Simmons Claims Tarrant County Seat After O'Hare Concedes
Voters in Tarrant County elected Alisa Simmons over Tim O'Hare, who cut 92 polling locations this cycle.
By Rafael Collins ·
Alisa Simmons declared victory in the Tarrant County Judge race for Precinct 2 on Tuesday night.
Incumbent Tim O'Hare called Simmons around 7:30 p.m. to concede the position. Simmons told supporters gathered at Troy's inside Texas Live! that "it appears" the county has shifted politically. Official final results had not yet been certified at the time of her statement.
The commissioners court manages local taxes, infrastructure, and election administration. O'Hare reduced the number of polling places in the county by 92 for the 2026 midterm election. He also ordered security to remove speakers he deemed disruptive from court meetings. One minister was removed after speaking for eight seconds longer than allowed.
O'Hare previously served on the Farmers Branch city council and as mayor of that city. He led the Tarrant County Republican Party before winning the commissioner seat in 2022. His 2022 campaign received backing from evangelical churches and oil industry donors. He promised to remove what he called "diversity inclusion nonsense" from local government.
Simmons first ran for a Texas House seat in 2020. She lost that race to Tony Tinderholt despite an endorsement from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She took her current commissioner seat in 2022.
In Dallas County, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred defeated Patrick Gillespie to win the 33rd Congressional District. The district was redrawn to lie entirely within Dallas County. Allred represented the adjacent 32nd District from 2019 to 2025. He lost his bid for the U.S. Senate to Ted Cruz in 2024.
Allred posted on social media that he was ready to fight for working families. "You sent me to fight. And that's exactly what I'll do," he wrote. In the 30th Congressional District, Rev. Frederick Douglas Haynes III won the seat previously held by Jasmine Crockett. Crockett left the House to run for the Senate against James Talarico. Venton Jones, a Democrat, won re-election in District 100, which covers parts of South Dallas, West Dallas, East Dallas, Victory Park, and Oak Cliff.
