The Hon. Jimmy C. Foster, Jr. is a judge for the Eddy County Magistrate Court in New Mexico. He was elected to the bench on November 8, 2022.
Prior to his election, Foster was a dispatcher with the Regional Emergency Dispatch Authority in Artesia. He has also worked as a transport officer and a misdemeanor probation officer for the Eddy County Detention Center as well as a patrol officer for the Loving Police Department.
Foster was raised in Eddy County, where he attended Loving High School. He spent the next several years working for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Mosaic Potash.
He is registered as a Republican.