Betsy Price - Tarrant County Tax Assessor

Betsy Price (born October 21, 1949) is an American businesswoman and politician who serves as the 44th and current mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. She was elected on June 18, 2011, in a nonpartisan race. She was elected for a third consecutive term, unopposed, in 2015. A Republican, she previously served 2½ terms as the elected Tarrant County tax assessor-collector, from 2001 to 2011.

Biography

Price was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended local public schools. She graduated from Arlington Heights High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.

She ran her own business for 17 years, and became active in community affairs. Price served on numerous boards, commissions, and professional associations.

Active in the Republican Party, Price turned to public service and ran for office in 2000 for the position of Tarrant County’s Tax Assessor. She was elected. In 2011 she ran for mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, winning a run-off election against Lane in the non-partisan contest. She succeeded Mike Moncrief. She was elected to a third consecutive term in 2015, running unopposed.

In April 2016 Price announced her support for several measures to change the city charter: the most important propose increasing the number of seats from 8 to 10, increasing the term of office from 2 years to 3 years, raising the pay of the council, and determining how to fill a vacant council seat.

She has been married to Tom Price, an insurance agent, for more than 40 years. They have three adult children, Kathryn, Phillip and Paul.