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Dallas County District Clerk

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The district clerk keeps the records of the district courts, accepts court filings and fees, and summons jurors.

Dave Muehlhaeusler

Republican

Retired mechanical engineer

The gist

  • Proposes mandatory structured e-filing instead of scanned handwritten forms.
  • Proposes public dashboards tracking court-record backlogs.
  • Proposes a pretrial jail dashboard to prevent overdetention.
  • Supports offering court forms in English and Spanish.
  • Proposes specific, searchable codes for every recorded court event.
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  1. Proposes mandatory structured e-filing instead of scanned handwritten forms.

    Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk

    Campaign website · Dave Muehlhaeusler Campaign · dmdcdc.org

    “Mandate structured e-filing fields — eliminate handwritten scanned forms that hide what actually happened in court.”
  2. Proposes public dashboards tracking court-record backlogs.

    Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk

    Campaign website · Dave Muehlhaeusler Campaign · dmdcdc.org

    “Launch automated exception reporting dashboards — make the backlog visible and accountable in real-time.”
  3. Proposes a pretrial jail dashboard to prevent overdetention.

    Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk

    Campaign website · Dave Muehlhaeusler Campaign · dmdcdc.org

    “build a pre-trial jail dashboard connecting the systems of the court docket to Lew Sterrett”
  4. Supports offering court forms in English and Spanish.

    Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk

    Campaign website · Dave Muehlhaeusler Campaign · dmdcdc.org

    “Bilingual access — forms and information available in English and Spanish”
  5. Proposes specific, searchable codes for every recorded court event.

    Dave Muehlhaeusler for Dallas County District Clerk

    Campaign website · Dave Muehlhaeusler Campaign · dmdcdc.org

    “every court event accurately recorded with a specific, searchable code”

Felicia Pitre

DemocraticIncumbent

Dallas County District Clerk

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