“Kim Ogg was elected district attorney of Harris County, Texas, in 2016 on a criminal justice reform platform, but has spent her first term largely pushing the status quo. She has repeatedly asked the County Commissioners Court, which makes budget decisions for the country’s third largest county, for dozens more prosecutors, requests that have thus far been denied. She also stood against a historic misdemeanor bail reform settlement that came as a result of a new wave of judges being swept in during the 2018 election in Harris County, which includes Houston. Those moves have largely been at odds with Ogg’s stated vision for reform. In March, a former assistant district attorney under Ogg, Audia Jones, entered the 2020 race against her. And now, Carvana Cloud, the former Special Victims Bureau chief under Ogg, has left the office to enter the race.“

The Appeal

December 5, 2019