What to know about June 7 runoff elections in North Texas
| May 28, 2025
DALLAS | dallas county | DFW | DFW Lead Story | FORT WORTH | local election | runoff | Tarrant County | voting
Several municipal races from the May 3 election are headed to runoffs, including city council members in Dallas and Tarrant county, and the mayor in Garland.
Op-Ed: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ — SB 16 hurts young, other marginalized voters
| May 16, 2025
Senate Bill 16's proposed voter ID requirements don't strengthen election security, they just further exclude young, rural, and low-income Texans.
Voter turnout in Dallas’ May elections stinks. Here’s what lawmakers want to do about it
| May 8, 2025
Several state senators and representatives, including three from Dallas, have filed bills that move local elections to November — a time when more people head to the ballot box to vote in state and federal races.
6 candidates compete to represent east Fort Worth, Stop Six neighborhoods in May 2025 election
| April 22, 2025
DFW | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | FORT WORTH | political | politics | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | Voter Resources | Voting Info
For the first time since 2013, a new face at City Hall will represent the majority of Fort Worth’s easternmost neighborhoods, including the historic Stop Six area.
How a local sheriff’s race could be a turning point for turning more of Texas blue
| October 25, 2024
DFW | DFW Lead Story | election | FORT WORTH | local election | sheriff | Voter Resources | voting | Voting Info
Waybourn and Moses are running on starkly different platforms, with the Republican incumbent running on issues like election fraud and immigration in Texas, while the Democratic challenger has said that he believes neither of those topics are relevant to the sheriff’s work.
Dallas props on your ballot: From decriminalizing weed to increasing police force
| October 25, 2024
ballot | dallas county | DFW | DFW Lead Story | election | political | Voter Resources | voting | Voting Info
Learn more about the propositions that will be on the ballot in Dallas.