TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Tarrant County Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons Saturday announced she's running for Tarrant County Judge, challenging incumbent Tim O'Hare.

Simmons has served on the commissioners court since 2022, and served as the Arlington NAACP President for more than 10 years before that.

In announcing her campaign, Simmons touted her efforts to protect voting rights and push for reforms at the Tarrant County Jail.

"Extremists are attacking our voting rights, weakening public services, and hoping we’ll stay quiet. We won’t," she wrote in a post on social media announcing her campaign .

Simmons and O'Hare have often clashed on the court on issues including taxes , oversight of the Tarrant County Jail and, most recently, on the county's newly-redrawn electoral m

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