Who is running for Criminal District Attorney Hays County in 2026?

Criminal defense and civil rights attorney, own practice

Alfonso Salazar is the Democratic nominee for Hays County Criminal District Attorney¹. He is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney who served 12 years in the Air Force, Air National Guard and State of Texas as a military police officer, and began his legal career as a felony prosecutor in the Williamson County District Attorney's Office⁴³. Incumbent District Attorney Kelly Higgins did not file for reelection².

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  • In a Hays County Young Democrats questionnaire he said he does not support the current state of ICE and that he has defended undocumented clients in Hays County criminal courts against enforcement policies carried out by the sheriff's office and the district attorney. (2026) source

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Founder and CEO, Institute to Combat Trafficking (Dripping Springs)

Kirsta Melton is an independent candidate for Hays County Criminal District Attorney¹. She says she is a career prosecutor of 25 years who served as an assistant criminal district attorney in Bexar County from 2000 to 2014 and as deputy criminal chief of the Texas Attorney General's human trafficking section from 2015 to 2019². She founded the Institute to Combat Trafficking in 2020².

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