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TARRANT JUDGE VANDERGRIFF ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

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Tue, Dec 13, 2005, 11:11 PM

Tarrant County Judge Tom VandergriffAs reported to be likely in DallasBlog over two weeks ago, Tarrant County Judge Tom Vandergriff announced today that he will not be a candidate for re-election next year. Vandergriff's political career began in 1951 when at the age of 24 he was first elected Mayor of Arlington. He built a name for himself with his successful efforts to recruit first minor league and then major league baseball to Arlington. It was Vandergriff who once described Arlington as the hyphen between Dallas and Fort Worth. That was when other mid-cities towns such as Irving and Hurst were little more than tiny ag centers. Today, Arlington boasts a population of 365,000. Vandergriff ran and was elected to the US House as a Democrat but later switched to the GOP and was elected County Judge. Judge Vandergriff announced his retirement at today's Commissioner's Court meeting with the explanation that he had a pending 80th birthday and it "seemed time step aside."

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