Judge, Criminal District Court No. 3 (Dallas County)

Audra Riley has been judge of Criminal District Court No. 3 in Dallas County since January 2021². She is a former prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney's Office⁴. She is the Democratic nominee for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 4 against Republican incumbent Kevin Patrick Yeary¹³.

• Judge, Criminal District Court No. 3 (Dallas County), since January 2021, presiding over felony criminal cases; current term runs through 2028²
• Former prosecutor, Dallas County District Attorney's Office; former criminal defense attorney in private practice⁴
• JD, Thurgood Marshall School of Law²
• First elected to Criminal District Court No. 3 in 2020⁴; ran for reelection in 2024⁴⁵, and her current term runs through 2028².
• Bar poll: State Bar of Texas 2026 Judicial Poll, final vote summary dated February 10, 2026. This was a non-binding straw poll of State Bar members on contested races, taken before the March 3 primary; the Bar describes it as a preference poll only, not an endorsement. Results: Audra Riley 1,839 votes, Kevin Patrick Yeary 1,467⁶⁷.