4 Arlington Texas House seats on the ballot today

Editor’s note: This article will be updated with voting results after polls close at 7 p.m. 

The holders of four Arlington statehouse seats will be decided today.

The races for Texas House Districts 92, 94 and 96 each have candidates from both parties vying for a spot in Austin. Meanwhile, a Democratic candidate in House District 101 is awaiting confirmation of his election, after unseating his incumbent primary opponent and facing no general-election opponent.

House District 94

In parts of west and central Arlington, Hurst and parts of east Fort Worth, voters will decide between Republican Cheryl Bean and Democrat Katie O’Brien Duzan.

The two are running for the seat for the first time, since 12-year incumbent Tony Tinderholt stepped away from the Texas Legislature to run for the Precinct 2 slot on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court.

Bean, a former small business owner who previously ran for Texas House District 97, said her priorities are increasing business success, affordability and supporting law enforcement.

O’Brien Duzan, a marketing executive and Arlington native, said her priorities are lowering costs for families, strengthening public schools and increasing local control. If elected, she would become the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1969.

House District 96

In parts of Arlington, Mansfield, Fort Worth and Kennedale, voters will decide between Democrat Ebony Turner and Republican Ellen Fleischmann.

The two are vying for the seat that became open when incumbent Republican David Cook signed up to run for Texas Senate District 22.

Turner, a lawyer who ran for the seat in 2024, said her top policy priorities are public school funding, affordable healthcare access and raising the minimum wage.

Fleischmann, also a lawyer and the daughter of Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells, said her top priorities include increasing public safety, deregulating the small business sector and lowering the costs of insurance.

House District 92

In parts of north, central and west Arlington, and in Euless, Bedford and Hurst, voters will decide between Democratic incumbent Salman Bhojani and Republican JP Woodruff.

Bhojani was elected to the seat in 2022. Before that, he was the first person of color to serve in an elected position in the city of Euless, when he joined the city council in 2018.

In his Fort Worth Report candidate survey response, Bhojani said his top priorities include affordability and property tax relief, public education funding, and artificial intelligence and technology policy.

His opponent, Woodruff, is an Arlington native and founded Revival Remnant Ministries, where he preaches. Woodruff also served as senior vice president of Titan Oil and Gas, founded two oil companies and later expanded into renewable energy through Best Way Solar LLC, according to his campaign website.

Woodruff’s priorities are property tax relief, election security and free speech protections, according to his website.

House District 101

In parts of central and south Arlington, and in Mansfield and Grand Prairie, Democrat Junior Ezeonu needs a single vote to confirm his path to the Texas Legislature.

During the March primaries, Ezeonu took 52.6% of the vote to defeat incumbent Chris Turner, who had represented the district for 13 years. In March, Turner told the Arlington Report that Ezeonu was his first primary challenger since his initial election in 2013. 

Ezeonu, 26, is a former Grand Prairie City Council member, having become the youngest person elected to that office.

Ezeonu’s priorities during the March election included increasing the state minimum wage to $15, repealing the state’s education savings account law that allows for public dollars to be spent on private schools, and making homeownership more affordable and accessible for Texas residents.

Chris Moss is a reporter for the Arlington Report. Contact him at [email protected].

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