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District Judge, 194th Judicial District: who gets your vote?

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District judges preside over Texas’s trial courts of general jurisdiction, including felony criminal cases, divorce, land-title and civil matters. In large counties like Dallas, individual district courts may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile or family matters.

Their rulings affect trials and the people involved in them.

  • Felony criminal cases
  • Civil and family cases
  • Courts may specialize

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Kim Cooks

Running for District Judge, 194th Judicial District · Texas

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Candidate

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Job fit

Kim Cooks

  • Her campaign website says she worked as a trial attorney for 13 years in criminal, family and civil law. 1
  • Her campaign website identifies the office as the 194th Criminal Court. 1
  • The interview reported that Cooks was elected in November 2014 and began serving as a presiding judge in January 2015. 2

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Sources

  1. Judge Kim Cooks - Justice Better Together · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
  2. Judge Kim Cooks: Mending Broken Families | Judicial Q&A · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience