Last week, former Dallas County District Judge Amber Givens was fighting her sanctions for judicial misconduct before the Texas Supreme Court. Today, she’s the presumptive Democratic nominee—and with no Republican running—the likely next district attorney for one of Texas’ biggest counties.
This marks a major upset against the incumbent Dallas DA, Democrat John Creuzot, a retired judge who first won the post in 2018 as part of a wave of reform-minded prosecutors in Texas and nationwide.
Givens, who presided over the 282nd District Court from 2015 to December of last year, when she resigned to run for DA, was extremely controversial among defense attorneys, prosecutors, and people whose cases she oversaw during her time on the bench. Even so, she bested Creuzot on Tuesday with a 54-46 margin. Creuzot was running for his third term as Dallas’ top prosecutor.
