Saturday saw Tarrant County’s highest voter turnout thus far during early voting.
The first week of early voting for the Nov. 3 midterm drew 323,544 people to the ballot box, according to Tarrant County Election Administration numbers, with 51,080 people casting ballots on Saturday. The first week’s turnout is a 63% from the same period for the midterm in 2022.
Early voting began Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 30.
This year’s midterm election has consistently drawn more early voters in Tarrant County than in 2022 and 2018, Texas’ last two midterm elections.
In 2022, 199,027 people voted in early voting’s first week. In 2018, 248,754 people voted early.
The last presidential election in 2024 drew 367,853 people during the first week of early voting.
There are more than 1.37 million registered voters in Tarrant County. There were 1.26 million in 2022, 1.13 million in 2018 and 1.3 million in 2024.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. this week. Election Day is Nov. 3.
Tarrant County early voting totals
Here’s how many people voted early each day in Tarrant County, thus far.
Monday, Oct. 19: 50,409Tuesday, Oct. 20: 51,018Wednesday, Oct. 21: 48,926Thursday, Oct. 22: 46,364Friday, Oct. 23: 50,949Saturday, Oct. 24: 51,080Sunday, Oct. 25: 24,798Week 1: Busiest polling places in Tarrant County
These locations saw the most voters Oct. 19-25.
Dionne Phillips Bagsby Southwest Subcourthouse in Fort Worth (11,821)ACTIV in Arlington (11,294)Southlake Town Hall (11,104)Keller Town Hall (11,021)Bedford Public Library (10,852)Week 1: Tarrant County polling places with the fewest voters
These locations saw the fewest voters Oct. 19-25.
Everman Civic Center (2,543)Tarrant County Election Center in Fort Worth (3,094)Northside Community Center in Fort Worth (3,149)Worth Heights Community Center in Fort Worth (3,248)Diamond Hill/Jarvis Branch Library in Fort Worth (3,365)
This story was originally published October 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM.
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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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