Private citizen

Tiffany Burks is a partner at the Fort Worth law firm Varghese Summersett and previously worked 22 years in the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office, including six years as deputy chief over the criminal division². She earned a law degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 1997¹. She was the Democratic nominee for district attorney in 2022¹.

Where they stand

• Policing and crime: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Said · medium confidence
  • Her campaign pledges to prosecute violent and predatory crime aggressively while upholding constitutional rights. (2026) source
  • Her campaign pledges to expand youth diversion programs and partner on the root causes of crime such as homelessness, mental illness and addiction, while building trust with law enforcement. (2026) source
  • Her campaign commits to properly investigating deaths in the county jail. (2026) source
  • In a 2022 primary debate, said she wants diversion to become the norm rather than the exception and to bring back a narcotics unit working with law enforcement. (2022-02-21) source
• Abortion: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Said · medium confidence
  • Asked about prosecuting doctors under the state abortion ban, said such decisions require balancing following the law with seeing that justice is done, and called it unfortunate that providers must choose between their license and their patients' reproductive decisions. (2022-10) source
• Marijuana: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Said · medium confidence
  • In a 2022 campaign interview, said low-level nonviolent offenses such as possession of small amounts of marijuana are clogging the courts, that she expects Texas may eventually move toward legalization, and that until then she must follow her oath as a prosecutor. (2022-10-27) source
• Death penalty: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Said · low confidence
  • In a 2022 campaign interview, said she would listen to what the victim's family wants and explain to them the pros and cons and the reasons the office might seek death. (2022-10-27) source

No public position found on: Election rules, Guns, Immigration, Mandatory minimums, Qualified immunity.

Record

• Worked as a prosecutor from 1997, first in Fort Bend County and in Tarrant County from 1999, rising to felony court chief and deputy chief over the criminal division³.
• Won the 2022 Democratic primary for DA and lost the November 2022 general election to Phil Sorrells, 46.8% to 53.2%¹.
• Unopposed in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary; faces Republican incumbent Phil Sorrells on November 3, 2026¹².