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Sean Teare

D party: source
County · District Attorney · term ends 2028-12-31 · Harris County

Democrat. Official directory: District Attorney Sean Teare. Elected Nov 5, 2024 (Ballotpedia; official Meet Sean Teare page). Four-year term, 2024 cycle; current term ends Dec 31, 2028. The office was not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot.

Last checked: 2026-11-10

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Establish a Domestic Violence Bureau inside the Harris County District Attorney's Office, staffed with trauma-informed prosecutors, to identify high-risk cases earlier and connect survivors to services.

Kept
Public safety · stated 2024 · promise source · #187
“Establishing the first-ever Domestic Violence Bureau within the DA’s office. The office – staffed with trauma-informed prosecutors and staff – will expand the work of existing divisions to aid earlier identification of high-risk cases and make sure that survivors are linked to services they need quickly while bringing offenders to justice.”
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2024 · source
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One chamber
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Stated: Promise as stated in the cited source.
Why Kept: Teare's 2024 campaign issues page pledged to establish the first Domestic Violence Bureau in the DA's office. Click2Houston reported on March 23, 2025, that the bureau had been created when Teare took office, was led by Mary McFaden, and had about two dozen prosecutors; domestic-violence cases had previously been handled inside the Special Crimes Bureau. The DA's official bureaus page lists the bureau. The campaign pledge to create the bureau was carried out. Other related 2024 pledges (a gun-surrender program, a specialized post-adjudication domestic-violence court) were not separately verified in this pass and are not rated here. (harris-research, 2026-11-10 20:45:38 UTC)
History (append-only)
  • 2026-11-10 20:45:37 UTC · Not yet rated (superseded 2026-11-10 20:45:38) — Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence.
  • 2026-11-10 20:45:38 UTC · Kept (current) — Teare's 2024 campaign issues page pledged to establish the first Domestic Violence Bureau in the DA's office. Click2Houston reported on March 23, 2025, that the bureau had been created when Teare took office, was led by Mary McFaden, and had about two dozen prosecutors; domestic-violence cases had previously been handled inside the Special Crimes Bureau. The DA's official bureaus page lists the bureau. The campaign pledge to create the bureau was carried out. Other related 2024 pledges (a gun-surrender program, a specialized post-adjudication domestic-violence court) were not separately verified in this pass and are not rated here.
  • 2024 · step Stated (current) — source — Promise as stated in the cited source.

Eliminate the Harris County criminal-court case backlog.

In progress
Courts · stated 2024 · promise source · #188
Stated
2024 · source
Filed
Committee
One chamber
Signed
In effect
Stated: Promise as stated in the cited source.
Stalled no milestone activity in 6 months
Why In progress: Teare's 2024 campaign issues page made "Eliminating the Criminal Court Backlog" a headline pledge, blaming years of delay after Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19, and what he called mismanagement, and promising intake and triage reforms so serious cases move first. On March 17, 2026, ABC13 reported that Teare announced the backlog was gone, that active criminal cases were below pre-pandemic levels, and that 83% of cases were being resolved in less than a year, while also reporting that thousands of cases still take more than a year and that 64% of 2025 dispositions were dismissals. Teare told ABC13 the work was "far from over." The official DA news release made the same backlog-cleared claim. Because caseloads have fallen by the office's measure but multi-year delays remain, the pledge is In progress rather than Kept. (harris-research, 2026-11-10 20:45:38 UTC)
History (append-only)
  • 2026-11-10 20:45:38 UTC · Not yet rated (superseded 2026-11-10 20:45:38) — Newly tracked; not yet reviewed against evidence.
  • 2026-11-10 20:45:38 UTC · In progress (current) — Teare's 2024 campaign issues page made "Eliminating the Criminal Court Backlog" a headline pledge, blaming years of delay after Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19, and what he called mismanagement, and promising intake and triage reforms so serious cases move first. On March 17, 2026, ABC13 reported that Teare announced the backlog was gone, that active criminal cases were below pre-pandemic levels, and that 83% of cases were being resolved in less than a year, while also reporting that thousands of cases still take more than a year and that 64% of 2025 dispositions were dismissals. Teare told ABC13 the work was "far from over." The official DA news release made the same backlog-cleared claim. Because caseloads have fallen by the office's measure but multi-year delays remain, the pledge is In progress rather than Kept.
  • 2024 · step Stated (current) — source — Promise as stated in the cited source.