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! ===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