Tarrant County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Leigh Wambsganss is a chief compliance officer and former real estate broker who was the first in her family to earn a bachelor's degree, working three jobs to pay for college, according to her campaign website. She is the Republican nominee for Texas Senate District 9.

Taylor Rehmet is the Democratic incumbent for Texas Senate District 9. He is an aerospace machinist and union leader who serves as president of both his local and state chapters of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, according to his official Texas Senate biography. Rehmet, who grew up in Garland, Texas, and served in the U.S. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Amy Martinez-Salas is a legal assistant and first-time candidate who was raised in Arlington by a single mother who immigrated from Mexico, according to the Fort Worth Report. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2024 and is the Democratic nominee for Texas Senate District 22.

David Cook currently represents Texas House District 96, first taking office in 2021 after serving as Mayor of Mansfield from 2008 to 2021, according to his official Texas House biography. He is a managing partner of the law firm Harris Cook LLP, board certified in family law. Cook is the Republican nominee for Texas Senate District 22.

Romero is serving his sixth term as state representative for House District 90 in Fort Worth and chairs the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, per the campaign site. The son of Mexican immigrant parents, he founded A-Fast Tile & Coping, growing it into a business that employed more than 60 people, and later served on the Fort Worth Zoning and Planning Commissions before his 2014 election as the first Latino state representative from Tarrant County, per the campaign site.

David Lowe is the Republican incumbent for Texas House District 91 in Tarrant County. He served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman, completing four overseas tours including two combat deployments to Afghanistan, before retiring in 2015, according to his official biography. He later worked in detention facilities, graduated from the Texas Peace Officer's Academy in 2018, and earned a bachelor's degree from American Military University that year.

Yisak Worku is a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas expected to finish his bachelor's degree in March 2026, according to the Fort Worth Report. An Ethiopian immigrant from a working-class family and first-generation college student, he is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 91.

Woodruff is an Arlington native with more than 30 years of business experience, serving as senior vice president of Titan Oil and Gas and founder of Black Forest Energy LLC, Jensen Operating Co. and Best Way Solar LLC, per the campaign site. A former collegiate and professional athlete, he also founded Revival Remnant Ministries to support the community, per the campaign site.

Salman Bhojani is the Democratic incumbent for Texas House District 92 in Tarrant County. Born in Pakistan, he immigrated to Texas as a teenager and became a naturalized citizen; he is the first Muslim and first South Asian elected to the Texas Legislature, according to his official biography. Before his legislative career he was a business owner and attorney and served as a Euless City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem, and he holds degrees from the University of Texas at Dallas, Southern Methodist University, and Oxford University.

Alan Blaylock is a retired senior product manager for Nokia who currently serves on the Fort Worth City Council representing District 10, according to Community Impact and the Fort Worth Report. He is the Republican nominee for Texas House District 93.

Ericka Lomick is a senior operations analyst with more than 20 years of experience in business operations and leadership, according to the Fort Worth Report. She is pursuing a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 93. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Duzan grew up attending Arlington ISD public schools, graduated from Martin High School and earned an MBA from Texas Christian University, per the campaign site. She has worked as a business leader for more than a decade and is married to an Air Force veteran, with two children in Arlington ISD schools, per the campaign site.

Cheryl Bean is an engineer who went on to found and own a home-building company, according to her campaign website. A mother of four and grandmother of twelve, she is the Republican nominee for the open Texas House District 94 seat being vacated by Tony Tinderholt.

Nicole Collier is the Democratic incumbent for Texas House District 95 in Fort Worth, a seat she has held since 2013. She is an attorney and small business owner who earned a degree from the University of Houston and a law degree from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, now Texas A&M University School of Law, according to her campaign site.

Ellen Fleischmann is an attorney and small business owner, according to her campaign website. She is the Republican nominee for the open Texas House District 96 seat being vacated by David Cook, who is running for Texas Senate District 22.

Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin is a retired public school teacher who taught French for 29 years at Southwest High School in Fort Worth over a 32-year career, according to campaign background reporting. She has volunteered as a docent at the Kimbell Art Museum since 2012 and is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 97.

John W. McQueeney is the Republican incumbent for Texas House District 97 in southwest Tarrant County. He is a graduate of Texas Christian University's M.J. Neeley School of Business who built a business career in corporate leasing, logistics, and national retail development, including owning McDonald's franchises and a FedEx logistics operation before acquiring Chicken Express restaurant locations, according to his campaign site.

Armin Mizani is an attorney and owner of his own law firm who serves as Mayor of Keller, according to his campaign website. He previously served two terms on the Keller City Council and is the Republican nominee for Texas House District 98.

Cate Brennan is the Democratic candidate for Texas House District 98. She spent 30 years in nonprofit management, primarily in healthcare organizations, has been active in the PTA for 20 years, and has worked as a Tarrant County poll worker, per her campaign site. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Texas and an MBA from Texas Woman's University.

Michelle Winder is a lifelong Fort Worth native who served in the U.S. Army National Guard and spent 31 years with the Santa Fe Railroad, including leadership roles in the United Transportation Union, before retiring in 2024, according to her campaign website. She is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 99, running against Republican incumbent Charlie Geren.

Charlie Geren is the Republican incumbent for Texas House District 99 in Tarrant County, a Fort Worth-area restaurant owner and rancher who has served in the House since 2000. He previously served on the Texas Water Development Board from 1994 to 2000, chairing the Texas Resource Finance Authority for five of those years, and worked as a Deputy U.S. Marshal from 1981 to 1990, according to his official biography. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Junior Ezeonu serves as Mayor Pro Tem of the Grand Prairie City Council, having been elected to the council in 2021 at age 22, according to his campaign website. Born in Onitsha, Nigeria, and raised in Texas from age 2, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Arlington. Ezeonu is the Democratic nominee for Texas House District 101, running unopposed in the November general election.