Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection.
“After much deliberation with fellow leaders, friends and, most importantly, my family, I have decided that now is the time to prepare for the next chapter of leadership for Tarrant County,” Whitley said in a news release.
He was first elected as Tarrant County judge in 2006, having previously been elected as a Tarrant County commissioner in 1996, according to his biography on the county’s website.
“It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve my county and to do so alongside my fellow commissioners,” he said. “I am proud of all that we have accomplished together to make Tarrant County among the most innovative and collaborative counties in the nation. I raised my family in Tarrant County, I started my business in Tarrant County.”
Whitley said that he will continue to serve as judge until the expiration of his term, in November 2022.
Late last month, Tim O’Hare, a former Farmers Branch mayor and Southlake Families PAC founder, announced he would run for the office.
O’Hare, who has also served as chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party, announced his campaign on Facebook and on The Chris Salcedo Show on WBAP-AM (820).
In the radio interview, he said Whitley told him he would not run for reelection.
O’Hare is the only person to have formally announced a run for the position.
