Marian Brown

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Marian Brown

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Democratic Party

Dallas County Sheriff

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

6

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Marian Brown (Democratic Party) is the Dallas County Sheriff in Texas. She assumed office in 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Brown (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Dallas County Sheriff in Texas. She 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 Sheriff

Incumbent Marian Brown won election in the general election for Dallas County Sheriff on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown (D)	100.0	613,367

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 613,367
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Dallas County Sheriff

Incumbent Marian Brown defeated Lupe Valdez in the Democratic primary runoff for Dallas County Sheriff on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown	68.6	16,877
		Lupe Valdez	31.4	7,723

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 24,600
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff

Incumbent Marian Brown and Lupe Valdez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Roy Williams Jr., Sam Mohamad, and Rodney Thomas in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown	42.0	50,279
✔		Lupe Valdez	37.7	45,094
	Submit photo	Roy Williams Jr.	11.1	13,310
	Submit photo	Sam Mohamad	5.3	6,387
	Submit photo	Rodney Thomas	3.9	4,648

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 119,718
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brown in this election.

2020

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

General election

General election for Dallas County Sheriff

Incumbent Marian Brown defeated Chad Prda in the general election for Dallas County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown (D)	64.5	580,920
		Chad Prda (R)	35.5	320,156

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 901,076
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff

Incumbent Marian Brown defeated Roy Williams Jr. and Sam Mohamad in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown	59.0	124,462
	Submit photo	Roy Williams Jr.	30.9	65,213
	Submit photo	Sam Mohamad	10.0	21,120

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 210,795
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Dallas County Sheriff

Chad Prda advanced from the Republican primary for Dallas County Sheriff on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chad Prda	100.0	72,991

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,991
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Dallas County Sheriff

Marian Brown defeated Aaron Meek in the general election for Dallas County Sheriff on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown (D)	64.1	450,404
	Submit photo	Aaron Meek (R)	35.9	251,841

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 702,245
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff

Marian Brown defeated Roy Williams Jr. and Eland Sigler in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Sheriff on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marian Brown	59.6	64,905
	Submit photo	Roy Williams Jr.	34.0	37,020
	Submit photo	Eland Sigler	6.5	7,044

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,969
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Dallas County Sheriff

Aaron Meek defeated Chad Prda in the Republican primary for Dallas County Sheriff on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Aaron Meek	68.4	41,864
		Chad Prda	31.6	19,359

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,223
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Marian Brown did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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