TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Tarrant County Commissioners approved a new electoral map, which will reshape the county’s governing body in favor of Republicans. Commissioners approved the map on ...

The new map, presented to the public on May 30, alters the Democratic Precincts 1 and 2 in southern Tarrant County. Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons of Arlington, up for reelection in 2026 ...

Under Tarrant County’s current precinct map, both precincts 1 and 2 are majority-minority districts with over 60% of residents being non-white or Hispanic. The newly passed maps have only one ...

The new proposed maps for Precinct 1 resemble the distribution of Black residents in Tarrant County, as shown in a map from the 2021 redistricting process.

The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 along party lines to approve Map 7, finalizing new precinct boundaries after a two-month redistricting process.

The other five are proposed redistricted versions of the map. Precinct 1, in red, closely reflects the above map showing concentrations of Tarrant County's Black residents, redistricting opponents ...

Roderick Miles Jr., the Tarrant County Commissioner of Precinct 1, addresses his concern regarding the proposed redistricting of the county during a Commissioners Court Meeting at the Tarrant ...