Tarrant County, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Government, courts, and politics== === Government === Tarrant County, like all Texas counties, is governed by a [[Commissioners Court]]. The court consists of the [[county judge]], who is elected county-wide and presides over the full court, and four commissioners, who are elected in each of the county's four precincts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://access.tarrantcounty.com/en/commissioners-court.html|title=Commissioners Court|website=access.tarrantcounty.com|access-date=November 3, 2017}}</ref> ==== County Judge and Commissioners ==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | Office ! align="center" valign="bottom" | Name ! align="center" valign="bottom" | Party |- | bgcolor="red" | | County Judge | Tim O'Hare |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | | County Commissioner, Precinct 1 | Roy Charles Brooks |Democratic |- | bgcolor="blue" | | County Commissioner, Precinct 2 | Alisa Simmons |Democratic |- | bgcolor="red" | | County Commissioner, Precinct 3 | Gary Fickes |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | | County Commissioner, Precinct 4 | Manny Ramirez |Republican |- |} ==== County Officials ==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | Office ! align="center" valign="bottom" | Name<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tarrantgop.org/tarrant-county-elected-officials|title=Tarrant County Republican Party|website=Tarrant County Republican Party|access-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/county/supermenu-contents/government/elected-county-officials.html?linklocation=supermenu&linkname=Elected%20County%20Officials|title=Elected County Officials|website=www.tarrantcounty.com|access-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref> ! align="center" valign="bottom" | Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Clerk | Mary Louise Nicholson |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | | Criminal District Attorney | Phil Sorrells |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | | District Clerk | Thomas A. Wilder |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | | Sheriff | Bill E. Waybourn |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | | Tax Assessor-Collector | Wendy Burgess | Republican |- |} ==== Constables ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Constables |url=https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/constables.html |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.tarrantcountytx.gov |language=en}}</ref> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |Constable, Precinct 1 |Dale Clark |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Constable, Precinct 2 |Robert McGinty |Democratic |- | bgcolor="red" | |Constable, Precinct 3 |Darrell Huffman |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Constable, Precinct 4 |Jason Scott Bedford |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Constable, Precinct 5 |Pedro Munoz |Democratic |- | bgcolor="red" | |Constable, Precinct 6 |Jon H. Siegel |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Constable, Precinct 7 |Sandra Lee |Democratic |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Constable, Precinct 8 |Michael R. Campbell |Democratic |} ==== County services ==== The [[JPS Health Network]] (Tarrant County Hospital District) operates the [[John Peter Smith Hospital]] and health centers. Countywide law enforcement is provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and Tarrant County Constable's Office. All cities in the county provide their own police services, with three exceptions: Westlake contracts service from the Keller Police Department,<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Services |url=https://www.westlake-tx.org/125/Police-Services |website=Westlake, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> and Haslet<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Protection Tarrant County Sheriff's Office |url=https://www.haslet.org/204/Police-Tarrant-County-Sheriffs-Office |website=Haslet, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> and Edgecliff Village<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Department (Tarrant County) |url=https://cour60.wixsite.com/evgov/police-department-tarrant-county |website=Town of Edgecliff Village, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> contract service from the Sheriff's Office. DFW Airport,<ref>{{cite web |title=DFW Airport Police and Fire |url=https://www.dfwairport.com/dps/ |website=DFW International Airport |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> the Tarrant County Hospital District, and the Tarrant Regional Water District also provide their own police forces. Since the disbandment of the North Tarrant County Fire Department, no countywide firefighting services exist. All municipalities provide their own fire departments. Most cities also operate their own ambulances, with two notable exceptions: Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities are served by the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority (MAEMSA), a governmental administrative agency established under an interlocal operating agreement and operating as MedStar Mobile Health,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.medstar911.org/about-us |website=MedStar Mobile Health |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> while the city of Arlington contracts paramedic apparatus from private entity American Medical Response.<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Clock with the City of Arlington's EMS System & Ambulance Services |url=https://www.arlingtontx.gov/news/my_arlington_t_x/news_stories/on_the_clock_with_the_city_of_arlington |website=City of Arlington, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> Fire and EMS protection in unincorporated portions of Tarrant County is governed by the Tarrant County Emergency Services District #1, which administers contracts with 17 fire departments (including 10 with EMS response) and has mutual aid agreements with eight additional fire departments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tarrant County Emergency Services District No. 1 |url=https://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/fire-marshal/about-us/tarrant-county-emergency-services-district--1.html |website=Tarrant County, Texas |access-date=July 12, 2019}}</ref> CareFlite air ambulance services operate from Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. === Courts === ==== Justices of the Peace ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 |Ralph Swearingin Jr. |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 |Mary Tom Curnutt |Republican |- | bgcolor="Red" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 |Bill Brandt |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 |Chris Gregory |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 |Sergio L. De Leon |Democratic |- | bgcolor="red" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6 |Jason M. Charbonnet |Republican |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7 |Kenneth Sanders |Democratic |- | bgcolor="blue" | |Justice of the Peace, Precinct 8 |Lisa R. Woodard |Democratic |} ==== County criminal courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Misdemeanor Courts |url=https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/criminal-courts/misdemeanor-courts.html?linklocation=Button%20List&linkname=Misdemeanor%20Courts |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.tarrantcountytx.gov |language=en}}</ref> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 1 |David Cook |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 2 |Carey F. Walker |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 3 |Bob McCoy |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 4 |Deborah Nekhom |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 5 |Brad Clark |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 6 |Randi Hartin |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 7 |Eric Starnes |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 8 |Charles L. "Chuck" Vanover |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 9 |Brian Bolton |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Criminal Court No. 10 |Trent Loftin |Republican |} ==== County civil courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Court at Law No. 1 |Don Pierson |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Court at Law No. 2 |Jennifer Rymell |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Court at Law No. 3 |Mike Hrabal |Republican |} ==== County probate courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Probate Court No. 1 |Chris Ponder |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |County Probate Court No. 2 |Brooke Allen |Republican |} ==== Criminal district courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Felony Courts |url=https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/criminal-courts/felony-courts.html?linklocation=Button%20List&linkname=Felony%20Courts |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.tarrantcountytx.gov |language=en}}</ref> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |Criminal District Court No. 1 |Elizabeth H. Beach |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Criminal District Court No. 2 |Wayne Salvant |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Criminal District Court No. 3 |Douglas Allen |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |Criminal District Court No. 4 |Andy Porter |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |213th District Court |Chris Wolfe |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |297th District Court |David C. Hagerman |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |371st District Court |Ryan Hill |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |372nd District Court |Julie Lugo |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |396th District Court |George Gallagher |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |432nd District Court |Ruben Gonzalez Jr. |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |485th District Court |Steven Jumes |Republican |} ==== Civil district courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=District Courts |url=https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/civil-courts/district-courts.html?linklocation=Civil%20Courts&linkname=Civil%20District%20Courts |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.tarrantcountytx.gov |language=en}}</ref> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |17th District Court |Melody Wilkinson |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |48th District Court |Chris Taylor |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |67th District Court |Don Cosby |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |96th District Court |J. Patrick Gallagher |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |141st District Court |John P. Chupp |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |153rd District Court |Susan Heygood McCoy |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |236th District Court |Tom Lowe |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |342nd District Court |Kimberly Fitzpatrick |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |348th District Court |Megan Fahey |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |352nd District Court |Josh Burgess |Republican |} ==== Family district courts ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Courts |url=https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/family-courts.html?linklocation=All%20Courts&linkname=Family%20Courts |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.tarrantcountytx.gov |language=en}}</ref> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |231st District Court |Jesus "Jesse" Nevarez Jr. |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |233rd District Court |Kenneth Newell |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |322nd District Court |James Munford |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |324th District Court |Beth Poulos |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |325th District Court |Cynthia Terry |Republican |- | bgcolor="red" | |360th District Court |Patricia Baca Bennett |Republican |} ==== Juvenile district court ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Office !Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> !Party |- | bgcolor="red" | |323rd District Court |Alex Kim |Republican |} ===Politics=== Since the 1950s, Tarrant County has been very conservative for an urban county, and one of the most populous Republican-leaning counties in the nation. However, it elected Democrat [[Jim Wright]] to 17 terms (1955β1989) as U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House (1987β1989), and Wright was succeeded by fellow Democrat [[Pete Geren]] (1989β1997). Beginning in 2016, the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] rebounded to represent a larger portion of the political profile and made huge gains in Tarrant County, concentrated in several areas throughout the county: eastern Euless, Grand Prairie and eastern and southern Arlington, northern and western areas of Mansfield, large portions of Fort Worth, particularly the area surrounding the Stockyards and Meacham Airport, southern and eastern Fort Worth, especially in dense metro areas and along I-35W, and Forest Hill.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article114512593.html|title=2016 election: Division in a key Texas Republican stronghold?|work=star-telegram|access-date=November 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Republicans are dominant in many of the rural areas of the county, downtown and western Fort Worth and north of Loop 820, and almost all suburban areas including Benbrook, rural Mansfield areas and western Arlington, Haltom City, Mid-Cities (Hurst, Euless, and Bedford), and the northern suburbs.<ref name="auto" /> The county has leaned Republican in United States Senate races since Democrat Lloyd Bentsen's 1988 victory, but in the [[United States Senate election in Texas, 2018|2018 election]] Democratic candidate [[Beto O'Rourke]] carried Tarrant, though losing statewide to incumbent [[Ted Cruz]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bud-kennedy/article221207450.html|title=For Tarrant Democrats, a big state Senate win and a lot of oh-so-close calls|last=Kennedy|first=Bud|date=November 6, 2018|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}}</ref> In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] carried the county with 49.3% (to [[Donald Trump]]'s 49.1%) in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], the first win for a Democratic presidential ticket in Tarrant County since Texas native [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964 and the closest race in the county since 1976, which was won by the razor thin margin of 1,826 votes (The margin of votes in 2020, in comparison, was 1,836 votes). Many other suburban Texas counties, including Tarrant's immediate neighbors in [[Denton County, Texas|Denton County]] and [[Collin County, Texas|Collin County]] as well as those around [[Houston]] and [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], have shown similar trends since 2016. From the 1893 beginning of U.S. House District 12, there have been two Republicans in 127 years elected to the U.S. House for the western half of Tarrant County; from the 1875 inception of U.S. House District 6, there have been three Republicans in 145 years elected to the U.S. House for the eastern portion of Tarrant County, including former congressman and senator [[Phil Gramm]]'s election as both a Democrat and a Republican after he [[switched parties]] in 1983 to run for re-election. The first Republican elected to the State Senate from Tarrant County since Reconstruction was [[Betty Andujar]] in 1972. {{PresHead|place=Tarrant County, Texas|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|409,741|411,567|13,389|Texas}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|345,921|288,392|34,201|Texas}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|348,920|253,071|8,899|Texas}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|348,420|274,880|5,253|Texas}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|349,462|207,286|3,393|Texas}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|286,921|173,758|11,710|Texas}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|208,312|170,431|30,901|Texas}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|183,387|156,230|131,779|Texas}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|242,660|151,310|2,267|Texas}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|248,050|120,147|665|Texas}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|173,466|121,068|10,532|Texas}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|124,433|122,287|1,911|Texas}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|151,596|69,187|355|Texas}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|81,786|79,705|29,256|Texas}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|56,593|97,092|473|Texas}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|72,813|59,385|788|Texas}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|66,329|43,922|946|Texas}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|63,680|45,968|194|Texas}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|17,157|36,325|7,257|Texas}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,113|36,791|10,161|Texas}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|7,474|36,062|53|Texas}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,781|29,791|190|Texas}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,251|27,836|426|Texas}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|20,481|9,208|0|Texas}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|5,859|13,673|2,619|Texas}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,486|12,431|1,191|Texas}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,550|10,269|394|Texas}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|548|7,222|1,169|Texas}} ==== State Board of Education members ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |District !Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/redist/districts/senate.html|title=Texas Redistricting|website=www.tlc.state.tx.us|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019051022/http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/redist/districts/senate.html|archive-date=October 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> !Party |- |bgcolor=red| |District 11 |Patricia Hardy |Republican |- |bgcolor=blue| |District 13 |Erika Beltran |Democratic |} ==== Texas State Representatives ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |District !Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" /> !Party !Residence |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 90th House of Representatives district|90]] |[[Ramon Romero Jr.]] |Democratic |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 91st House of Representatives district|91]] |{{sortname|Stephanie|Klick}} |Republican |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 92nd House of Representatives district|92]] |{{sortname|Salman|Bhojani}} |Democratic |Euless |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 93rd House of Representatives district|93]] |{{sortname|Nate|Schatzline}} |Republican |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 94th House of Representatives district|94]] |{{sortname|Tony|Tinderholt}} |Republican |Arlington |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 95th House of Representatives district|95]] |{{sortname|Nicole|Collier}} |Democratic |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 96th House of Representatives district|96]] |{{sortname|David|Cook|David Cook (Texas politician)}} |Republican |Arlington |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 97th House of Representatives district|97]] |{{sortname|Craig|Goldman}} |Republican |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 98th House of Representatives district|98]] |{{sortname|Giovanni|Capriglione}} |Republican |Southlake |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 99th House of Representatives district|99]] |{{sortname|Charlie|Geren}} |Republican |River Oaks |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 101st House of Representatives district|101]] |{{sortname|Chris|Turner|Chris Turner (Texas politician)}} |Democratic |Grand Prairie |} ==== Texas State Senators ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |District !Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" /> !Party !Residence |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas Senate, District 9|9]] |[[Kelly Hancock]] |Republican |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas Senate, District 10|10]] |[[Phil King (Texas politician)|Phil King]] |Republican |Weatherford |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas Senate, District 12|12]] |[[Jane Nelson]] |Republican |Flower Mound |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas Senate, District 22|22]] |[[Brian Birdwell]] |Republican |Granbury |- | bgcolor="blue" | |[[Texas Senate, District 23|23]] |[[Royce West]] |Democratic |Dallas |} ==== United States House of Representatives ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |District !Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" /> !Party !Residence |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 6th congressional district]] |[[Jake Ellzey]] |Republican |Waxahachie |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 12th congressional district]] |[[Kay Granger]] |Republican |Fort Worth |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 24th congressional district]] |[[Beth Van Duyne]] |Republican |Irving |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 25th congressional district]] |[[Roger Williams (Texas politician)|Roger Williams]] |Republican |Weatherford |- |bgcolor=red| |[[Texas's 26th congressional district]] |[[Michael C. Burgess|Michael Burgess]] |Republican |Lewisville |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 30th congressional district]] |[[Jasmine Crockett]] |Democratic |Dallas |- |bgcolor=blue| |[[Texas's 33rd congressional district]] |[[Marc Veasey]] |Democratic |Fort Worth |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page