With less than two months until Election Day, both sides in the effort to build a new Rangers stadium have secured key endorsements — with the pro-stadium group getting a thumbs-up from an unlikely source.

The Arlington Tea Party's board of directors Friday offered its support to the drive to replace Globe Life Park with a $1 billion retractable-roof stadium that will go up for a vote in Arlington on Nov. 8.

Under the plan, taxpayers would fund $500 million toward the stadium through hotel and rental car taxes and surcharges on Rangers tickets and parking at stadium events. The Tea Party historically opposes government funding for private entities.

"Every tea party is different," Arlington Tea Party President Dan Fernandez said. "We discussed it, we took a vote, and the majority voted 4-to-1 in favor."

A statement by the group read: "Having considered the issue, we believe the real long term benefits to the city of Arlington far outweigh the arguments to the contrary. The Arlington Tea Party Board of Directors by a majority vote announces our support for the new retractable roof baseball stadium for Arlington. We simply urge all Arlington residents vote YES on the issue on the November 8th ballot."

Meanwhile, in a meeting Thursday night, the Tarrant County GOP — typically a tea party ally — passed a resolution opposing the push for a new stadium.

"Be it therefore resolved, the Tarrant County Republican Party opposes Proposition One as it will appear on the November 8th, 2016, ballot in the city of Arlington, and directs our county party chair to utilize reasonable party resources to assist efforts to oppose this government handout," the resolution reads.

Former Arlington Mayor Elzie Odom (DMN File Photo)

The meaning of "reasonable party resources" wasn't made clear in the resolution. Tarrant County GOP Chairman Tim O'Hare could not be reached for comment.

The resolution was co-written by Faith Bussey, president of Citizens for a Better Arlington and a Tarrant County GOP precinct chair, and Warren Norred, a spokesman for the group and also parliamentarian of the Tarrant County GOP.

Bussey said the effort to secure the resolution had been in the works for about a month.

"Now we're going to reach out to leaders of other parties and see if they are willing to pass similar resolutions," Bussey said. "This really crosses party lines. There are plenty of Democrats, Libertarians and Green Party members who are opposed to this."

Former Arlington Mayor Richard Greene (File Photo / The Associated Press)

Craig Ownby, also a Tarrant County GOP precinct chair and a political consultant, supports the efforts to build a new stadium. He was the only person who spoke against the resolution at the Thursday meeting. Bussey said that "seven or eight" others spoke in favor.

Keep The Rangers, an organization formed in support of the new stadium campaign, also secured endorsements from every member of the Arlington City Council and the Arlington ISD school board, the group said in a news release.

Keep The Rangers also touted support from former Arlington mayors Richard Greene, Elzie Odom and Bob Cluck. The group also picked up the backing of Victor and Parker Vandergriff, the son and grandson, respectively, of former Mayor Tom Vandergriff, who was in office when the Rangers moved to Arlington in 1972.