Tarrant County votes for county judge after polling site cuts
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Tarrant County votes for county judge after polling site cuts

The gist

Tarrant County voters decided the county judge race between Tim O'Hare and Alisa Simmons on Nov. 3.
The result will test a swing county where 92 polling sites were cut.

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 5, 2024Donald Trump won Tarrant County with 51.86% to Kamala Harris's 46.66%; Colin Allred led Ted Cruz in the county's Senate race by just over 1,250 votes.
  2. Feb 2026Democrat Taylor Rehmet beat Republican Leigh Wambsganss by double digits in the State Senate District 9 special election, despite being outspent by $2 million.
  3. Sep 2026The county's five-member Commissioner's Court voted to cut 92 polling locations, from 316 in the 2022 midterms to 224 this year.

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