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Family, friends and candidates gather at the Tarrant County GOP\u2019s election night watch party on Tuesday March 3, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Republicans were feeling optimistic about several high-profile races in the Texas primary election Tuesday evening as the Tarrant County GOP gathered in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
A crowd of about 40 people consisting of candidates, friends, family members, and local leadership \u2013 including Tarrant County GOP Chair Tim Davis \u2014 gathered at the GOP\u2019s headquarters as early results began to display on two televisions.<\/p>\n
Republicans said that if U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett took the nomination over state Rep. James Talarico in the Democratic primary of U.S. Senate it would be a boon for their party.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love to run against Jasmine Crockett, because she does not represent Texas,\u201d said Paul Segal, who was not running for office but said he knows many of the Republican candidates. \u201cShe\u2019s anti-border, anti-police, anti-business. She\u2019s [got] very California values. She\u2019s not Texas values.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crockett said late Tuesday evening<\/a> while speaking to the crowd at her campaign watch party in Dallas that results would not be expected until later this week after a judge extended Dallas County polling hours. The Texas Supreme Court stayed that order, saying \u201cvotes cast by voters who were not in line to vote at 7 p.m. should be separated\u201d from votes cast later in the night.<\/p>\n Tarrant County Judge Tim O\u2019Hare was feeling optimistic about the upcoming general election after easily fending off a challenge from Robert Trevor Buker.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel good about tonight, and I feel good about what we\u2019re going to do in November,\u201d O\u2019Hare said. O\u2019Hare declared victory<\/a> in his race early Tuesday night, and will likely face Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons in the general election.<\/p>\n The incumbent county judge\u2019s victory shows that \u201cvoters reward people who make promises and keep them,\u201d O\u2019Hare said. Simmons, a noted opponent of O\u2019Hare on the commissioners court, is guilty of \u201cracist politics\u201d and engaging in political theater, O\u2019Hare told reporters Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ll have a lot to share with voters in the coming weeks and months, and you can rest assured I am never going to stand up in commissioners court and flip off the side I don\u2019t agree with,\u201d O\u2019Hare said. \u201cI think Tarrant County would reject that kind of radical extremism from a Democrat opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n Tarrant County District Clerk Tom Wilder, who is running for re-election, was closed-lipped about who he voted for in the Republican primaries.<\/p>\n Among those races, U.S. Senate. Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton are headed into a May 26 runoff for the U.S. Senate after neither candidate won more than 50% of the vote in Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n Wilder said that for both U.S. Senate primary races, it\u2019s often about style instead of substance.<\/p>\n \u201cJohn is pretty laid back. I used to talk to him about that when he was running for attorney general,\u201d Wilder said.<\/p>\n Staff reporters Eleanor Dearman and Rachel Royster contributed reporting.<\/p>\n Lillie Davidson<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n Lillie Davidson is a breaking news reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She graduated from TCU in 2025 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism, is fluent in Spanish, and can complete a crossword in five minutes.\n <\/p>\n
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