Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2019)

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2019 Tarrant County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 15, 2019
General election: May 4, 2019
Election stats
Offices up: County college board and water district
Total seats up: 4
Election type: Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2019

Tarrant County, Texas, held general elections for two of the seven seats on the Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees and two of the five seats on the Tarrant Regional Water District on May 4, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was February 15, 2019.[1][2]

Elections

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Candidates and results

Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees

General election

The general election was canceled. Gwendolyn Morrison (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

General election

General election for Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees District 7

Kenneth Barr defeated Hunter Crow in the general election for Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees District 7 on May 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kenneth Barr (Nonpartisan)
 
78.9
 
9,612
Image of Hunter Crow
Hunter Crow (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
21.1
 
2,566

Total votes: 12,178
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Tarrant Regional Water District

General election

General election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors (2 seats)

Incumbent Marty Leonard and incumbent Jim Lane defeated Mary Kelleher, Charles Team, and Gary Moates in the general election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors on May 4, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Marty Leonard (Nonpartisan)
 
30.1
 
18,215
Jim Lane (Nonpartisan)
 
22.8
 
13,795
Image of Mary Kelleher
Mary Kelleher (Nonpartisan)
 
17.2
 
10,395
Image of Charles Team
Charles Team (Nonpartisan)
 
16.2
 
9,776
Gary Moates (Nonpartisan)
 
13.7
 
8,306

Total votes: 60,487
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Past elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2018)

County commission

General election

Tarrant County Commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngDevan Allen

Andy Nguyen (i)

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngJ.D. Johnson (i)

Tarrant County Judge

Lawrence Meyers

Green check mark transparent.pngB. Glen Whitley (i)


Primary election

Tarrant County Commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngDevan Allen
Syed Hassan

Green check mark transparent.pngAndy Nguyen (i)

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngJ.D. Johnson (i)

Tarrant County Judge

Green check mark transparent.pngLawrence Meyers

Green check mark transparent.pngB. Glen Whitley (i)


District attorney

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Albert Roberts

Republican primary Republican Party

Sharen Wilson (i)


County clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Karroll Parker

Republican primary Republican Party

Mary Louise Garcia (i)


District clerk

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

John Derewitz

Republican primary Republican Party

Thomas Wilder (i)
Frank Palomino

Tax assessor-collector

Tax assessor-collector Ronald Wright (R) resigned in December 2017 in order to run for the United States House of Representatives. Candidates for tax assessor-collector ran for an unexpired term that ended in 2020.

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Ollie Anderson

Republican primary runoff Republican Party

Wendy Burgess
Mike Snyder

Republican primary Republican Party

Rick Barnes
RunoffArrow.jpg Wendy Burgess
Trasa Robertson Cobern
RunoffArrow.jpg Mike Snyder

Judicial

Click here for the list of judicial elections in Tarrant County.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2017)

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2019

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About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Tarrant County, Texas
Tarrant County Texas
Population 1,809,034 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 864 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 67% 74%
Black/African American 16.5% 12.1%
Asian 5.4% 4.8%
Native American 0.5% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.1%
Two or more 3.2% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 28.8% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 86.1% 83.7%
College graduation rate 32.3% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $67,700 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 11.9% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Tarrant County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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