ItвЂ™s not unusual for prosecutors to run for judgeships, but the high number in this election cycle has raised eyebrows. Many in HoustonвЂ™s legal community have thought back to that moment, now that fourteen Harris County prosecutors and one DA investigator have filed to run for criminal court judgeships this year-eight in Democratic primaries, seven in Republican primaries. вЂњOne of the judges asked if Mitcham was threatening him.вЂќ вЂњMy reaction was like, вЂWow, that was bold,вЂ™вЂЉвЂќ said Joe Vinas, the president of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, who was on the call representing the criminal defense bar. First assistant district attorney David Mitcham, OggвЂ™s top lieutenant, informed the judges that there would be a вЂњreckoningвЂќ if they didnвЂ™t start setting higher bonds. Now her office would deliver a direct warning. For years, the Democratic DA had been publicly criticizing local judges who set what she deemed insufficiently high bonds for defendants accused of violent crimes.

But the backlog wasnвЂ™t the only issue to come up that day. On a winter afternoon nine months into the pandemic, Harris County district attorney Kim Ogg held a Zoom meeting with felony judges and prosecutors to discuss the backlog of cases caused by COVID-19 shutdowns at the downtown Houston courthouse. This article originally appeared in the March 2022 issue ofВ Texas Monthly with the headline вЂњGive Us the Gavels!вЂќ The lawyers in the district attorneyвЂ™s office say they decided to run on their own, reflecting internal Democratic divisions over public safety.

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