Mike Moncrief

Michael J. Moncrief is the current mayor of Fort Worth, Texas.

Moncrief served for two years as a Texas House representative (1971–1972), 12 years as Tarrant County judge (1974–1986) and 12 years as a Democratic Texas State senator (1991–2003). On May 3, 2003, Moncrief was elected mayor in a non-partisan race replacing outgoing mayor Kenneth Barr.

As a state representative, Moncrief served on five major committees, including the Appropriations Committee. He secured passage of major drug legislation and is responsible for the bill that authorized the construction of the Fort Worth State School. At the end of his legislative term, he was voted Legislator of the Year by his fellow members.

As Tarrant County judge, Moncrief worked closely with the leadership of Fort Worth and Tarrant County in construction of the Fort Worth/Tarrant County jail. Working with family court judges, the District Attorney’s Office and adult probation officers, then County Judge Moncrief set up the county’s Restitution Enforcement Program, and he worked with the historic preservation community to pass a bond program that financed the renovation of the historic Tarrant County Courthouse.

During his tenure as state senator, Moncrief passed many pieces of landmark legislation. He has been recognized nationally for authoring the Texas Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which has assured hundreds of thousands of Texas children an opportunity to receive medical services. As senator, Moncrief also authored precedent-setting legislation that protects citizens from stalkers, protects animals from canned hunts and assists elderly citizens in need of home health care or assisted living.

In 2001, then Senator Moncrief was appointed President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate. In that capacity, he presided over the affairs of Texas as governor when the governor and lieutenant governor were out of state.

A graduate of Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, Moncrief served as president of the student body and was named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. He is past president of the Tarleton Alumni Association and was honored as a distinguished alumnus in 1977.

He and his wife Rosie have been married for 24 years. He has two sons, Troy, who lives in Texas, and Mitch, who lives in California, and four grandchildren, Meagan, Mackenzie, Michael Ross and Ashley Nicole.

Mayor Moncrief currently serves on the board of numerous social services, advocacy and research associations and foundations. He is the recipient of many honors, including Who’s Who in American Government, Newsmaker of the Year, Outstanding Young Man of Fort Worth and Outstanding Young Man of Texas. The latter two are Jaycee honors. He served on the board of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation from April 1988 to 1990.

External link

• Moncrief's bio from city's website