Arguably the biggest surprise on Tuesday night in Harris County was the race for the county’s next district attorney.

Sean Teare won the Harris County DA election with 50.82% of votes, beating Dan Simons and promising justice reforms.

Oakland voters recalled the mayor and county prosecutor, while Los Angeles voters fired their progressive district attorney. Across the country, several major cities elected new mayors.

The election in Harris County this time around went smoothly overall. During the midterm election in 2022, votes were still being counted a week after Election Day.

Teare previously served as Division Chief of the Vehicular Crimes for the DA’s Office before he resigned in February 2023 and announced during his candidacy his mission to create a more empathetic ...

Sean Teare will serve as the next District Attorney of Harris County, replacing current DA Kim Ogg. Ogg lost the primary ...

In the March 5 primary, Teare defeated two-time incumbent DA and his former boss, Kim Ogg, by a nearly 50% margin. He served ...

Both Sean Teare and Dan Simons were highly critical of DA Kim Ogg's administration for delays in the court backlog of over 100,000 pending cases.

The race for the Harris County District Attorney's seat was in close margins early Wednesday, with Dem. Sean Teare leading ...

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In Harris County, Sean Teare, a Democrat, won a tight race for the county’s district attorney seat, winning 50.8% of the vote over Republican Dan Simons. Simons received 717,331 votes for 49.2%, ...

Sean Teare, a former prosecutor whose proposed reforms won over stakeholders across the criminal justice system, has won the ...