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.
Parker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census,its population was 148,222. The county seat is Weatherford. The county was created in 1855 and organized the following year. It is named for Isaac Parker,a state legislator who introduced the bill that established the county in 1855. Parker later fought in the Texas Brigade.
Dallas County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census of 2,613,539,making it the ninth-most populous county in the country. Dallas County is included in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area—colloquially referred to as the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Municipal expansion within Dallas County has blurred the geographic lines between cities and between neighboring counties.
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County,Texas,United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area,and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020,making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area,after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the 50th-most populous city in the United States,the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas,and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat.
Dalworthington Gardens is a city in Tarrant County,Texas,United States and a suburb of Arlington.
Westover Hills is a town in Tarrant County,Texas,United States. The population was 641 at the 2020 census.
Grand Prairie is a city in the U.S. state of Texas,located in Dallas,Tarrant,and Ellis counties. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census,making it the fifteenth most populous city in the state. Remaining the 15th-most populous city in Texas,the 2020 census reported a population of 196,100.
James Claude Wright Jr. was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1989.
Bob Lloyd Schieffer is an American television journalist. He is known for his moderation of presidential debates,where he has been praised for his capability. Schieffer is one of the few journalists to have covered all four of the major Washington national assignments:the White House,the Pentagon,United States Department of State,and United States Congress. His career with CBS has almost exclusively dealt with national politics. He has interviewed every United States President since Richard Nixon,as well as most of those who sought the office.
Preston "Pete" Murdoch Geren III is an American attorney and politician who served as the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from July 16,2007,to September 16,2009. He is a Democratic former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 12th congressional district. He is the president of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation in Fort Worth,Texas and is a member of the board of trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria,Virginia.
Tommy Joe Vandergriff was a politician from Texas. He served as Mayor of Arlington from 1951 to 1977,as a U.S. Representative from Texas's 26th congressional district from 1983 to 1985,and as County Judge of Tarrant County from 1991 to 2007. For the greater part of his life,Vandergriff was a Democrat,but he became a Republican around 1990.
Arlington Heights High School is a secondary school located in Fort Worth,Texas,United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12,and is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. Its mascot is the Yellow Jacket and its colors are blue and gold.
The 1990 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990,to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Clements did not run for re-election,so the election pitted Democrat Ann Richards against Republican Clayton Williams. Richards narrowly defeated Williams on Election Day,winning 49.5% of the vote to Williams' 46.9%. As of 2024,this is also the most recent time the Democratic candidate has carried Collingsworth,Childress,Wilbarger,Wichita,Archer,Throckmorton,Montague,Wise,Tarrant,Grayson,Lamar,Hopkins,Titus,Bowie,Harrison,Panola,Shelby,Jasper,Hardin,Angelina,Polk,Houston,Madison,Walker,Kaufman,Navarro,Henderson,Hill,McLennan,Williamson,Burleson,Waller,and Refugio counties. As of 2024,this is the last time a Democrat and a woman was elected Governor of Texas,as well as the most recent Texas gubernatorial election in which both major parties' nominees have since died.
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.
Elizabeth Richards Andujar,was a homemaker,civic activist,and politician,the first Republican woman to be elected and serve in the Texas State Senate. From 1973 to 1983,Andujar represented District 12 in Fort Worth,the seat of Tarrant County in North Texas.
Hugh Quay Parmer was an American attorney,University professor,international humanitarian executive,and Democratic politician in Fort Worth,Texas. He served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature,on the Fort Worth City Council,and as mayor of Fort Worth. Parmer also served as assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and chief of the Humanitarian Response Bureau under the Agency where he was responsible for emergency U. S. response to over 80 declared disasters both natural and man-made around the world. He followed that with seven years as president and CEO of the American Refugee Committee,a U. S. based humanitarian relief organization with 2000 employees in 14 disaster and conflict impacted nations around the world.
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.
Kelly Gene Hancock is an American businessman and Republican State Senator for District 9,which encompasses portions of Tarrant and Dallas counties,including all or part of the following communities in Tarrant County:Arlington,Bedford,Blue Mound,Colleyville,Euless,Fort Worth,Grand Prairie,Grapevine,Haltom City,Hurst,Keller,North Richland Hills,Richland Hills,Saginaw,Southlake,Trophy Club,Watauga and Westlake. In Dallas County,Senate District 9 includes portions of Dallas,Grand Prairie,and Irving. Hancock was elected to the Texas Senate in November 2012,having previously served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
The 1964 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 3,1964,as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate,incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson,comfortably won his home state of Texas with 63.32% of the vote against the Republican Party candidate,Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona,who won 36.5%,giving him the state's 25 electoral votes and a victory margin of 26.8 percentage points. Johnson won the 1964 election in a landslide,carrying 44 states plus the District of Columbia,which participated for the first time. Goldwater only carried his home state of Arizona,along with five Deep South states which had been historically Democratic,but defected to the Republican Party due to the Democratic Party’s support for civil rights. Due to its status as Johnson's home state,in 1964,Texas was the most Democratic of the 11 states of the former Confederacy and the only one which leaned more Democratic than the nation at-large.
