Early voting for the 2026 primary election started Feb. 17 and ended Feb. 27 across the state, and unofficial results show 16.09% of Tarrant County residents voted early or by mail ahead of the March 3 primary elections, according to data from the secretary of state website.
The details
The county’s turnout for early voters was more than 86,000 voters for registered Republicans and more than 123,000 for registered Democrats, out of 1,306,427 total registered voters.
According to the data, 2,522 votes came from mail-in ballots from registered Republicans and 1,807 from registered Democrats.
Overall, 6.63% of voters participated as registered Republicans and 9.46% of voters participated as registered Democrats during the early voting period, per the website.
The primary elections for the Democratic and Republican parties are preliminary elections to select candidates from each party for the November election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. March 3 for election day. Registered Tarrant County voters are required to vote at their designated polling centers.
On the ballot
Residents will consider several contested local races for the Republican primary and Democratic primary, among state races.
Local contested Republican primary races that will be on the ballot for Tarrant County residents include:
Tim O’ Hare*
Robert Trevor Buker
Fred Tate
Armin Mizani
Zdenka “Zee” Wilcox
Brandon Gill*
Robert A. Chick
Local contested Democratic primary races that will be on the ballot for Tarrant County residents include:
Millennium Anton C. Woods Jr.
Marc Veasey
Alisa Simmons
Texas House District 98
Cate Brennan
Aaron Hendley
Jon Buchwald
Kevin Burge
TJ Ware
Steve Shook
Ernest R. Lineberger, III
*indicates incumbent
Stay tuned
Community Impact will continue to cover local elections through election night March 3. Visit communityimpact.com/election for the latest primary election results.