Dallas County 282nd District Court Judge Amber Givens filed Thursday to run against current District Attorney John Creuzot for his job.

Givens announced her bid to become the county's top prosecutor at a news conference outside the Dallas County Democratic Party headquarters Thursday, the Dallas Morning News reported . The News also reported Creuzot, who's held the position since he was elected in 2018, has filed for reelection.

KERA News reached out to Givens and Creuzot for comment and will update this story with any response.

Givens, elected to the bench in 2014, first faced controversy this year when the State Commission on Judicial Conduct sanctioned her twice in June.

The commission reprimanded her for allegedly allowing her coordinator to impersonate her online four

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