{"id":477725,"date":"2026-10-27T02:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477725\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:34:12","slug":"week-1-early-voting-totals-and-busiest-tarrant-polling-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/477725\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 early voting totals and busiest Tarrant polling places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday saw Tarrant County\u2019s highest voter turnout thus far<\/a> during early voting.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s turnout is a 63% from the same period for the midterm in 2022.<\/p>\n

Early voting began Oct. 19 and runs through Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s midterm election has consistently drawn more early voters in Tarrant County than in 2022 and 2018, Texas\u2019 last two midterm elections.<\/p>\n

In 2022,<\/a> 199,027 people voted in early voting\u2019s first week. In 2018<\/a>, 248,754 people voted early.<\/p>\n

The last presidential election in 2024<\/a> drew 367,853 people during the first week of early voting.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. this week. Election Day is Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

Tarrant County early voting totals<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how many people voted early each day in Tarrant County, thus far.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

These locations saw the most voters Oct. 19-25.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

These locations saw the fewest voters Oct. 19-25.<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

This story was originally published October 26, 2026 at 2:58 PM.<\/p>\n


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Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Eleanor (Elly) Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She\u2019s 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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