Editing Tarrant County, Texas (section)

===Politics===
Since the 1950s, Tarrant County has been very conservative for an urban county, and is one of the most populous Republican-leaning counties in the nation. However, it elected Democrat [[Jim Wright]] to 17 terms (1955–1989) as U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House (1987–1989), and Wright was succeeded by fellow Democrat [[Pete Geren]] (1989–1997). The county has become more competitive since the 2010s, and has voted to the left of Texas as a whole.

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=Fort Worth 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" /> Tarrant County has consistently voted Republican in gubernatorial elections since [[1990 Texas gubernatorial election|1994]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/11/texas-voter-turnout-suburbs/|title=Republicans rebounded in some suburban counties that had been drifting blue|access-date=May 30, 2024|website=The Texas Tribune|date=November 11, 2022|first1=Alexa|last1=Ura|first2=Caroline|last2=Covington|first3=Jade|last3=Khatib}}</ref>

The county has leaned Republican in United States Senate races since Democrat Lloyd Bentsen's 1988 victory, but in [[2018 United States Senate election in Texas|2018]] and [[2024 United States Senate election in Texas|2024]] Democratic U.S. Senate candidates  carried Tarrant, though both lost 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>

[[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  such race in the county since at least 1912. Biden's margin over Trump was 1,826 votes; the next closest margin was in 1976, when Republican [[Gerald Ford]] carried Tarrant by 2,146 votes over Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]]. Many other suburban Texas counties, including Tarrant's immediate neighbors [[Denton County, Texas|Denton]] and [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]], as well as those around [[Houston]] and [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], showed similar trends between 2016 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/how-the-other-half-votes-the-southwest/|title=How the Other Half Votes: The Southwest|date=April 13, 2023|access-date=June 3, 2024|website=Sabato's Crystal Ball|first1=Kyle|last1=Kondik}}</ref> However, in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]] Tarrant County moved back in the Republican column, supporting Trump over [[Kamala Harris]], 51.8% to 46.7%. This was still to the left of the state as a whole, which voted for Trump 56.1% to 42.4% in 2024.

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 [[Party switching in the United States|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>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|426,626|384,501|12,185|Texas}}
{{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=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|&nbsp;
|District 11
|Patricia Hardy
|Republican
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 13
|Erika Beltran
|Democratic
|}

==== Texas State Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" />
!Party
!Residence
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 90th House of Representatives district|90]]
|[[Ramon Romero Jr.]]
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 91st House of Representatives district|91]]
|{{sortname|David|Lowe|dab=Texas politician}}
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 92nd House of Representatives district|92]]
|{{sortname|Salman|Bhojani}}
|Democratic
|Euless
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 93rd House of Representatives district|93]]
|{{sortname|Nate|Schatzline}}
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 94th House of Representatives district|94]]
|{{sortname|Tony|Tinderholt}}
|Republican
|Arlington
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 95th House of Representatives district|95]]
|{{sortname|Nicole|Collier}}
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 96th House of Representatives district|96]]
|{{sortname|David|Cook|David Cook (Texas politician)}}
|Republican
|Arlington
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 97th House of Representatives district|97]]
|{{sortname|John|McQueeney}}
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 98th House of Representatives district|98]]
|{{sortname|Giovanni|Capriglione}}
|Republican
|Southlake
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 99th House of Representatives district|99]]
|{{sortname|Charlie|Geren}}
|Republican
|River Oaks
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[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|&nbsp;
|[[Texas Senate, District 9|9]]
|[[Kelly Hancock]]
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas Senate, District 10|10]]
|[[Phil King (Texas politician)|Phil King]]
|Republican
|Weatherford
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas Senate, District 12|12]]
|[[Tan Parker]]
|Republican
|Flower Mound
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas Senate, District 22|22]]
|[[Brian Birdwell]]
|Republican
|Granbury
|-
| style="background:blue" |&nbsp;
|[[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|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 6th congressional district]]
|[[Jake Ellzey]]
|Republican
|Waxahachie
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 12th congressional district]]
|[[Craig Goldman]]
|Republican
|Fort Worth
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 24th congressional district]]
|[[Beth Van Duyne]]
|Republican
|Irving
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 25th congressional district]]
|[[Roger Williams (Texas politician)|Roger Williams]]
|Republican
|Weatherford
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 26th congressional district]]
|[[Brandon Gill]]
|Republican
|Flower Mound
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 30th congressional district]]
|[[Jasmine Crockett]]
|Democratic
|Dallas
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Texas's 33rd congressional district]]
|[[Marc Veasey]]
|Democratic
|Fort Worth
|}
==== United States Senate ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Class
!Name<ref name="Texas Redistricting" />
!Party
!Residence
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|1
|[[Ted Cruz]]
|Republican
|Houston
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|2
|[[John Cornyn]]
|Republican
|Austin
|}