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 |
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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 | |
Hunter Crow (Nonpartisan) | 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 | |
Mary Kelleher (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 10,395 | ||
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
County commission
General election
Tarrant County Commission |
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Primary election
Tarrant County Commission |
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Tarrant County Judge |
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District attorney
General election
General election candidates
- Sharen Wilson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Albert Roberts (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary 
Republican primary 
- ☑ Sharen Wilson (i)
County clerk
General election
General election candidates
- Mary Louise Nicholson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Karroll Parker (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary 
Republican primary 
- ☑ Mary Louise Garcia (i)
District clerk
General election
General election candidates
- Thomas Wilder (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- John Derewitz (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary 
Republican primary 
- ☑ 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
- Ollie Anderson (Democratic Party)
- Wendy Burgess (Republican Party) ✔
Democratic primary 
Republican primary runoff 
Republican primary 
Judicial
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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 | ||
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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 | |||||||
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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. |
2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
1 | 26.82% | 72.17% | R+45.3 | 22.76% | 75.13% | R+52.4 | R |
2 | 20.93% | 77.91% | R+57 | 17.59% | 79.78% | R+62.2 | R |
3 | 22.26% | 76.65% | R+54.4 | 21.37% | 75.80% | R+54.4 | R |
4 | 25.04% | 73.93% | R+48.9 | 22.70% | 74.70% | R+52 | R |
5 | 23.75% | 75.33% | R+51.6 | 20.20% | 77.72% | R+57.5 | R |
6 | 28.44% | 70.49% | R+42 | 28.89% | 67.98% | R+39.1 | R |
7 | 27.14% | 71.97% | R+44.8 | 24.48% | 73.09% | R+48.6 | R |
8 | 24.96% | 74.07% | R+49.1 | 21.12% | 76.63% | R+55.5 | R |
9 | 27.47% | 71.73% | R+44.3 | 22.23% | 76.13% | R+53.9 | R |
10 | 25.56% | 73.21% | R+47.7 | 25.20% | 71.62% | R+46.4 | R |
11 | 26.75% | 72.23% | R+45.5 | 24.48% | 72.79% | R+48.3 | R |
12 | 36.06% | 62.67% | R+26.6 | 32.54% | 64.35% | R+31.8 | R |
13 | 22.71% | 76.25% | R+53.5 | 20.47% | 77.18% | R+56.7 | R |
14 | 34.77% | 62.91% | R+28.1 | 38.79% | 54.03% | R+15.2 | R |
15 | 21.79% | 76.77% | R+55 | 28.86% | 66.69% | R+37.8 | R |
16 | 18.22% | 80.76% | R+62.5 | 18.80% | 78.35% | R+59.5 | R |
17 | 37.30% | 60.79% | R+23.5 | 33.92% | 62.02% | R+28.1 | R |
18 | 27.18% | 71.69% | R+44.5 | 23.96% | 73.47% | R+49.5 | R |
19 | 22.22% | 76.79% | R+54.6 | 17.21% | 81.00% | R+63.8 | R |
20 | 26.22% | 72.13% | R+45.9 | 25.81% | 70.27% | R+44.5 | R |
21 | 23.92% | 74.97% | R+51.1 | 21.50% | 76.09% | R+54.6 | R |
22 | 66.82% | 32.57% | D+34.3 | 65.95% | 31.80% | D+34.1 | D |
23 | 44.24% | 54.56% | R+10.3 | 40.89% | 55.86% | R+15 | R |
24 | 25.11% | 73.48% | R+48.4 | 27.42% | 68.20% | R+40.8 | R |
25 | 28.74% | 69.92% | R+41.2 | 27.55% | 69.14% | R+41.6 | R |
26 | 35.86% | 62.95% | R+27.1 | 45.81% | 50.71% | R+4.9 | R |
27 | 68.80% | 30.44% | D+38.4 | 70.03% | 27.23% | D+42.8 | D |
28 | 34.81% | 64.22% | R+29.4 | 43.01% | 53.21% | R+10.2 | R |
29 | 35.44% | 63.32% | R+27.9 | 41.21% | 54.83% | R+13.6 | R |
30 | 30.24% | 68.64% | R+38.4 | 26.80% | 70.36% | R+43.6 | R |
31 | 61.89% | 37.31% | D+24.6 | 55.47% | 42.31% | D+13.2 | D |
32 | 41.43% | 56.92% | R+15.5 | 42.04% | 53.45% | R+11.4 | R |
33 | 26.49% | 72.25% | R+45.8 | 31.27% | 64.67% | R+33.4 | R |
34 | 54.64% | 44.24% | D+10.4 | 53.40% | 43.18% | D+10.2 | D |
35 | 66.43% | 32.71% | D+33.7 | 63.43% | 33.59% | D+29.8 | D |
36 | 74.73% | 24.41% | D+50.3 | 73.70% | 23.21% | D+50.5 | D |
37 | 69.28% | 29.75% | D+39.5 | 68.98% | 27.77% | D+41.2 | D |
38 | 66.13% | 32.95% | D+33.2 | 65.76% | 30.74% | D+35 | D |
39 | 74.02% | 25.10% | D+48.9 | 70.48% | 26.40% | D+44.1 | D |
40 | 75.32% | 23.68% | D+51.6 | 70.73% | 25.91% | D+44.8 | D |
41 | 56.64% | 42.35% | D+14.3 | 59.53% | 36.87% | D+22.7 | D |
42 | 75.54% | 23.57% | D+52 | 73.73% | 23.49% | D+50.2 | D |
43 | 46.96% | 52.09% | R+5.1 | 43.79% | 53.10% | R+9.3 | R |
44 | 30.83% | 67.97% | R+37.1 | 30.22% | 65.99% | R+35.8 | R |
45 | 41.83% | 55.19% | R+13.4 | 44.53% | 49.14% | R+4.6 | R |
46 | 76.62% | 20.14% | D+56.5 | 78.16% | 16.34% | D+61.8 | D |
47 | 39.32% | 58.05% | R+18.7 | 46.98% | 47.16% | R+0.2 | R |
48 | 56.86% | 39.56% | D+17.3 | 65.17% | 28.12% | D+37 | D |
49 | 70.19% | 24.89% | D+45.3 | 76.63% | 16.65% | D+60 | D |
50 | 57.79% | 38.81% | D+19 | 63.38% | 30.05% | D+33.3 | D |
51 | 78.49% | 17.43% | D+61.1 | 79.52% | 14.04% | D+65.5 | D |
52 | 42.57% | 54.91% | R+12.3 | 46.12% | 47.56% | R+1.4 | R |
53 | 22.29% | 76.50% | R+54.2 | 20.74% | 76.30% | R+55.6 | R |
54 | 45.85% | 53.04% | R+7.2 | 44.07% | 51.07% | R+7 | R |
55 | 33.08% | 65.48% | R+32.4 | 31.96% | 63.28% | R+31.3 | R |
56 | 29.70% | 69.02% | R+39.3 | 31.16% | 64.82% | R+33.7 | R |
57 | 25.97% | 73.09% | R+47.1 | 22.50% | 75.69% | R+53.2 | R |
58 | 21.12% | 77.52% | R+56.4 | 18.84% | 77.90% | R+59.1 | R |
59 | 21.36% | 77.31% | R+56 | 19.19% | 77.44% | R+58.2 | R |
60 | 15.70% | 83.09% | R+67.4 | 13.33% | 84.19% | R+70.9 | R |
61 | 16.19% | 82.54% | R+66.3 | 14.49% | 82.74% | R+68.3 | R |
62 | 24.72% | 73.77% | R+49.1 | 20.89% | 76.05% | R+55.2 | R |
63 | 26.39% | 72.13% | R+45.7 | 30.22% | 65.26% | R+35 | R |
64 | 37.33% | 60.30% | R+23 | 40.00% | 54.49% | R+14.5 | R |
65 | 40.84% | 57.52% | R+16.7 | 46.51% | 48.62% | R+2.1 | R |
66 | 37.46% | 61.15% | R+23.7 | 46.24% | 49.45% | R+3.2 | R |
67 | 37.26% | 61.08% | R+23.8 | 44.69% | 50.41% | R+5.7 | R |
68 | 17.78% | 81.15% | R+63.4 | 14.23% | 83.37% | R+69.1 | R |
69 | 23.27% | 75.20% | R+51.9 | 20.26% | 76.12% | R+55.9 | R |
70 | 29.25% | 69.37% | R+40.1 | 32.82% | 62.78% | R+30 | R |
71 | 22.84% | 75.76% | R+52.9 | 21.49% | 74.23% | R+52.7 | R |
72 | 23.33% | 75.26% | R+51.9 | 21.45% | 74.81% | R+53.4 | R |
73 | 20.22% | 78.37% | R+58.2 | 21.25% | 75.11% | R+53.9 | R |
74 | 56.99% | 41.57% | D+15.4 | 56.27% | 39.58% | D+16.7 | D |
75 | 72.33% | 26.62% | D+45.7 | 73.74% | 21.38% | D+52.4 | D |
76 | 76.91% | 21.86% | D+55.1 | 77.93% | 17.86% | D+60.1 | D |
77 | 64.07% | 34.29% | D+29.8 | 68.79% | 25.97% | D+42.8 | D |
78 | 54.41% | 44.15% | D+10.3 | 59.28% | 35.16% | D+24.1 | D |
79 | 64.73% | 34.12% | D+30.6 | 68.62% | 26.73% | D+41.9 | D |
80 | 68.25% | 30.91% | D+37.3 | 65.06% | 32.31% | D+32.7 | D |
81 | 24.20% | 74.66% | R+50.5 | 26.33% | 70.49% | R+44.2 | R |
82 | 19.38% | 79.31% | R+59.9 | 20.58% | 75.76% | R+55.2 | R |
83 | 21.27% | 77.50% | R+56.2 | 19.94% | 76.49% | R+56.5 | R |
84 | 34.95% | 63.28% | R+28.3 | 35.12% | 59.58% | R+24.5 | R |
85 | 37.99% | 61.03% | R+23 | 41.09% | 56.10% | R+15 | R |
86 | 16.18% | 82.55% | R+66.4 | 16.16% | 80.17% | R+64 | R |
87 | 22.12% | 76.56% | R+54.4 | 21.74% | 74.43% | R+52.7 | R |
88 | 19.06% | 79.89% | R+60.8 | 16.48% | 80.59% | R+64.1 | R |
89 | 31.79% | 66.67% | R+34.9 | 36.08% | 59.03% | R+23 | R |
90 | 73.70% | 25.21% | D+48.5 | 74.97% | 21.48% | D+53.5 | D |
91 | 30.45% | 67.90% | R+37.5 | 32.14% | 63.08% | R+30.9 | R |
92 | 37.22% | 61.08% | R+23.9 | 40.54% | 54.66% | R+14.1 | R |
93 | 38.26% | 60.21% | R+21.9 | 40.40% | 54.84% | R+14.4 | R |
94 | 38.10% | 60.29% | R+22.2 | 40.87% | 54.30% | R+13.4 | R |
95 | 76.11% | 22.99% | D+53.1 | 74.24% | 22.89% | D+51.4 | D |
96 | 40.22% | 58.60% | R+18.4 | 42.55% | 53.74% | R+11.2 | R |
97 | 38.92% | 59.59% | R+20.7 | 42.59% | 52.42% | R+9.8 | R |
98 | 23.57% | 75.01% | R+51.4 | 28.91% | 66.33% | R+37.4 | R |
99 | 30.70% | 67.69% | R+37 | 32.12% | 63.36% | R+31.2 | R |
100 | 77.89% | 21.07% | D+56.8 | 77.24% | 19.30% | D+57.9 | D |
101 | 64.01% | 34.87% | D+29.1 | 66.06% | 30.36% | D+35.7 | D |
102 | 45.32% | 53.02% | R+7.7 | 52.27% | 42.74% | D+9.5 | R |
103 | 69.87% | 28.77% | D+41.1 | 73.55% | 22.33% | D+51.2 | D |
104 | 72.70% | 26.36% | D+46.3 | 75.60% | 20.85% | D+54.7 | D |
105 | 46.48% | 52.14% | R+5.7 | 52.13% | 43.60% | D+8.5 | R |
106 | 30.86% | 67.69% | R+36.8 | 35.83% | 59.70% | R+23.9 | R |
107 | 46.89% | 51.83% | R+4.9 | 52.37% | 43.40% | D+9 | D |
108 | 39.31% | 58.99% | R+19.7 | 50.32% | 44.01% | D+6.3 | R |
109 | 81.75% | 17.68% | D+64.1 | 81.55% | 16.42% | D+65.1 | D |
110 | 88.74% | 10.77% | D+78 | 86.76% | 11.25% | D+75.5 | D |
111 | 77.24% | 22.06% | D+55.2 | 77.40% | 20.17% | D+57.2 | D |
112 | 43.50% | 55.03% | R+11.5 | 48.28% | 47.10% | D+1.2 | R |
113 | 46.31% | 52.53% | R+6.2 | 49.13% | 47.23% | D+1.9 | R |
114 | 43.48% | 55.23% | R+11.7 | 52.14% | 43.21% | D+8.9 | R |
115 | 43.23% | 55.27% | R+12 | 51.54% | 43.64% | D+7.9 | R |
116 | 60.53% | 37.80% | D+22.7 | 63.73% | 31.10% | D+32.6 | D |
117 | 51.99% | 46.85% | D+5.1 | 53.23% | 42.14% | D+11.1 | D |
118 | 55.33% | 43.41% | D+11.9 | 55.58% | 40.41% | D+15.2 | D |
119 | 60.26% | 38.58% | D+21.7 | 60.13% | 36.08% | D+24.1 | D |
120 | 64.75% | 34.11% | D+30.6 | 63.51% | 32.10% | D+31.4 | D |
121 | 37.61% | 60.88% | R+23.3 | 43.42% | 51.69% | R+8.3 | R |
122 | 30.87% | 67.87% | R+37 | 37.75% | 57.87% | R+20.1 | R |
123 | 61.36% | 36.80% | D+24.6 | 65.02% | 30.27% | D+34.7 | D |
124 | 60.94% | 37.65% | D+23.3 | 62.19% | 33.04% | D+29.1 | D |
125 | 59.11% | 39.59% | D+19.5 | 61.62% | 33.69% | D+27.9 | D |
126 | 36.72% | 62.08% | R+25.4 | 43.00% | 52.94% | R+9.9 | R |
127 | 29.60% | 69.21% | R+39.6 | 34.90% | 61.23% | R+26.3 | R |
128 | 26.59% | 72.37% | R+45.8 | 28.77% | 68.15% | R+39.4 | R |
129 | 33.88% | 64.47% | R+30.6 | 40.06% | 55.33% | R+15.3 | R |
130 | 22.81% | 75.91% | R+53.1 | 27.96% | 68.06% | R+40.1 | R |
131 | 83.65% | 15.69% | D+68 | 84.29% | 13.35% | D+70.9 | D |
132 | 39.77% | 58.92% | R+19.2 | 45.68% | 50.04% | R+4.4 | R |
133 | 30.41% | 68.14% | R+37.7 | 41.12% | 54.52% | R+13.4 | R |
134 | 41.74% | 56.39% | R+14.7 | 55.09% | 39.61% | D+15.5 | R |
135 | 39.86% | 58.83% | R+19 | 46.82% | 48.89% | R+2.1 | R |
136 | 41.43% | 55.34% | R+13.9 | 47.69% | 45.16% | D+2.5 | R |
137 | 63.91% | 34.49% | D+29.4 | 67.00% | 28.92% | D+38.1 | D |
138 | 39.30% | 59.18% | R+19.9 | 47.85% | 47.78% | D+0.1 | R |
139 | 75.62% | 23.61% | D+52 | 76.12% | 20.61% | D+55.5 | D |
140 | 70.10% | 28.98% | D+41.1 | 75.09% | 21.87% | D+53.2 | D |
141 | 87.41% | 12.07% | D+75.3 | 85.19% | 12.59% | D+72.6 | D |
142 | 77.41% | 21.97% | D+55.4 | 76.20% | 20.97% | D+55.2 | D |
143 | 67.18% | 31.86% | D+35.3 | 71.02% | 26.02% | D+45 | D |
144 | 50.77% | 47.88% | D+2.9 | 57.75% | 38.37% | D+19.4 | D |
145 | 60.26% | 38.28% | D+22 | 66.92% | 28.72% | D+38.2 | D |
146 | 78.82% | 20.05% | D+58.8 | 79.43% | 17.32% | D+62.1 | D |
147 | 78.07% | 20.30% | D+57.8 | 78.99% | 16.78% | D+62.2 | D |
148 | 56.59% | 41.08% | D+15.5 | 63.82% | 30.50% | D+33.3 | D |
149 | 58.76% | 40.12% | D+18.6 | 64.25% | 32.50% | D+31.8 | D |
150 | 30.28% | 68.55% | R+38.3 | 36.63% | 59.18% | R+22.6 | R |
Total | 41.40% | 57.19% | R+15.8 | 43.48% | 52.53% | R+9.1 | - |
Source: Daily Kos |
See also
Tarrant County, Texas | Texas | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Tarrant Regional Water District, "TRWD Board Election May 4, 2019," accessed February 18, 2019
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Reginald Gates, Tarrant Community College Vice Chancellor of Communications & External Affairs," February 21, 2019
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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