Judge, 297th District Court (Tarrant County), appointed

Amy Allin is the judge of the 297th District Court in Tarrant County, a felony criminal court, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in February 2025¹². Before that she was an assistant criminal district attorney in the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office¹. She is the Republican nominee against Democrat Fred Howey³⁴.

• Judge, 297th District Court (Tarrant County), felony criminal court, since her 2025 appointment¹²⁴
• Assistant criminal district attorney, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office¹
• Member of the State Bar of Texas, Tarrant County Bar Association, Texas District and County Attorneys Association and National District Attorneys Association¹
• BS in Advertising, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; JD, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law¹
• Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on February 25, 2025, for a term set to expire December 31, 2026, subject to Senate confirmation¹. She is on the November 3, 2026 ballot as the Republican nominee³. Name note: the county's August 6, 2026 elected-officials list gives the 297th judge as "Amy Gastorf"⁸, while the Governor's appointment release, the county's felony courts page and the ballot say "Amy Allin"¹²³. The Texas Senate's Committee on Nominations report on the appointment to the 297th Judicial District Court names the appointee "Amy Allin Gastorf"⁹. These are the same judge, listed under different forms of one name.
• Bar poll: Tarrant County Bar Association 2026 Judicial Candidate Poll (Jan 6 to Jan 29, 2026; 441 of 2,026 eligible attorney members voted, 21.8%). This is a non-binding poll of lawyers, not an endorsement by the Association. Results for Amy Allin: Strongly Recommend 28.5% (53), Recommend 14.0% (26), Neutral 8.1% (15), Not Recommend 6.5% (12), Strongly Not Recommend 7.5% (14), Skipped 35.5% (66) (percent of the voters who chose that race category, with vote counts). The poll was taken before the March 3 primary⁵⁶.