Ruby Faye Woolridge

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Ruby Faye Woolridge

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Arlington City Council District 6

Successor: Long Pham

Predecessor: Robert Shepard

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Northeasten State College

Graduate

Northeastern State University

Ruby Faye Woolridge was a member of the Arlington City Council in Texas, representing District 6. She assumed office on November 17, 2020. She left office on June 28, 2022.

Woolridge (Democratic Party) ran for election for Tarrant County District Clerk in Texas. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Woolridge also ran for election to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to represent District 2 in Texas. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.

Biography

Ruby Faye Woolridge was born in Oktaha, Texas, and lives in Arlington, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Northeastern State College in 1971 and an M.Ed. in counseling and administration from Northeastern State University in 1976. Woolridge completed the diaconal ministry program at Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology in 2003. Woolridge’s career experience includes working as a minister, a counselor, and an educator.

Woolridge has been affiliated with the following organizations:

• Member Board of Directors, City of Arlington Parks and Recreation, 2015-present
• Member, Retired Teachers Association, 2015-present
• Member, Fort Worth Assembly, 2012-present
• Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2010-present
• President, Norwood Neighborhood Association, 2007-present
• Elder Minister, The Potters House of Dallas, 2005-present

• Minister, Church Hospital Ministry, current
• Member, Chapter Vice President, Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, 1996-present
• Member, Xi Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
• President, Arlington Black United Coalition
• Provisional, Junior League of Arlington
• Member, Arlington Chamber of Commerce

Elections

2022

Tarrant County District Clerk

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Tarrant County District Clerk

Incumbent Thomas Wilder defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge in the general election for Tarrant County District Clerk on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Wilder (R)	53.8	311,540
		Ruby Faye Woolridge (D)	46.2	267,456

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 578,996
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Syed Hassan (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Clerk

Syed Hassan advanced from the Democratic primary for Tarrant County District Clerk on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Syed Hassan	100.0	64,225

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,225
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tarrant County District Clerk

Incumbent Thomas Wilder defeated Larry Mike in the Republican primary for Tarrant County District Clerk on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Thomas Wilder	66.4	73,302
		Larry Mike	33.6	37,025

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 110,327
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Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2022)

General election

General election for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2

Alisa Simmons defeated Andy Nguyen in the general election for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alisa Simmons (D)	51.5	72,228
		Andy Nguyen (R)	48.5	68,113

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 140,341
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2

Alisa Simmons defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge in the Democratic primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alisa Simmons	52.6	10,895
		Ruby Faye Woolridge	47.4	9,825

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,720
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2

Andy Nguyen advanced from the Republican primary for Tarrant County Commissioners Court Precinct 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Nguyen	100.0	21,521

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,521
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jose Riesco (R)

2020

See also: City elections in Arlington, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Arlington City Council District 6

Ruby Faye Woolridge defeated John Hibbs in the general election for Arlington City Council District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruby Faye Woolridge (Nonpartisan)	51.0	57,137
	Submit photo	John Hibbs (Nonpartisan)	49.0	55,002

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 112,139
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Endorsements

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2019

See also: Mayoral election in Arlington, Texas (2019)

General election

General election for Mayor of Arlington

Incumbent Jeff Williams defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge, Ashton Stauffer, and Chris Dobson in the general election for Mayor of Arlington on May 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Williams (Nonpartisan)	58.5	10,613
		Ruby Faye Woolridge (Nonpartisan)	25.7	4,668
		Ashton Stauffer (Nonpartisan)	10.0	1,809
		Chris Dobson (Nonpartisan)	5.7	1,042

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,132
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2018

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2018

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 6

Ronald Wright defeated Jana Lynne Sanchez and Jason Harber in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright (R)	53.1	135,961
		Jana Lynne Sanchez (D)	45.4	116,350
	Submit photo	Jason Harber (L)	1.5	3,731

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 256,042
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gregory Brady (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6

Jana Lynne Sanchez defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jana Lynne Sanchez	53.1	6,103
		Ruby Faye Woolridge	46.9	5,386

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 11,489
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6

Ronald Wright defeated Jake Ellzey in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright	52.2	12,747
		Jake Ellzey	47.8	11,686

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 24,433
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Ruby Faye Woolridge and Jana Lynne Sanchez advanced to a runoff. They defeated John W. Duncan, Justin Snider, and Levii Shocklee in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruby Faye Woolridge	36.9	10,857
✔		Jana Lynne Sanchez	36.9	10,838
		John W. Duncan	13.5	3,978
		Justin Snider	6.9	2,014
		Levii Shocklee	5.8	1,702

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,389
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright	45.1	20,750
✔		Jake Ellzey	21.8	9,999
		Ken Cope	7.7	3,540
		Shannon Dubberly	6.3	2,884
		Mark Mitchell	4.7	2,152
		Troy Ratterree	4.0	1,858
		Kevin Harrison	3.9	1,771
	Submit photo	Deborah Gagliardi	3.6	1,676
		Thomas Dillingham	1.2	544
	Submit photo	Shawn Dandridge	1.1	518
	Submit photo	Mel Hassell	0.6	268

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,960
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2016

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Joe Barton (R) defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge (D) and Darrel Smith Jr. (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Barton defeated Steven Fowler and Collin Baker in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Woolridge defeated Don Jaquess and Jeffrey Roseman to win the Democratic nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton Incumbent	58.3%	159,444
	Democratic	Ruby Faye Woolridge	39%	106,667
	Green	Darrel Smith	2.6%	7,185
Total Votes				273,296
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joe Barton Incumbent	68.6%	55,285
Steven Fowler	22.3%	17,960
Collin Baker	9.1%	7,292
Total Votes		80,537
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ruby Faye Woolridge	69.7%	23,294
Jeffrey Roseman	17.9%	5,993
Don Jaquess	12.4%	4,132
Total Votes		33,419
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ruby Faye Woolridge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ruby Faye Woolridge completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Woolridge's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Ruby Faye Woolridge was born in Oktaha, Texas, and lives in Arlington, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Northeastern State College in 1971 and an M.Ed. in counseling and administration from Northeastern State University in 1976. Woolridge completed the diaconal ministry program at Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology in 2003. Woolridge's career experience includes working as a minister, a counselor, and an educator. She served as outreach coordinator at the Tarrant County Democratic Party, a second vice president in the Arlington NAACP, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the City of Arlington Parks and Recreation

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Work to ensure that every citizen has a seat at the table.
• Work to create living-wage jobs
• Fight against the city's tax increase

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I want to focus on the quality of life everyone desires, quality education, quality healthcare, and quality business partnerships."

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ruby Faye Woolridge did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.

Ballotpedia biographical submission form

The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:

“	What is your political philosophy? It is time for every voice to be heard at City Hall. We must have a strong Economic Development plan to compete with other area cities; however this cannot come at the expense of our citizens. Our next phase of economic development needs to be multi-dimensional. I want to see a private public partnership to increase opportunities for small businesses, and to provide training for small businesses in order to make them more profitable. We also need to promote Green projects that bring entrepreneurs creating the technology of the future to our City. We need a large healthy small business community with varied skills to provide services to the large businesses we have attracted to Arlington Is there anything you would like to add? I will work to provide livable neighborhoods in every part of Arlington, affordable housing and proper management of short-term rentals	”
—Ruby Faye Woolridge

Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on January 15, 2021

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On January 15, 2021, Woolridge announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.

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Preceded by Robert Shepard	Arlington City Council District 6 2020-2022	Succeeded by Long Pham