Tina Yoo Clinton

Tina Yoo Clinton

Democratic Party

Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

0

Predecessor

Bill Pedersen

Prior offices

Dallas County Criminal Court No. 8

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Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1

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Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Tina Yoo Clinton (Democratic Party) is a judge for Place 9 of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2030.

Clinton (Democratic Party) ran for election for the Place 9 judge of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Tina Yoo Clinton defeated Matthew Kolodoski in the general election for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton (D)	50.1	760,927
	Submit photo	Matthew Kolodoski (R)	49.9	759,331

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,520,258
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Tina Yoo Clinton advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton	100.0	143,186

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 143,186
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Theresa Bui Creevy (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9

Matthew Kolodoski advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Matthew Kolodoski	100.0	186,503

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 186,503
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Clinton in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Tina Yoo Clinton won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1

Incumbent Tina Yoo Clinton advanced from the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton	100.0	113,797

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,797
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2020

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4

Incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary defeated Tina Yoo Clinton in the general election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Patrick Yeary (R)	54.8	5,974,016
		Tina Yoo Clinton (D)	45.2	4,924,207

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,898,223
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4

Tina Yoo Clinton defeated Steven Miears in the Democratic primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton	80.5	1,380,356
		Steven Miears	19.5	334,474

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,714,830
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4

Incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Patrick Yeary	100.0	1,679,193

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,679,193
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2018

General election

General election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1

Tina Yoo Clinton won election in the general election for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton (D)	100.0	470,968

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 470,968
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1

Tina Yoo Clinton defeated Monique Ward in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Yoo Clinton	51.5	56,027
	Submit photo	Monique Ward	48.5	52,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 108,688
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Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

Judges of the county courts are elected in partisan elections by the county they serve and serve four-year terms, with vacancies filled by a vote of the county commissioners.

Qualifications
To serve on a county court, a judge must:

• be at least 25 years old;
• be a resident of his or her respective county for at least two years; and
• have practiced law or served as a judge for at least four years preceding the election.

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Clinton ran for re-election to the Dallas County Criminal 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.  

2010

Clinton (known then as Woo) won the Democratic primary, receiving 75% of the vote. She defeated Deandra Grant in the general election, winning 51.34% of the vote.

See also: Texas county court judicial elections, 2010 (D-E)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Tina Yoo Clinton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Tina Yoo Clinton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Tina Yoo Clinton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clinton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a criminal district state judge seated in Dallas County. I have 25 years of criminal law experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney and judge. Of those 25 years, I have 14 years of judicial experience spanning municipal courts, county criminal court and state district court.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Bringing fairness to the highest criminal court.
• Bring balance to the highest criminal court.
• Bring diversity to the highest criminal court.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

actual innocence

judicial and attorney education
bonds
11.07 writs
mental health issues

court technology

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Tina Yoo Clinton campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9	Won general	$173,980	$253,508
Grand total			$173,980	$253,508
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Preceded by Bill Pedersen (D)	Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals Place 9 2025-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 1 2018-2025	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Dallas County Criminal Court No. 8 -2018	Succeeded by -

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