Tarrant County Clerk

Mary Louise Nicholson

Republican

The County Clerk keeps the records of your life: marriage licenses, property deeds, and paperwork for the county courts. Mary Louise Nicholson has run that office since January 2011 and is asking voters for a fifth term.

Lydia Bean

Democrat

In February 2024, Tarrant County ended its contract with a private prison. Lydia Bean, an Arlington mom and Harvard-trained sociologist, says she helped persuade the county's five-member board to do it. Now she's running for County Clerk, the office that keeps marriage licenses, property deeds and court paperwork.