Who is running for District Judge, 299th Judicial District in 2026?

Judge, 299th District Court (Travis County)

Karen R. Sage is the presiding judge of the 299th Criminal District Court in Travis County, a role the county court page says she has held since January 2011². A biography published by the National Association of Women Judges says she was a state assistant district attorney in Travis County and, before that, a federal prosecutor³. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Presiding judge, 299th Criminal District Court (a felony court), since January 2011²
• Per a biography published by the National Association of Women Judges: began her legal career in 1991 as a commercial litigator at O'Melveny & Myers, served as chief counsel to the Mayor of Los Angeles, was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York, and was a Travis County assistant district attorney who pioneered the county's specialty docket for mental health³
• Per the same biography: developed a reentry court to supervise graduates of a state substance abuse treatment program; has taught criminal law courses at Duke University and the University of Texas; is a cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Law³
• Per the county court page, she has served as presiding judge of the 299th District Court since January 2011². The biography says she was elected judge of the 299th District Court in 2010³.