DA-Elect Amber Givens says her campaign was “a lesson in faith and obedience to God.”
DALLAS, Texas — The newest Dallas County District Attorney addressed the public on Thursday, two days following her election win.
DA-Elect Amber Givens spoke from Antioch Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas, where she says the campaign was “a lesson in faith and obedience to God.”
John Creuzot, the top prosecutor in Dallas County since 2019, trailed the former judge Givens into the overnight hours before announcing shortly before noon Wednesday that he had conceded the race.
On Thursday, Givens emphasized that the justice process belongs to the people and her victory “proved the justice system built by people is better than a system built by money or political power,” and added that her campaign spent less than $60,000 throughout the election season.
“While others relied on massive fundraising totals, we relied on something far stronger, the trust of the community,” said Givens.
She had earned nearly 54% of the vote to Creuzot’s 46.15% in Tuesday’s election. No Republicans were running in the primary election, paving the way for Givens to take office after the November general election.
Givens said she looks forward to working with everyone who cares about the future of justice in Dallas County. She said her office will be committed to “victims that deserve answers, the accused who deserve fair and equal application of the law, communities that deserve safety, families that deserve stability.”
The new DA-Elect is planning to establish community justice councils, which will “bring residents, community leaders, victims, and justice system stakeholders together so that the policies of the DA’s office remain grounded in the needs of the people that we serve.”
Givens, who presided over the 282nd District Court in Dallas County, was first elected to the bench in 2014. She is appealing two sanctions from the State commission on Judicial Conduct in which she was accused of having a staff member stand in her place during a court proceeding in 2021.
“I’ve been tested in ways I could have never imagined, but those tests did something far greater than challenge me. They sharpened my purpose,” said Givens.
She said that purpose is to drive her vision of a justice system that works for all in Dallas County.
“My responsibility as District Attorney-Elect is to ensure that justice works for everyone in Dallas County, every victim, every accused person, every neighborhood, every zip code,” Givens said. “The District Attorney’s Office must be a place that speaks for all victims whether they live in North Dallas, South Dallas, Oak Cliff, Pleasant Grove, or anywhere in between.”