1/ It’s now more than a week since Election Day, and Tarrant County is reporting that all votes are tallied.

Here’s what stands out https://twitter.com/tarrantelection/status/1326684941921480705

2/ In the presidential election, Tarrant County voters elected Joe Biden by more than 1,800 votes.

This is important to note because Tarrant is known as a historically red (Republican) county.

3/ In Arlington, voters narrowly voted for the approval of a property tax increase that would raise teacher and staff pay, and grant access to nearly $18 million in additional state funding.

4/ Arlington voters also approved the adoption of a sales tax increase from 8% to 8.25%.

5/ Extra funds from the increase are expected to go to expanding and attracting more small businesses to the city. https://www.theshorthorn.com/news/possible-sales-tax-increase-sparks-concern-for-arlington-residents/article_64125df8-11a3-11eb-9f01-731da0ddb269.html

6/ In the race for city council, Arlington voters could elect representatives for districts 1, 2, 6 and 7.

Here are the results.

7/ The city will need to hold a runoff election in December for the District 7 seat since no candidate won 50% of the votes.