Mar 29, 2017 | Local Elections
Corpus Christi: Former council member Mark Scott is eligible to run for mayor in the May 6 special election and must be included on the ballot, the a three-judge panel of the 13th Court of Appeals ruled. “The plain language of the City Charter supports Scott’s...
Mar 28, 2017 | Local Elections
Corpus Christi: Mayoral candidates, minus former council member Mark Scott, drew for positions on the May 6 ballot this morning (Tuesday). The city council previously determined Scott to be ineligible, and Scott has filed a petition with the 13th Court of Appeals...
Mar 21, 2017 | Local Elections
San Antonio: The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Assoc. endorsed challenger Manuel Medina. The group previously endorsed former Sen. Leticia Van de Putte in the 2015 mayoral race against Mayor Ivy Taylor. Medina was also endorsed by local Tea Party leaders Jeff...
Feb 21, 2017 | Local Elections
Thirty-eight Dallas residents filed for the 14 city council positions on the May 6 uniform election ballot, including all 14 incumbents. Three of those incumbents – Jennifer Staubach Gates, Sandy Greyson and Adam McGough – are unopposed. For Greyson, this is the third...
Feb 17, 2017 | Local Elections
Today (Friday) was the deadline for candidates to file for most municipal and other local offices on the May 6 uniform election ballot. A few local jurisdictions have other deadlines. In general, candidates have one week to withdraw from their respective races after...
Feb 17, 2017 | Local Elections
Fourteen San Antonio residents filed for mayor and another 66 filed for the 10 city council positions.This is 20% more than the number who filed in 2015. Much of the increase can be attributed to four open seats, all of which attracted at least six candidates. The...
Feb 16, 2017 | Local Elections
Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline for candidates to file for most municipal and other local offices on the May 6 uniform election ballot. A few local jurisdictions have other deadlines. In general, candidates have one week to withdraw from their respective races after...
Feb 12, 2017 | Local Elections
The deadline for candidates to file for a spot on the May 6 uniform election ballot is Friday in most jurisdictions. A list of what municipal offices are on the ballot for the state’s 100 most populous cities can be found here. Corpus Christi: Former council...
Feb 8, 2017 | Local Elections
An updated version of this post with the final roster of candidates can be found here. With a little over a week to go to file for municipal offices on the May 6 ballot, 44 San Antonioians have already filed for mayor and city council. Others have announced their...
Feb 6, 2017 | Local Elections
Pasadena: The city must revert to a system of eight single-member districts for the May election, ruled the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, upholding a lower court decision issued in January. In that decision, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal said Pasadena’s current...
Jan 31, 2017 | Local Elections
Former Reps. Gilbert Peña (R-Pasadena) and Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) have filed to succeed term-limited Johnny Isbell. They join San Jacinto College trustee John Moon Jr. and council members Pat Van Houte and Jeff Wagner. Both former representatives served HD144....
Dec 18, 2016 | Local Elections
Updated Jan. 25. Most of the state’s 100 largest cities will hold elections for city council members and mayor in 2017. The mayor and all council positions are on the May 2017 ballot in Amarillo, Beaumont. Dallas, Fort Worth, McAllen and San Antonio. Abilene, El...
