeon for teaching kids about the law the right way, in the classroom and not having learn about it the wrong way in the courtroom. Judge DeLeon is so involved with the community that he has become community property.  Judge Sergio DeLeon is one of those Democrats anxiously waiting for Hilary Clinton to declare her candidacy for president.  Judge DeLeon and his lovely wife Frances have four children, Alexis 21, Jake 18, Alena 10, and Leila 17 months.