No, the Houston District Attorney does not have to resign his seat to run for sheriff. ... For Kendall, he can finish out his time as district attorney because his current term ends on Dec. 31, ...

Houston’s District Attorney Concedes in Democratic Primary. ... Local organizers, including some from the progressive Working Families Party, rallied support for Mr. Teare, ...

Acting Houston County District Attorney William M. Kendall will later this year be appointed to serve in the position until a special election is set.

A bill sponsored by Houston-area Republican state Rep. Joan Huffman (above) would allow the removal of local district attorneys that refuse to prosecute state laws.

Houston District Attorney Kim Ogg speaks at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 24, 2022. Sean Teare is challenging her in the March 5 Democratic primary.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announces 15 new additional charges in Harding Street raid against six Houston Police Department officers on Wednesday, July 1,2020, in Houston.

The Democratic primary for Harris County District Attorney is intensifying as the two front-runners, Kim Ogg and Sean Teare, actively seek crucial endorsements just over a month before the tightly ...

In 2016, Ogg defeated incumbent Devon Anderson, a Republican, and took office January 1, 2017, as Harris County’s first Democratic District Attorney since 1980. She was re-elected in 2020 by ...