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How Tarrant County flipped from blue to red and how it could flip back (audio)

Tarrant County's steadfast conservatism is bucking a national trend. There's a lot that went into turning it Republican decades ago. Flipping it blue could take just as much work -- and time.

By Christopher Connelly, KERA News
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Downtown Fort Worth's Sundance Square is a walkable collection of shops, restaurants and entertainment venues that blanket dozens of city blocks within Tarrant County's urban core.
Credit: Brandon Formby

Tarrant County's steadfast conservatism is bucking a national trend. There's a lot that went into turning it Republican decades ago. Flipping it blue could take just as much work -- and time. 

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