Rick Barnes
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2025 - Present
2028
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Rick Barnes (Republican Party) is the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector in Texas. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Barnes (Republican Party) ran for election for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector in Texas. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Rick Barnes was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Texas Tech University and a master's degree in liberal arts from Texas Christian University. Barnes’s career experience includes working as an insurance agent at Legacy Insurance as owning of Rick Barnes Presents, Inc., where he works as a speaker and consultant. Barnes was elected to serve as the City Councilman of Keller, Texas.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Rick Barnes defeated KC Chowdhury in the general election for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rick Barnes (R) | 55.5 | 437,289 | |
| KC Chowdhury (D) | 44.5 | 350,114 | ||
| Total votes: 787,403 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
KC Chowdhury advanced from the Democratic primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | KC Chowdhury | 100.0 | 57,514 | |
| Total votes: 57,514 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Rick Barnes defeated incumbent Wendy Burgess in the Republican primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rick Barnes | 50.3 | 67,442 | |
| Wendy Burgess | 49.7 | 66,737 | ||
| Total votes: 134,179 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Barnes in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Wendy Burgess defeated Ollie Anderson in the general election for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wendy Burgess (R) | 53.9 | 330,239 | |
| Ollie Anderson (D) | 46.1 | 282,873 | ||
| Total votes: 613,112 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Wendy Burgess defeated Mike Snyder in the Republican primary runoff for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wendy Burgess | 56.2 | 18,516 | |
| Mike Snyder | 43.8 | 14,434 | ||
| Total votes: 32,950 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Ollie Anderson advanced from the Democratic primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ollie Anderson | 100.0 | 61,424 | |
| Total votes: 61,424 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector
Wendy Burgess and Mike Snyder advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rick Barnes and Trasa Robertson Cobern in the Republican primary for Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wendy Burgess | 31.1 | 30,064 | |
| ✔ | Mike Snyder | 25.1 | 24,300 | |
| Rick Barnes | 22.7 | 21,989 | ||
| Trasa Robertson Cobern | 21.0 | 20,308 | ||
| Total votes: 96,661 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rick Barnes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
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