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Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4

Who is on the ballot for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 in Tom Green County, Texas, on November 3, 2026? This guide lists 2 people running for Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4: Audra Riley (Democratic) and Kevin Patrick Yeary (Republican, incumbent).

People running in this race. Party is shown when the official list names one.

Shared source for names and parties: Texas Secretary of State ballot certification (https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/forms/2026-ballot-cert.pdf), signed August 28, 2026 by Deputy Secretary Dave Nelson. Names are from the Tom Green County section. Election day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

The Texas Ethics Commission treasurer list is a campaign-finance filing, not the ballot. The commission says the office on that form is what the filer wrote and may be out of date.

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Kevin Patrick Yeary

Kevin Patrick Yeary, Republican, is certified for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4. The court says he was elected in 2014 and serves in Place 4. That page says he previously clerked for a judge of the court and later worked as an assistant district attorney.

Ballot certification

Court of Criminal Appeals biography

Audra Riley

Audra Riley, Democratic, is certified for judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4. The Ethics Commission form says Audra D. Riley, with office held as criminal district court, Place 3. The office-sought line on that form still says criminal district court judge, District 3, which does not match this ballot, so that line was not used. Dallas County lists Hon. Audra Riley as the presiding judge of Criminal District Court No. 3.

Ballot certification

TEC treasurer list, filer 83240

Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 3

What this job is

The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state's last court for criminal cases. After a trial, the state or the defendant may appeal. Death-penalty appeals go straight to this court. Other criminal appeals go first to a court of appeals, and this court may then review them. This court is also the only one that can grant habeas corpus to a person convicted of a felony.

The Office of Court Administration's October 2026 chart says the court has nine judges. This race is for Place 4.

Sources: Court of Criminal Appeals; Court structure of Texas, October 2026

The area

This office is elected by the whole state. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 population estimate for Texas is 31,290,831. The 2024 estimate for Tom Green County, Texas is 120,103. San Angelo is the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, and the city's 2024 population estimate is 100,159.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 county population estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 city and town population estimates; Texas Comptroller, Tom Green County rural snapshot; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 cartographic boundaries; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line roads; U.S. Geological Survey, Global Map 1:1,000,000-scale rivers and lakes

Map of Texas inside a navy outline; this race covers the whole state. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Large cities, interstates, major rivers, and neighboring states are labeled.Open the map full size
This race covers all of Texas, the white area inside the navy outline. Tom Green County, Texas is outlined and hatched in red. Thin lines are counties. Dots are cities of 200,000 or more in the Census Bureau 2024 estimates, plus San Angelo, the square. Blue lines are major rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:1,000,000-scale Global Map. Shields mark interstates, from Census Bureau 2024 road lines. This is not a survey map.

Main industries here

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism says Texas is the leading producer of oil, gas, wind, and utility-scale solar energy in the United States. That page names oil and gas extraction, production, and transportation, and renewables, as energy clusters. A separate sector on the same page is food and livestock products, from beef and poultry to tortillas and snack foods.

Source: Governor's Office, target industries

Who holds it now

Kevin Patrick Yeary. The court's judges page lists him in Place 4 and says he was elected in 2014.

Source: Court of Criminal Appeals judges

Who held this seat

The court's judges page names Kevin Patrick Yeary for Place 4 and says he was elected in 2014. It does not give the day he took office. Wikipedia's page on the court does not give a place-by-place list of earlier judges. Earlier names are not posted.

Source: Court of Criminal Appeals judges

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  1. Kevin Patrick Yeary

    Kevin Patrick Yeary

    The source does not give the years.

    Elected in 2014.

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