The second day of early voting in Tarrant County drew even more voters than the first.
Tuesday was the second day Texans could head to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. There were 51,019 people who turned out in Tarrant County, compared to the 50,409 people on Day One, according to the Tarrant County Election Administration.
The number of people voting surpasses Texas’ last midterm election in 2022, when 34,733 Tarrant County voters cast ballots on early voting’s second day.
It also exceeds the number of early voters from the first two days in 2018, when Democrat Beto O’Rourke faced Republican incumbent Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate. That year, there were 41,947 voters on the first day of early voting in Tarrant County and 43,810 on day two.
In 2024, a presidential election year, 57,493 people turned out on the second day of early voting.
There are more than 1.37 million registered voters in Tarrant County, compared to 1.3 million in 2024, 1.26 million in 2022 and 1.13 million in 2018.
Midterm voters are weighing in on races for U.S. Senate and Texas governor, as the nation watches to see if Texas will flip blue. In Tarrant County, the same question is being asked as North Texans decide between Republican incumbent Tim O’Hare and Democrat Alisa Simmons in the race for county judge.
Tarrant County GOP chair Tim Davis warned Republicans against waiting to vote in a Wednesday email.
“Tarrant County is the largest Republican county in Texas, but the Democrats think they’re outvoting us,” the email reads. It later adds, “Elections in this county are decided by who shows up, and the Democrats are betting that Republicans will get comfortable and stay home. Let’s prove them wrong.”
Meanwhile, Democrats urged voters to not let up.
“We see you,” the Tarrant County Democratic Party said in a social media post. “The world thought ‘maybe day 1 was a fluke, surely they can’t keep up the pace.’ And you said bet.”
DAY 2: Busiest polling places in Tarrant County
These locations saw the most voters on Oct. 20.
Bedford Public Library (1,937)Southlake Town Hall (1,821)Dionne Phillips Bagsby Southwest Subcourthouse in Fort Worth (1,803)Euless Family Life Senior Center (1,712)Grapevine Public Library (1,665)DAY 2: Tarrant County polling places with the fewest voters
These locations saw the fewest voters on Oct. 20.
Everman Civic Center (418)Diamond Hill/Jarvis Branch Library in Fort Worth (477)Northside Community Center in Fort Worth (535)Worth Heights Community Center in Fort Worth (536)East Regional Library in Fort Worth (542)
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Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She’s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.
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