Paul Johnson
Republican · TX · Denton County Criminal District Attorney
Paul Johnson is Denton County's criminal district attorney, a former state prison guard and assistant prosecutor with a law degree from the University of Houston. He backs treatment courts for DWI, drug, mental health and veteran cases and stresses fair, ethical prosecution.
Where Paul Johnson stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
His office obtained grand jury indictments of three Denton police officers for official oppression and tampering with a government record. The office said an officer's sworn arrest statement did not match body-camera video of a 2024 arrest of a homeless person.
October 23, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Sought the death penalty against Daniel Greco for the 2016 murder of a pregnant woman in Little Elm, his first death-penalty case since 2011. The jury convicted Greco of capital murder but gave him life without parole.
September 24, 2019
Source: tcadp.org
Fired four prosecutors, including the two at the center of a racial harassment complaint, days after a federal jury awarded assistant DA Nadiya Williams-Boldware $510,000. Her 2009 complaint about a colleague's racist remarks had reached Johnson, and the colleague was not formally disciplined.
June 27, 2012
Source: dallasobserver.com
Fired 25 of the roughly 50 prosecutors in the Denton County District Attorney's Office soon after taking office in January 2007, after campaigning to clean up the office.
February 8, 2007
Source: dallasobserver.com
Past race Paul Johnson ran in:
- Criminal District Attorney Denton County · November 3, 2026 · Denton County, Texas · incumbent