Who is running for District Judge, 195th Judicial District in 2026?

Former judge, Dallas County Criminal Court No. 10

Etta Mullin was judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 10 from 2018 to December 31, 2022, and earlier presided over a Dallas County criminal court at law from 2011 through 2014¹². She won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for the 195th District Court over incumbent Judge Hector Garza³⁴. She has no opponent on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁵.

• Judge, Dallas County Criminal Court No. 10, 2018 to December 31, 2022; lost reelection in 2022¹⁴
• Presided over Dallas County Criminal Court No. 5 from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014; lost reelection in 2014⁶⁴
• Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary against incumbent Judge Hector Garza³⁴; no other candidate is certified for the November race⁵.
• Public discipline: Two public sanctions. (1) October 21, 2015: a Special Court of Review appointed by the Supreme Court of Texas, in a trial de novo (Docket No. 15-0002) held after the State Commission on Judicial Conduct had issued a public admonition, found that as judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 5 (January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014) she failed to treat attorneys and defendants with the dignity, patience and courtesy expected of a Texas judge, interfered in recusals filed against her, and improperly required some defendants to pay some portion of fines or costs before accepting plea bargains, in violation of Canons 2A, 3B(2) and 3B(4) and Article V, section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution; it ordered a public reprimand⁶. (2) March 4, 2022: public reprimand from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, issued while she was judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 10 (CJC Nos. 20-0511 et al.), for delaying hearings and resetting cases multiple times without just cause, not communicating her procedures and time constraints, and repeatedly ignoring attorneys' requests for case settings, in violation of Canons 3B(4) and 3B(5) and Article V, section 1-a(6)A². The 2022 order also recounts the 2015 Special Court of Review outcome². The Commission's FY 2022 public sanctions list records the March 4, 2022 order as a Public Reprimand⁷. Identity: both documents name "Honorable Etta Mullin" as judge of a Dallas County criminal court, matching her listed service¹, and the Dallas Morning News reports both sanctions in connection with her 2026 candidacy⁴.