In Tarrant County, a Grassroots Coalition Pushes Back on Christian Nationalists The recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026. Texas Observer · Nov 25, 2025
Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announces run for Texas Railroad Commission French will face commission Chair Jim Wright in the Republican primary. The three-person panel is in charge of the agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. The Texas Tribune · Nov 12, 2025
Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat With the GOP vote fractured between Wambsganss and another Republican, Rehmet led the three-person contest for the red-leaning district. The Texas Tribune · Nov 4, 2025
Why more Tarrant County kids are going to Texas youth prisons than any others The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near an all-time high, the state says. The Texas Tribune · Oct 28, 2025
Inside Tarrant County’s Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil rights." Texas Observer · Oct 2, 2025
Ken Paxton’s legal crusade against Beto O’Rourke is faltering before an all-Republican appeals court The court, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, recently allowed O’Rourke to continue raising and dispersing donations, and cast doubt on Paxton’s main arguments. The Texas Tribune · Sep 17, 2025
In rapidly diversifying Tarrant County, a summer of GOP redistricting hits Black and Latino representation Despite explosive growth turning Tarrant into a racially diverse swing county, two new political maps will leave it with whiter, more Republican representation. The Texas Tribune · Sep 2, 2025
Texas county cuts over 100 polling sites as Trump attacks mail-in voting nationally The decision in Tarrant County comes amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year’s midterm elections. The Texas Tribune · Aug 21, 2025
Texas AG Moves to Jail Beto O'Rourke Over Redistricting Feud: 'It's Time to Lock Him Up' Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a Tarrant County judge on Tuesday to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke Latin Times · Aug 12, 2025
Redrawing Texas: the Republican plan to stack the decks for the midterms Redistricting gives Republicans in the state the opportunity to ‘increase their strength and numbers’, experts say The Guardian - US · Jul 10, 2025
Cops find suspect holding bible after mom ‘beaten to death during exorcism’ Alexander Taylor Valdez has been accused of the murder of his mother Teresita Sayson in Tarrant County, Texas The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025
Republican congresswoman living in care facility after she was found wandering ‘confused’ Kay Granger, the current congresswoman representing Tarrant County in Texas, now lives full-time at an assisted living facility The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2024
Republicans win Tarrant County, moving local government further to the right Former state Rep. Matt Krause’s win may push the commissioners court even further away from the bipartisanship on which it once prided itself. The Texas Tribune · Nov 6, 2024
Following a year of partisan fights, Election Day runs smoothly across Texas A mostly quiet Election Day in Texas came after a series of pitched partisan battles over how elections should be conducted. The Texas Tribune · Nov 6, 2024
The Texas Tribune · Oct 31, 2024 Colleagues condemn Tarrant County GOP leader for repeated use of slurs It’s the latest backlash over Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French’s online behavior.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 25, 2024 Long lines but few problems as Texas wraps the first week of early voting A Bexar County election worker was assaulted Thursday, officials said. In Tarrant County, officials encouraged voters to review their ballots before voting.
Latin Times · Oct 23, 2024 Texas County Debunks Viral Trump Supporter Claim of Vote Switching, Says He Picked Kamala by Mistake and Blamed Machine Voting officials in a Texas county are being forced to clear up misconceptions about the voting machines being used for the 2024 election after one voter in the county reported alleged foul play.
The Texas Tribune · Sep 18, 2024 Tarrant County GOP sought an election advantage with failed effort to shutter college voting locations In a resolution signed Friday, the party blasted two Republicans who voted against the measure and accused them of undermining its electoral chances.
The Texas Tribune · Sep 12, 2024 GOP bid to remove polling sites from Tarrant County college campuses fails County Judge Tim O’Hare said he proposed the cuts to save costs. Critics accused Republican leaders of suppressing the vote of young people who back Democrats.
The Texas Tribune · Aug 22, 2024 Court agrees to review Crystal Mason’s case after appeal from Tarrant County DA A Texas appeals court overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason earlier this year.
The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2024 Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in the asphyxiation death of an inmate A grand jury in Tarrant County, Texas, has indicted two county jail guards on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate at the jail in Fort Worth
The Texas Tribune · May 29, 2024 Craig Goldman wins GOP runoff in outgoing U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s district The high-stakes race pitted an established Republican lawmaker against a right-wing candidate who had Attorney General Ken Paxton’s backing.
Reason · May 23, 2024 3 People Died of Thirst in a Texas County Jail in Under 2 Years All three inmates were mentally ill and became dehydrated despite ready access to water.
The Texas Tribune · Apr 25, 2024 Tarrant County DA wants Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction reinstated A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion.
The Texas Tribune · Mar 29, 2024 Texas appeals court overturns Crystal Mason’s conviction, 5-year sentence for illegal voting Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud. She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote.