Judge Tom VandergriffOne of our well-informed DFW bloggers has passed onto Dallas Blog the hot, political rumor that Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff is not going to run for re-election next year. The very popular Vandergriff was Mayor of Arlington and served in Congress as a Democrat. He lost his Congressional seat to Republican Dick Armey during the Reagan landslide in Texas in 1984. Vandergriff later changed parties and was elected County Judge as a Republican. He is widely credited with wooing the Texas Rangers away from Dallas to Arlington. Now, the Dallas Cowboys soon will follow the Rangers to Arlington.

Tom Vandergriff is well-liked by Republicans and Democrats alike in a county that has become increasingly Republican over the past decade. If he retires, there probably will be a lot of Republicans lining up to replace him. It is too bad for Dallas County that Tom Vandergriff didn’t have his business here or serve as County Judge in Dallas. We probably would have the Texas Rangers playing here and wouldn’t be losing the Dallas Cowboys to Arlington.

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