Texas general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Judge, County Criminal Court At Law No. 3 (Dallas County, Texas) in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Judge, County Criminal Court At Law No. 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Dallas County.

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Audrey Faye Moorehead

Democratic · Incumbent

Judge, County Criminal Court No. 3 (Dallas County)

Audrey Faye Moorehead has been judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 3 since 2018¹. Before that she ran her own law practice in criminal defense, domestic relations, and wills and trusts¹. She is unopposed in November².

Judge, County Criminal Court No. 3 (Dallas County), since 2018; current term ends December 31, 2026¹³
Ran her own Dallas law practice in criminal defense, domestic relations, and wills and trusts; earlier in executive management at the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas¹
Law degree, Texas A&M University School of Law; MBA¹
First elected in 2018 as the Democratic nominee and now in her second term¹. Advanced from the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary and is unopposed in November³².
Public discipline: State Commission on Judicial Conduct, June 9, 2022: Public Admonition in CJC No. 21-0784 over conduct arising from her December 8, 2020 DWI arrest after a single-vehicle collision with a light pole. She sought review, and on November 17, 2022 a Special Court of Review, after a trial de novo, ruled that the Commission had not met its burden of proof, dismissed the public admonition, and found her not guilty as charged in that proceeding⁴

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