Tina Yoo Clinton
2018 - Present
2026
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Tina Yoo Clinton (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 in Texas. She assumed office in 2018. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Clinton (Democratic Party) is running for election for the Place 9 judge of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
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General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9
Tina Yoo Clinton and Matthew Kolodoski are running in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on November 5, 2024.
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![]() | Matthew Kolodoski (R) |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9
Tina Yoo Clinton advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton | 100.0 | 143,186 |
Total votes: 143,186 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9
Matthew Kolodoski advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Matthew Kolodoski | 100.0 | 186,503 |
Total votes: 186,503 | ||||
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Campaign finance
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Tina Yoo Clinton won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1
Incumbent Tina Yoo Clinton advanced from the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton | 100.0 | 113,797 |
Total votes: 113,797 | ||||
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2020
See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary defeated Tina Yoo Clinton in the general election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Patrick Yeary (R) | 54.8 | 5,974,016 |
![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton (D) ![]() | 45.2 | 4,924,207 |
Total votes: 10,898,223 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Tina Yoo Clinton defeated Steven Miears in the Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton ![]() | 80.5 | 1,380,356 |
![]() | Steven Miears ![]() | 19.5 | 334,474 |
Total votes: 1,714,830 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4
Incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kevin Patrick Yeary | 100.0 | 1,679,193 |
Total votes: 1,679,193 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1
Tina Yoo Clinton won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton (D) | 100.0 | 470,968 |
Total votes: 470,968 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1
Tina Yoo Clinton defeated Monique Ward in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tina Yoo Clinton | 51.5 | 56,027 |
![]() | Monique Ward | 48.5 | 52,661 |
Total votes: 108,688 | ||||
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Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.[1]
Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:[1]
- be at least 25 years old;
- be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
- have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Clinton ran for re-election to the Dallas County Criminal Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2010
Clinton (known then as Woo) won the Democratic primary, receiving 75% of the vote.[4] She defeated Deandra Grant in the general election, winning 51.34% of the vote.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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|I am a criminal district state judge seated in Dallas County. I have 25 years of criminal law experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney and judge. Of those 25 years, I have 14 years of judicial experience spanning municipal courts, county criminal court and state district court.
- Bringing fairness to the highest criminal court.
- Bring balance to the highest criminal court.
- Bring diversity to the highest criminal court.
actual innocence
judicial and attorney education
bonds
11.07 writs
mental health issues
court technology
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for Office," accessed January 14, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Dallas")
- ↑ Dallas County, 2010 Democratic primary runoff results
- ↑ Dallas County Board of Elections, Unofficial Election Results
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