Chris Tackett

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Hey Fort Worth / Tarrant County, this is happening today (3/8) from 3-4pm if you are looking for something to do! Mendi and I will be there.

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“The next time someone tells you they are moderate, understand what they are telling you. They are willing to stand in the way of solutions, not solve anything, to preserve their way of doing things & their privilege at the expense of others … to maintain those who hold the lever of power.”

I was re-reading this post from @mentack.bsky.social this morning. It was true two years ago. I think it’s true today. What do you think? (Click the link to read it)

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Must read. Change is possible, even in Texas.

Some will tell you primaries don’t matter, what we see in March doesn’t translate into November. They are wrong.

March sends a strong signal for what is to come. And 2026 has sent one heck of a signal. I wrote about it. Please read it and share it. Click the link.

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Tarrant County’s 2026 Primary: The Final Count Full Primary Turnout — March 3, 2026

188k votes for Dems in a Tarrant County midterm primary.

61.7% of those voting for Democrats were Female
3 of the top 4 race / gender splits were female
21% White Female
21.1% Black Female
12.4% Latina (white dudes were 15.5%)

5.5% of Dem voters had no voting history
36.3% were General only
😳

I wanted to share what looks like the final counts from the 2026 Tarrant County Primaries for total turnout, comparing it all the way back to 2014

33k above highest Dem count (2020)
114k above highest Dem midterm (2022)
Highest D/R ratio at 1.29 (beating 1.24 in 2020)

A lot of wind in the sails

A whole lot of us have already voted, but statistically there is 40%+ of folks who wait until Election Day. Here are the actual breakdowns by vote type since 2018.

Where do we think we land after today? Will it stay above 40% on ED? Or dip under like 2024?

Tarrant County's 2026 Primary: The Early Vote Is In Early Voting Complete — 4 Days Until March 3rd

Fingers flying, data crunching almost crashing laptops, charts created. All rolled up into my Tarrant County Primaries Early Vote wrap. Read it. Share it. And come back on March 4th to see what might have changed on Election Day (3/3).

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The chart tells the story. There hasn’t been this kind of energy, anything CLOSE to this kind of energy, for Democrats in years. Will it carry into Tuesday? R’s had a lot of turnout too, but couldn’t match D’s.

Early Vote is complete in the 2026 Tarrant County Primaries. And voters flooded to the polls on Friday, pushing the final counts to:
Dem Primary - 122,184
Rep Primary - 91,684
D/R Ratio - 1.33

#seeitnameitfightit

10 Days of Early Vote in the Tarrant County Primaries are complete. 1 to go, then Election Day on 3/3.

It has been the same story, every day. Dem turnout beating Rep turnout by thousands of votes.
Dem - 99,281
Rep - 74,296
D/R Ratio - 1.34

#seeitnameitfightit

Today it’s two new charts, comparisons of what my data shows as the race and gender breakdowns through 9 days of EV in Tarrant County

Not a ton of conclusions, as no group is monolith, but it is fascinating data. Well, it’s probably safe to draw a conclusion on the Republican one. 😏

Only 2 days of EV in the 2026 Tarrant County Primaries left. I keep saying it. Wow.

Dems have seen 85,861 cast an early vote
Reps have seen 62,679 EV
The D/R ratio stands at 1.37
The charts shows you where it has been

Keep it up!
#seeitnameitfightit

Here is the last part of my conversation with our next Governor, TX Rep @ginafortexas.bsky.social. She gets it. She’s passionate about doing the right thing for Texans.

I voted for her last week. I hope you have, or will, and then show up for her and all the rest of the Dem candidates in November.

I wanted to point out that EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. of Early Voting so far in Tarrant County has seen Democrats outvoting Republicans by at minimum an 1,800 vote gap (and that was day one). Amazing.

Can Democrats keep it up through the last three days of Early Voting? And Election Day? We shall see 🤞

8 Days of Tarrant County Primary voting is complete, 3 to go, and then Election Day is 3/3.

Dems now have turned out 75,357, Reps 54,299. That’s a 1.39 D/R ratio.
In 2018 the ratio after 8 days was 0.68.
2020 - 0.83
2022 - 0.52
2024 - 0.42
#seeitnameitfightit

The percentages may still shift some. But hey, the R’s are in horrible shape, so there is that 😏

The deep dive into the numbers (and lots of pretty charts) exploring the Tarrant County Primary early vote after 7 days is up. I also gave a peek into the statewide as well.

If you want to read it, click here!

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One more EV update will hit on Saturday!

Voter address

TC 2026 Primary Voting by City A Flourish data visualization by Chris Tackett

Wanna see which communities deserve some side eye when it comes to voting in the 2026 Primaries in Tarrant County? I got you.

Data is through 7 days of Early Voting in the Primary and is broken down by City in Tarrant County (drop down in upper left to change cities). 🤓

Day 7 of Tarrant County Primary Early Voting is in. And yes, trend keeps right on a rocking.
Dems up to 65,376
Reps are at 46,216
D/R ratio is at 1.41

Polls being open later means data flows later, so get used to updates in the morning. And, full breakdown with charts will hit this evening.

Here is a snapshot of Primary voting in Texas overall and the top 10 counties (by registered voters) and their D/R ratios (Dem votes / Rep votes) in 2018, 2022, and through 5 EV days of 2026.

2022 was down from 2018, but 2026 has taken off. All over.

#seeitnameitfightit

When I sat down last week with our next Governor, Rep Gina Hinojosa, the question of who voted in the TXSD9 Runoff came up. Was it Republicans who drove the win? I walked through it (so this clip is almost all me), talking about strategic primary voters and running on values.

Hint: It was Democrats

Day 6 of the Early Vote in the Tarrant County Primary election is complete. Yes, the margin continues to grow. Democrats are now up over 16.6k votes. We are at a 1.42 D/R ratio.
Context (D votes / R votes):
2018 - 0.66
2020 - 0.82
2022 - 0.53
2024 - 0.40

I’ll do another full report after Day 7

Yep, the R primary has some legit races drawing attention. And you can see it in their elevated turnout too. But the Dems are still just that much higher.

I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop in Tarrant County Primary Early Voting, and nope, trend continues.

After 5 days of EV, Democrats have now outvoted Republicans by over 14k votes. It gets bigger every day. The Dem / Rep ratio is 1.38. We have not been here before.

#tarrantcounty

This one hits hard.

Tarrant County’s 2026 Primary: Democrats Are Showing Up Four Days of Primary Early Voting

A quick piece with some insight into what we are seeing happen in the 2026 Primaries in Tarrant County after four days of Early Voting.

Click the link and give it a read. Also, let me know if you’d like to see more of these.

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Three quick looks at the voters so far in the Tarrant County Primaries Early Vote.

1. Voters in each Primary since 2018.
2. Voters by Age in the 2026 Primary.
3. Voters by Vote History.

I’ll probably write something soon with a deeper breakdown. #seeitnameitfightit #tarrantcounty