Audra Ladawn Riley

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Audra Ladawn Riley

Democratic Party

Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

4

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Audra Ladawn Riley (Democratic Party) is a judge of the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 in Texas. Riley assumed office on January 1, 2021. Riley's current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Riley (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 in Texas. Riley won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Incumbent Audra Ladawn Riley won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Audra Ladawn Riley (D)	100.0	601,523

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 601,523
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Incumbent Audra Ladawn Riley advanced from the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Audra Ladawn Riley	100.0	105,307

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,307
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Riley in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Audra Ladawn Riley won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Audra Ladawn Riley (D)	100.0	701,805

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 701,805
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Audra Ladawn Riley defeated Teresa Hawthorne in the Democratic primary runoff for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Audra Ladawn Riley	61.8	76,014
		Teresa Hawthorne	38.2	46,991

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,005
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

Teresa Hawthorne and Audra Ladawn Riley advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alison Grinter Allen in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Teresa Hawthorne	39.1	76,491
✔		Audra Ladawn Riley	33.6	65,822
	Submit photo	Alison Grinter Allen	27.3	53,353

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 195,666
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Audra Ladawn Riley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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