[7] Kim Ogg ran on a moderate Democratic platform against Republican incumbent Devon Anderson, using her inauguration ceremony to announce that all misdemeanor marijuana cases would be diverted from arrest or prosecution.

Her staff suggested this may have been a sign of successful pretrial diversion programs, however critics countered this by pointing to a high backlog of people including those charged with misdemeanors.

[10] In early 2017, Ogg announced a new policy: no one caught with under four ounces of cannabis, a misdemeanor amount, would be subjected to arrest and the possibility of a criminal record.

This resulted in "dozens of cases being dismissed every month" because Ogg's prosecutors were unable to prove that people being arrested were carrying cannabis, which is illegal in Texas, rather than hemp, which is legal.

Troy Nehls of Texas to ensure ICE detention centers are at maximum capacity before any illegal immigrant who crosses the border is released.

[18] Ogg stated that she became involved in immigration issues due to "a number of murders committed by undocumented illegal aliens, and as a law enforcement official, the top one in the third biggest county in the country, it’s really important to stop the violence.

[27] In July 2019, Ogg's office dismissed the criminal charges against an alleged local gambling ring and referred the case by former contract employee Amir Mireskandari to the FBI to ensure the matter was reviewed and there was no appearance of a potential conflict of interest.

[31] After an accidental release of confidential private health data for people detained in the Harris County jail by a new department created to oversee bail reform, Ogg launched a criminal investigation.

The Houston Chronicle Editorial board criticized the report, stating in their headline that she was "scapegoating misdemeanor bail reform" for a crime spike when the evidence did not support it.

[35] Ogg was previously criticized after her First Assistant, David Mitcham, told judges they would face a "reckoning" if they did not set higher bonds.

Ogg was accused of mishandling and quietly dropping a fraud case against a GOP Activist and attorney Jared Woodfill by investigators within her own office.

[36][37][38][39] Kim Ogg investigated county elected officials and staffers several times after having public disagreements over issues such as bail reform, violence interruption program implementation, and her office's budget.

[32] In August 2020, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis was investigated by her public corruption unit for the unauthorized storage of art, and was later cleared by a grand jury.

The charges, each first-degree felonies, involve allegedly steering an $11 million COVID vaccine outreach campaign to a one-person consulting firm owned by a Democratic strategist.

[42] In December 2023, Kim Ogg was admonished by the local Democratic Party,[43] which alleged she "abused the power of her office to pursue personal vendettas against her political opponents, sided with Republicans to advance their extremist agenda, and stood in the way of fixing the broken criminal justice system.

[45] In August 2024, Ogg endorsed incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz against Democratic nominee and Congressman for Texas's 32nd congressional district Colin Allred.