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Colleyville, Texas: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Tarrant County Judge in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Tarrant County Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot in Colleyville, Texas. What does this office do?

Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.

Tim O'Hare

Republican · Incumbent

Tarrant County Judge

Tim O'Hare has been Tarrant County Judge since January 2023 and is seeking a second four-year term13. He is an attorney and real estate investor who served as mayor of Farmers Branch from 2008 to 20112. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the SMU School of Law2.

Where they stand

  • Property taxes: Keep cutting them and cap how fast they can rise Voted · high confidence
    • Voted with the 3-2 majority to adopt a county tax rate of 18.6 cents per $100 valuation for fiscal 2027, the fourth straight annual rate cut and below the no-new-revenue rate. (2026-09-15) source
    • Voted for a fiscal 2026 county tax rate of 18.62 cents per $100 valuation, which passed 3-1 on Sept. 22, 2025, after the two Democratic commissioners' absence blocked a vote the week before. (2025-09-22) source
    • Voted to raise the county and hospital district homestead exemptions from 10% to 20%, the maximum allowed by state law. (2024-06-18) source
    • Said the county tax rate is down 17 percent since he took office and that he would continue to fight for lower taxes. (2026-08) source
  • Redistricting: State legislatures draw maps and may redraw any time, including for partisan advantage Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted with the 3-2 majority to adopt a new mid-decade commissioners court precinct map in June 2025. (2025-06-03) source
    • Initiated the mid-decade redistricting; he and the other two Republican commissioners said its aim was to increase the Republican majority on the court. (2025) source
    • Said the redistricting was not undemocratic because the three members voting for it were duly elected by their constituents. (2025-06-03) source
    • The county, with O'Hare as a defendant, argued in court that the redistricting had partisan rather than racial motives; both lawsuits against the map were dropped or dismissed. (2025-12) source
  • Immigration: Secure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steady Voted · low confidence
    • Voted to apply for a $140,000 state grant supporting the sheriff's 287(g) partnership with ICE, which screens the immigration status of people booked into the county jail. (2026-02-10) source
    • Said the program protects every community regardless of neighborhood or socioeconomic status. (2026-02-10) source
  • Policing and crime: More police, with a focus on repeat offenders Voted · low confidence
    • Voted for the fiscal 2027 budget, which gives law enforcement 4% raises and about $19 million more for public safety than the year before. (2026-09-15) source
    • His campaign says he has prioritized law enforcement by securing pay raises for county officers. (2026) source
    • Describes his mission as making Tarrant County the safest large county in Texas. (2026) source
  • Election rules: Strict photo ID, paper ballots, cleaner voter rolls and fewer mail ballots Official action · medium confidence
    • Created a county Election Integrity Task Force in 2023 with the district attorney and sheriff to help combat voter fraud. (2023) source
    • His campaign says he championed numbered paper ballots, improved ballot chain of custody, and ending internet-based transmission of results. (2026) source
    • In 2024 he sought to remove college and university campuses as early voting sites, saying it is not the county's job to make voting easier for specific groups such as students; the effort did not succeed. (2024) source
    • Joined a unanimous August 2026 vote to set aside an initial plan with 176 Election Day sites after commissioners agreed it had too few, then voted with the 3-2 majority for 224 Election Day and 47 early voting sites, 92 fewer Election Day sites than in 2022. (2026-09-01) source
    • Said no Tarrant County voter should ever feel they lack enough time to vote and called the revised site plan sensible. (2026-08) source

No public position found on: AI data centers, Judges, Death penalty.

Alisa Simmons

Democrat

Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 2

Alisa Simmons has been the Tarrant County Precinct 2 commissioner since January 2023 and is not seeking reelection to that seat1. She was a journalist and a county 9-1-1 administrator, and led the Arlington NAACP for more than a decade12. She holds a journalism degree from Texas Woman's University4.

Where they stand

  • Property taxes: Hold them about steady Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted against the fiscal 2027 budget and a tax rate of 18.6 cents per $100 valuation, which was below the no-new-revenue rate; she said the rate was not sustainable and asked for forecasts of several options, from keeping the current rate to cutting or possibly raising it. (2026-09-15) source
    • Has said she wants to provide meaningful tax relief without dipping into county reserves or cutting services. (2026) source
    • Was absent, with the other Democratic commissioner, from the Sept. 16, 2025 meeting, blocking a vote on an 18.62 cent rate; she said the county would instead get the no-new-revenue rate of 18.66 cents, which was still below the prior rate of 18.75 cents. (2025-09-16) source
    • Voted for county tax rates below the no-new-revenue rate in her first two years on the court. (2024) source
    • Voted for the county's first 10% homestead exemption, approved unanimously in June 2023, and has said she made the motion for it. (2023-06-06) source
    • Voted against a 10% hospital district homestead exemption in June 2023 (passed 3-2) and against raising it to 20% in June 2024 (passed 4-1), citing concerns about the hospital's bond program. (2024-06-18) source
    • Said her top priority is right-sizing the budget without increasing the tax rate and that she favors a stable tax rate set at the start of the fiscal year. (2026-02) source
  • Redistricting: Legislatures draw maps under strict neutral rules that courts can enforce Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted against the mid-decade commissioners court map adopted 3-2 in June 2025, and supported keeping the existing map. (2025-06-03) source
    • Said the new map discriminated against Black and Latino voters. (2025) source
    • Said reapportionment must be driven by population data rather than political retaliation, race or partisan advantage, and that any future redistricting must follow clear, neutral criteria with independent legal review. (2026-02) source
  • Immigration: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted against applying for a $140,000 state grant supporting the sheriff's 287(g) partnership with ICE. (2026-02-10) source
    • Said the grant does nothing to meaningfully address violent crime and that funding ICE collaboration would harm public trust in local law enforcement. (2026-02-10) source
  • Policing and crime: Shift some police funding to mental health and social services Said · low confidence
    • Her campaign plan calls for a countywide crisis response system with mobile crisis teams and specially trained law enforcement, expanded pre-arrest diversion, and more mental health capacity so behavioral health calls do not default to arrest and jail. (2026) source
    • Her campaign plan calls for investing in prevention and community-based support instead of paying more for crisis and incarceration later. (2026) source
    • Listed mental and behavioral health and jail accountability among her top priorities, saying the jail has become the default mental health provider. (2026-02) source
    • Her campaign proposes independent investigation of every in-custody death and an independent custody death review board. (2026) source
  • Election rules: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Voted · medium confidence
    • Voted against the November 2026 polling site list, which has 92 fewer Election Day sites than in 2022, and repeatedly tried to add a University of Texas at Arlington site back. (2026-09-01) source
    • Called the polling site reduction political, saying it was about power rather than cost. (2026-09-01) source
    • Opposed the creation of the county Election Integrity Task Force in 2023 and later said protecting election integrity and creating a politically branded task force are not the same thing. (2026-08) source
    • In a 2020 candidate survey she listed voting rights, expanding rather than restricting access to the polls, as a priority. (2020) source

No public position found on: AI data centers, Judges, Death penalty.

Last reviewed 2026-09-26. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.