The Dallas County District Attorney is the elected, or appointed by the

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in the event of a vacancy,

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(DA) of

Dallas County, Texas Dallas County is the List of counties in Texas, second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. census, the population was 2,613,539, making it the ninth-most populous county in the country ...

. Currently, this position is held by John Creuzot, a Democrat who defeated Faith Johnson, appointed by Texas Governor

Greg Abbott Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 ...

, after Susan Hawk resigned in 2016.< The office prosecutes offenses under Texas state law classified as felonies, Class A and B misdemeanors, appeals of Class C misdemeanors (punishable by fine only), and Class C misdemeanors filed in the Justice of the Peace courts, generally by non-municipal police agencies. (

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violations are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the

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List of DAs

*John Creuzot, Democrat, 2019–present *Faith Johnson, Republican, 2016–2018 * Susan Hawk, Republican, 2015–2018 (resigned on September 6, 2016) *

Craig Watkins Craig Marcus Watkins (born November 16, 1967) is an American lawyer. He was the district attorney for the Dallas County, Texas in the United States from 2007 to 2015. He became the first elected African American district attorney in Texas afte ...

, Democrat, 2007–2015 *Bill Hill, Republican, 1999-2007 *John Vance, Republican, (first elected in 1986) January 1987–? *

Henry Wade Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 – March 1, 2001) was an American lawyer who served as district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987. He participated in two notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century: the prosecution of Jack Ru ...

, Democrat, 1951–1987

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Official website
Dallas County, Texas County district attorneys in Texas {{Dallas-stub

List of DAs

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