Carmen White
Democratic · TX · Judge, Dallas County Criminal Court No. 8
Carmen White is a Dallas County judge, first elected in 2018, and a former Dallas County assistant district attorney with a law degree from Harvard Law School. She says she values fairness and compassion on the bench and a fair chance for everyone in the legal system.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Said in a KERA News report that judging courts mainly by how many cases they close can push people toward unfair outcomes. She spoke as Dallas County commissioners blamed judges for a criminal case backlog.
May 18, 2022
Source: texasstandard.org
Registered against Senate Bill 5 on behalf of the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, where she was an assistant district attorney, at a Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing on 2007-03-13. The bill, known as the Jessica Lunsford Act, toughened prosecution and punishment of certain sex offenders. She did not testify.
March 13, 2007
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
As a Dallas County prosecutor, helped try Jonathan Peterson for the beating death of a 21-month-old boy. A jury convicted him of injury to a child and gave him 80 years. On 2013-10-16 the Fifth Court of Appeals upheld the conviction and named her as one of the two trial prosecutors.
October 16, 2013Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Past race Carmen White ran in:
- Judge, County Criminal Court No. 8 · November 3, 2026 · Dallas County, Texas · incumbent