Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640,making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County,one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony,was established in 1849 and organized the next year. It is named after Edward H. Tarrant,a lawyer,politician,and militia leader.
The Fort Worth Convention Center is a convention center and indoor arena located in downtown Fort Worth,Texas. The complex opened on September 30,1968,and was expanded in 1983,2002 and 2003.
Wendy Russell Davis is an American lawyer and politician from Fort Worth,Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,Davis represented the 10th district in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. She previously served on the Fort Worth City Council.
The 2011 Fort Worth mayoral election was held on May 14 and June 18,2011,to elect the next mayor of Fort Worth,Texas. The incumbent mayor Mike Moncrief did not seek reelection after having served four terms as mayor of Fort Worth since 2003. Republican Betsy Price won the election against Democrat Jim Lane and succeeded Moncrief on July 12,2011.
Barbara Elizabeth Cornelius Price is an American businesswoman and politician who served as mayor of Fort Worth,Texas through 2021. She was first elected to the nonpartisan office on June 18,2011. Price previously served 2½terms as the elected Tarrant County tax assessor-collector,from 2001 to 2011. She is a Republican who describes herself as fiscally conservative,deplores polarization and extremist tendencies in both major parties,and professed a commitment to work for the entire community as an elected local official.
Marc Allison Veasey is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 33rd congressional district. From 2005 to 2013,he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives,where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
Konni Lyn Burton is an American businesswoman who is a Republican former member of the Texas State Senate for District 10. Backed by the Tea Party movement,Burton on January 13,2015,succeeded Wendy R. Davis of Fort Worth,who vacated the state Senate after her unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in the 2014 Texas gubernatorial election.
The 2015 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 9,2015,to elect the Mayor of Fort Worth,Texas. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections,and is officially nonpartisan.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the State of Texas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn won re-election to a fourth term against Democratic nominee MJ Hegar by 9.6%.
Ronald Jack Wright was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 6th congressional district from 2019 until his death from COVID-19 in 2021. He was a member of the Republican Party.
The 2019 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 4,2019,to elect the mayor of Fort Worth,Texas. The election was officially non-partisan.
The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term,defeating Democratic nominee and former Congressman,Beto O'Rourke. All statewide elected offices are currently held by Republicans. In his previous gubernatorial race in 2018,Abbott won with 55.8% of the vote.
Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017. She was an official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration.
Atatiana Koquice Jefferson,a 28-year-old woman,was fatally shot inside her home by a police officer in Fort Worth,Texas,United States,in the early morning of October 12,2019. Police arrived at her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency number,stating that Jefferson's front door was open. Police body camera footage showed officers walking outside the home with flashlights for a few minutes then one officer yells,"Put your hands up! Show me your hands!",while discharging his weapon through a window. Police found a handgun near Jefferson's body,which according to her eight-year-old nephew,she was pointing toward the window before being shot. On October 14,2019,Officer Aaron Dean,the shooter,resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department and was arrested on a murder charge. On December 20,2019,Dean was indicted for murder. Jefferson was black and the officer who shot her is white,prompting news outlets to compare Jefferson's shooting to the September 2018 murder of Botham Jean in nearby Dallas.
The 2022 Texas Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022 to elect the Attorney General of Texas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton won re-election to his third term. Paxton won all but 21 counties and won the popular vote by a margin of 9.7%,underperforming Governor Greg Abbott's concurrent bid for re-election by 1.1%.
The 2021 Fort Worth mayoral election was held on Saturday,May 1,2021,to decide the mayor of Fort Worth,Texas. Incumbent mayor Betsy Price,who had served as the city's mayor since 2011,announced on January 6,2021,that she would not seek a sixth term. Ten candidates ran in the primary election. Early voting in person began on April 19,2021. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote on May 1,the top two finishers,Democrat Deborah Peoples and Republican Mattie Parker,advanced to a June 5,2021,runoff election. Parker won the runoff and was elected mayor.
The 2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election was held on May 1,2021. The seat became vacant after incumbent Republican Ron Wright died on February 7 of COVID-19.
Opal Lee is an American retired teacher,counselor,and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth".
Elections are currently every two years to elect the mayor of Arlington,Texas.
