Editing Fort Worth, Texas (section)

== Government ==
[[File:Fort Worth June 2016 16 (City Hall).jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|City Hall in Fort Worth]]
[[File:PostOffice1.jpg|alt=|thumb|Downtown [[United States Postal Service|U.S. post office]] in Fort Worth]]

=== City government ===
Fort Worth has a [[council-manager]] government, with elections held every two years for a [[Mayor of Fort Worth|mayor]], elected at large, and eight council members, elected by district. The mayor is a voting member of the council and represents the city on ceremonial occasions. The council has the power to adopt [[municipal ordinance]]s and resolutions, make proclamations, set the city tax rate, approve the city budget, and appoint the city secretary, city attorney, city auditor, municipal court judges, and members of city boards and commissions. The day-to-day operations of city government are overseen by the city manager, who is also appointed by the council.<ref>[http://fortworthtexas.gov/government/ "City Government," City of Fort Worth official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904050312/http://fortworthtexas.gov/government/ |date=September 4, 2013 }}, accessed September 18, 2013.</ref> The current mayor is Republican [[Mattie Parker]], making Fort Worth the second-largest city in the United States with a Republican mayor.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2015/PEPANNRSIP.US12A |title=American FactFinder – Results |publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division |access-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005405/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2015/PEPANNRSIP.US12A |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== City departments ====

*[[Fort Worth Police Department]] – provides crime prevention, investigation, and other emergency services
*[[Fort Worth Fire Department]] – provides fire and emergency services
*[[Fort Worth Library]] – public library system of the City of Fort Worth

=== State government ===
==== 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
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 11
|Patricia Hardy
|Republican
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
|District 13
|Erika Beltran
|Democratic
|}

==== Texas State Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |District
!Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" />
!Party
!Residence
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 63
|Ben Bumgarner	
|Republican
|Flower Mound
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
|District 90
|Ramon Romero Jr.
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 91
|David Lowe
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
|District 92
|Salman Bhojani
|Democratic
|Bedford
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 93
|Nate Schatzline
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
|District 95
|Nicole Collier
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 96
|David Cook
|Republican
|Mansfield
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 97
|John McQueeney
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 98
|Giovanni Capriglione
|Republican
|Southlake
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 99
|Charlie Geren
|Republican
|River Oaks
|}

==== Texas State Senators ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |District
!Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" />
!Party
!Residence
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 9
|Kelly Hancock
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 10
|Phil King
|Republican
|Weatherford
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 12
|Tan Parker
|Republican
|Flower Mound
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|District 30
|Drew Springer
|Republican
|Muenster
|}

==== State facilities ====
The [[Texas Department of Transportation]] operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth.<ref>"[http://www.dot.state.tx.us/local_information/fort_worth_district/ Fort Worth District Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125200628/http://www.dot.state.tx.us/local_information/fort_worth_district/ |date=January 25, 2010 }}." <!--Please go to "View District Location-->[[Texas Department of Transportation]]. Retrieved on January 11, 2010.</ref>

The [[North Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility]], a privately operated prison facility housing short-term parole violators, was in Fort Worth. It was operated on behalf of the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. In 2011, the state of Texas decided not to renew its contract with the facility.<ref>Mitchell, Mitch. "[http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/03/3335901/texas-prison-boom-going-bust.html Texas prison boom going bust] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111121537/http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/03/3335901/texas-prison-boom-going-bust.html |date=January 11, 2012 }}." ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. Saturday September 3, 2011. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.</ref>

=== Federal government ===
==== United States House of Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |District
!Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" />
!Party
!Residence
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 6th congressional district]]
|[[Jake Ellzey]]
|Republican
|Waxahachie
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 12th congressional district]]
|[[Craig Goldman]]
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 24th congressional district]]
|[[Beth Van Duyne]]
|Republican
|Irving
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 26th congressional district]]
|[[Michael C. Burgess|Michael Burgess]]
|Republican
|Lewisville
|-
| style="background:blue;"|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 33rd congressional district]]
|[[Marc Veasey]]
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|}

==== Federal facilities ====
[[File:FMCCarswelllargeimage.jpg|thumb|Federal Medical Center, Carswell]]

Fort Worth is home to one of the two locations of the [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]]. In 1987, construction on this second facility began. In addition to meeting increased production requirements, a western location was seen to serve as a contingency operation in case of emergencies in the [[Washington Metropolitan Area|Washington, DC, metropolitan area]]; as well, costs for transporting currency to [[Federal Reserve System|Federal Reserve]] banks in [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco|San Francisco]], [[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas|Dallas]], and [[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City|Kansas City]] would be reduced. Currency production began in December 1990 at the Fort Worth facility;<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Fort Worth, TX Tours |url=https://www.moneyfactory.gov/fortworthtxtours.html |website=www.moneyfactory.gov |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713084533/https://moneyfactory.gov/fortworthtxtours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the official dedication took place April 26, 1991. Bills produced here have a small "FW" in one corner.

The [[Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse]] building contains three oil-on-canvas panels on the fourth floor by artist [[Frank Mechau]] (commissioned under the [[Public Works Administration]]'s art program).<ref>Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal,  Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984</ref> Mechau's paintings, ''The Taking of Sam Bass'', ''Two Texas Rangers'', and ''Flags Over Texas'' were installed in 1940, becoming the only New Deal art commission sponsored in Fort Worth. The courthouse, built in 1933, serves the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]] and was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name="npgallery.nps.gov"/>

[[Federal Medical Center, Carswell]], a [[Federal Bureau of Prisons|federal]] prison and health facility for women, is located in the [[Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth]].<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=crw |title=FMC Carswell Contact Information |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802003115/http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=crw |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |website=[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> Carswell houses the federal [[death row]] for female inmates.<ref>Marshall, John. "[http://www.semissourian.com/story/1323151.html Lisa Montgomery gets death penalty for killing pregnant woman]", ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Southeast Missourian]]''. Friday April 4, 2008. Retrieved on October 3, 2010. "Department of Justice spokesman Don Ledford said Montgomery will likely be sent to the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, a women's correctional facility that has medical services for inmates." {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105102847/http://www.semissourian.com/story/1323151.html |date=November 5, 2013 }}.</ref> [[Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth|Federal Medical Center, Ft. Worth]], a [[Federal Bureau of Prisons|federal]] prison and health facility for men, is located across from TCC-South Campus. The [[Federal Aviation Administration]], [[National Archives and Records Administration]], and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] have offices in Fort Worth.

=== Politics ===
[[File:2024 Precinct by precinct map of the 2024 Presidential Election in Fort Worth.svg|thumb|[[2024 United States presidential election in Texas|2024 Presidential Election]] in Fort Worth]]
Since 2012, Tarrant County has shifted about 10 points to the left<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=2012 Presidential General Election Results - Texas |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=48&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810040533/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&off=0&elect=0&fips=48&f=0 |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=uselectionatlas.org |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Texas 2016 |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&off=0&f=0&elect=0&fips=48 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Texas 2020 |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state2.php?year=2020&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Texas 2024 |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state2.php?year=2024&fips=48&f=1&off=0&elect=0 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>—even though [[Mitt Romney]] won the county that year by 15.8 points. In contrast, the city of Fort Worth has moved only about 2 points left during the same period. This relative stability in Fort Worth’s political leanings is largely due to its substantial Hispanic population. The Republican Party—particularly under Trump—has made significant inroads with Hispanic voters, capturing 55% of the Latino vote statewide in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exit poll results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/texas/general/president/0 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> As Hispanic voters have trended right, white suburbanites in Fort Worth have moved left, effectively balancing the overall margin. Consequently, Fort Worth’s voting dynamics remain roughly similar to [[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012]], when Romney lost the city by just one point to  [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1c2c1e0d-2fd1-43a8-a039-73e7023124d1 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>

Fort Worth's current mayor is [[Mattie Parker]], who has held the position since 2021. Fort Worth is one of the few major cities in the state to have a Republican mayor. Notably, Fort Worth is the second-largest city—after Dallas—to be governed by a Republican mayor.

{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Fort Worth Presidential election results'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA 2020 |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::1c2c1e0d-2fd1-43a8-a039-73e7023124d1 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>
!Year
![[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
![[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
![[Third party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2024 United States presidential election in Texas|2024]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''50.8%''' ''167,820''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |47.8% ''157,774''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.2% ''4,575''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2020 United States presidential election in Texas|2020]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''54.8%''' ''179,457''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |43.5% ''142,297''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |1.7% ''10,238''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2016 United States presidential election in Texas|2016]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''50.4%''' ''125,603''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |44.4% ''110,595''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |5.2% ''13,049''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2012 United States presidential election in Texas|2012]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''50.5%''' ''111,445''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |49.5% ''109,062''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.0% ''0''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|2008]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |'''52.3%''' ''118,793''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |47.0% ''106,747''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.6% ''1,398''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2004 United States presidential election in Texas|2004]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46.4% ''87,965''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''53.6%''' ''101,603''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.0% ''0''
|-
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |[[2000 United States presidential election in Texas|2000]]
| align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |48.7% ''75,619''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}} |'''51.3%''' ''79,723''
| align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}} |0.0% ''0''
|}