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Tim O'Hare

Republican · Tarrant County Judge · Texas · Spectrum score +48

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Tim O'Hare is Tarrant County Judge in Texas. Political positions and ideology score +48 (Right). Tim O'Hare is an American lawyer and politician serving as the county judge of Tarrant County, elected in 2022.

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Where Tim stands on the spectrum

Tim O'Hare scores +48 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +48 · Right · economic +49 · social +46 · authoritarian +26

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Tim O'Hare is an American lawyer and politician serving as the county judge of Tarrant County, elected in 2022. He previously served as chair of the county's Republican Party from 2016 to 2018 and as mayor of Farmers Branch from 2008 to 2011.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +49
Social: +46
Authoritarian: +26
Confidence: 68

Taxes & spending+54
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+46
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

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Sources

County election returns and official directories, 2025–26
en.wikipedia.org
Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.