District Judge, 291st Judicial District: who gets your vote?
What this role does
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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Stephanie N Mitchell Huff
Running for District Judge, 291st Judicial District · Texas
StateDem
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Job fit
Stephanie N Mitchell Huff
- In 2015, Huff was sworn in to the 291st Judicial District Court as Dallas County’s youngest sitting Criminal District Court judge. 1
- She joined the Navarro County District Attorney’s Office in 2007 as Chief Juvenile Prosecutor. 1
- She later became a Dallas County felony assistant district attorney and served as Chief Felony Prosecutor of its Gang Unit from 2013–2014. 1
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Sources
- texasmetronews.com · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience