Tarrant County’s former election administrator is headed to Dallas for same position. He left after a disagreement on how to run transparent elections.
Tarrant County’s former election administrator is headed next door to Dallas County to run its elections.was first reported by Votebeat, which said his appointment and a Dec. 20 start date was announced during a Wednesday“I’m honored by the decision of Dallas County to offer me the position of Elections Administrator,” Garcia said in a post on X.
The county’s human resources director told commission members, including Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, there were about 10 candidates who applied but only two who met preferred qualifications. It was preferred that candidates had previously been an election administrator or second in command in a county or city of more than 100,000 people.
After coming back from executive session, during which Jenkins said candidates were interviewed, it was voted 4-1 that Garcia was being hired for the jobBetween the jobs, Garcia has worked at U.S. Elections Assistance Commission. When Garcia left earlier this year he wrote to O’Hare, a Republican who took over as Tarrant County Judge in January, that his “formula to ‘administer a quality transparent election’ stands on respect and zero politics” and that compromising on those values wasn’t an option for him.
“You made it clear in our last meeting that your formula is different, thus, my decision to leave,” Garcia wrote. “I wish you the best; Tarrant County deserves that you find success.”Eleanor Dearman is a Texas politics and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She’s based in Austin, covering the Legislature and its impact on North Texas. She grew up in Denton and has been a reporter for more than six years.
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