Karin Crump
2025 - Present
2030
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Karin Crump (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 5 of the Texas Third District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Crump (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 5 judge of the Texas Third District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Crump received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas, and her J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in 1997. Crump was an attorney focused on dispute resolution prior to becoming a judge.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- Outstanding Young Lawyer of Dallas
- Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40, D Magazine
- Texas Super Lawyer - Rising Star in Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution, Texas Monthly Magazine (7 times)
- Outstanding Mentor of the Year, Austin Young Lawyers Association
- Pathfinder, Travis County Women Lawyers Association
- Pro Bono Award
Associations
- Past president, Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Past member, State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Executive Committee
- Past member, Texas Bar Journal Board of Editors
- Past chair, Supreme Court’s Task Force to Expand Legal Service Delivery
- Past president, Grandview Hills PTA[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5
Karin Crump won election in the general election for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karin Crump (D) | 100.0 | 849,117 |
| Total votes: 849,117 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5
Karin Crump defeated incumbent Thomas Baker in the Democratic primary for Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karin Crump | 56.2 | 78,705 |
 | Thomas Baker | 43.8 | 61,374 | |
| Total votes: 140,079 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2022)
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent Karin Crump won election in the general election for Texas 250th District Court.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 250th District Court
Incumbent Karin Crump advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 250th District Court on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karin Crump | 100.0 | 89,072 |
| Total votes: 89,072 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas 250th District Court
Incumbent Karin Crump won election in the general election for Texas 250th District Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karin Crump (D) | 100.0 | 352,034 |
| Total votes: 352,034 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas 250th District Court
Incumbent Karin Crump advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas 250th District Court on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karin Crump | 100.0 | 94,279 |
| Total votes: 94,279 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Crump ran for election to the 250th District Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014.
[2][3]
2010
Crump ran for election to the position of Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2. She won the Democratic primary, but was defeated in the general election. [4][5]
Selection method
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The judges of the Texas District Courts are chosen in partisan elections. They serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving.[6]
Though Texas is home to more than 400 district courts, the courts are grouped into nine administrative judicial regions. Each region is overseen by a presiding judge who is appointed by the governor to a four-year term. According to the state courts website, the presiding judge may be a "regular elected or retired district judge, a former judge with at least 12 years of service as a district judge, or a retired appellate judge with judicial experience on a district court."[7]
Qualifications
To serve on the district courts, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of Texas;
- licensed to practice law in the state;
- between the ages of 25 and 75;*[8]
- a practicing lawyer and/or state judge for at least four years; and
- a resident of his or her respective judicial district for at least two years.[6]
*While no judge older than 74 may run for office, sitting judges who turn 75 are permitted to continue serving until their term expires.[6]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Karin Crump did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5 |
Officeholder Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karin Crump for District Judge, "About Karin," archived September 23, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)"
- ↑ The American-Statesmen, Results: November 2010, Travis County
- ↑ Travis County Elections, "Sample Ballot for the 11/2/10 General Election"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Texas," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Administrative Judicial Regions," accessed September 12, 2014
- ↑ Texas State Historical Association, "Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Baker (D) |
Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 5 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Texas 250th District Court 2014-2025 |
Succeeded by - |
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
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