Texas Voters Approve 17 Statewide Propositions, Tarrant County Race Heads to Runoff

Statewide Proposition Results

• 🎯 Seventeen statewide propositions were passed by Texas voters, with most focusing on preventing new taxes.
• 💡 Propositions 7, 10, and 11 received the strongest voter support.
• 🏠 Proposition 7 offers property tax breaks to surviving spouses of service-disabled US veterans who did not remarry.
• 💸 Proposition 10 provides a temporary property tax reduction for homes destroyed by fire.
• 👴 Proposition 11 increases the homestead exemption for the elderly and disabled from $10,000 to $60,000.
• 📈 Proposition 6, banning new taxes on securities transactions like stock trading, passed with approximately 58% of the vote.
• 🛡️ Proposition 17 passed with about 61% support, allowing the state to prevent property value increases in counties with border security infrastructure.

Tarrant County State Senate Race

• 🗳️ In a North Texas district that previously voted Republican, a runoff election is set for the vacant District 9 State Senate seat.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The race is between Democrat Taylor Remmit and Republican Wei Wamsg, neither of whom secured over 50% of the vote.
• 📍 This district includes parts of Tarrant County, such as South Lake, Keller, and North Richland Hills.
• 🗓️ The runoff election is anticipated to occur in the coming weeks.

Further Information

• 💻 For a complete breakdown of election results, visit wfaa.com/vote or scan the QR code provided.