Local Elections
Early Voting: April 22-30
Election Day: Saturday, May 4
Some local elections are county-wide; some are for school districts; some are for city councils.
Be sure to pay attention to ALL the races you fall under.
Bond Elections:
As a general rule of thumb, we recommend voting against ALL bond elections. Until our government learns to spend within its means, we do not need to give it more money. There are a few rare exceptions, but when in doubt, vote no. As a side note, anyone who tells you a bond does not affect your taxes is playing games with you. Nothing is free, and those people should not be trusted.
Bell County:
– city councils:
Killeen Mayor – Rick Briggs
Harker Heights Place 2 – Shane Hodyniak
Harker Heights Place 5 – Sam Halibi
– school boards:
Killeen ISD Place 6 – Tina Capito
Bexar County:
– county wide:
Tax Appraisal District Pl 1 – Naomi Elizabeth Miller
Tax Appraisal District Pl 2 – Yen Yan (endorsed)
Tax Appraisal District Pl 3 – Mel Bayne
– school boards:
NEISD Place 1 – Michael Gurwitz (endorsed)
NEISD Place 2 – no recommendation (updated)
NEISD Place 4 – Jack Hoyle
NEISD Place 5 – Dick Rasmussen (endorsed)
NEISD Place 6 – Steve Hillard (endorsed)
Cameron County:
– county wide:
Cameron County Appraisal District Pl 1 – Bill Hudson
Cameron County Appraisal District Pl 2 – Minerva Simpson
Cameron County Appraisal District Pl 3 – Norlene C. Chamberlain
– city councils:
Combes Commissioner Pl 1 – Gerardo “Jerry” Santos
Combes Commissioner Pl 3 – Kenneth P Stolar
Laguna Vista City Council Pl 4 – Natalie Ruiz
Laguna Vista City Council Pl 5 – Goldie Strader
Laguna Vista City Council Pl – Ginger Cunningham
– school boards:
Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees Pl 4 – Bobby Muniz
Collin County:
-city councils:
Allen – Dave Scott, Dave Schaeffer, Dave Cornett
Celina, Pl 2 – we are split on Cawlfield and Hogue
Celina, Pl 3 – we are split on Hopkins and Pace
Frisco – No on Prop A (the GOP Platform is explicitly against unions); B is debatable
McKinney – no on bonds
Wylie – David Strang and Scott Williams
– school boards:
Celina ISD place 6 – Kelly Juergent
Frisco ISD place 6 – Fred Kaiser
Frisco ISD place 7 – Melanie Barrios-Jones
Dallas County:
– county wide:
Dallas Central Appraisal District, Pl 1 – P. Wylie Burge
Dallas Co Community College District 1 – no recommendation
Recommend NO on all bonds
– city councils:
Balch Springs PL 2 – Johnny Red Cloud Cox
Carrollton Pl 5 – Nancy Cline
Carrollton Pl 7 – Rowena Watters
Cedar Hill Pl 2 – Chad McCurdy
Coppell Mayor – Wes Mays
Coppell Pl 4 – Kevin Nevels
Coppell Pl 5 – Ramesh Premkumar
Dallas Pl 2 – Sikhbir Kaur
Dallas Pl 3 – John Sims
Dallas Pl 9 – Kendra Madison
Dallas Pl 10 – Katherine Stewart or Barbara Markham
Dallas Pl 11 – Mary Evans
Dallas Pl 12 – Cara Mendelson
Dallas Pl 13 – Priscilla Shacklett
Dallas Pl 14 – Joseph Miller
Dallas Pl 15 – Eric Johnson
Duncanville Mayor – Greg Contreras
Duncanville District 2 – can’t recommend either candidate
Duncanville District 5 – can’t recommend either candidate
Farmers Branch District 5 – Roger Neal
Irving District 4 – Jesus Martinez, Darryl Plunkett, OR Luis Canosa
Irving District 6 – Al Zapata
Irving District 8 – Dennis Webb
Sunnyvale Pl 6 – George Woodrow OR Johnathan Crisler
Wilmer City Council – George Leverett, Jr
– School boards:
Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD (rank choice vote) – Paul Gilmore (vote for him twice)
Coppell ISD Pl 6 – Nicole Bentley
Dallas ISD District 1 – Chris Roberts
Mesquite ISD Pl 7 – Kevin Carbo
Denton County:
– county wide:
Denton County Appraisal District Pl 1 – Angela Cox
Denton County Appraisal District Pl 2 – Lisa McEntire
Denton County Appraisal District Pl 3 – Rick Guzman
-city councils:
Carrollton council place 1 – Christopher Axberg
Carrollton Pl 5 – Nancy Cline
Carrollton Pl 7 – no recommendation
Celina, Pl 2 – we are split on Cawlfield and Hogue
Celina, Pl 3 – we are split on Hopkins and Pace
Corinth council place 1 – Sam Burke
Corinth council place 3 – Steve Holzwarth
Corinth council place 4 – Tina Henderson
Corinth Prop A – FOR
Denton council place 5 – Erica Garland
Denton council place 6 – Jill Jester
Denton Mayor – Gerard Hudspeth
Flower Mound Mayor – Derek France
Flower Mound place 4 – Barbara Barrios
Frisco council place 1 – Mark Piland
Frisco council place 3 – John Redmond
Frisco – Props A & B (the GOP Platform is explicitly against unions; do your homework well!)
Lewisville Mayor – Winston Edmondson
Lewisville Council place 2 – No Recommendation
Little Elm town council place 3 – Debra Liva
Northlake Mayor – Rena Hardeman
Providence Village Pl 4 – Dustin Clay
Sanger Mayor – Jeffrey W Jarecke
Sanger city council – Gary Bilyeu
– school boards:
Celina ISD place 6 – Kelly Juergent
Denton ISD place 1 – Debi Scaggs
Denton ISD place 2 – Terry A. Senne
Frisco ISD place 6 – Fred Kaiser
Frisco ISD place 7 – Melanie Barrios-Jones
Lake Dallas ISD place 1 – Aaron Appleby
Lake Dallas ISD place 2 – Greg Bartley
Lewisville ISD place 1 – Allison Lassann
Ellis County:
– county wide:
Ellis County Appraisal District, Pl 1 – Walter Darrach or Beverly Gatlin
-city councils:
Ennis Mayor – Kameron Raburn
Commissioner Ward 3 – James Wilson
Commissioner Ward 5 – Pete Setian
-school boards:
Erath County:
-city councils:
vote no on all bonds
Stephenville City Council – no candidates are worth recommending
-school boards:
Stephenville ISD – split vote between Estill & Gann
Jefferson County:
– county wide: For the 3 Central Appraisal District positions, we cannot recommend any of the candidates
– school boards: Port Arthur ISD – all candidates are Democrats
Fort Bend County:
– school boards:
Fort Bend ISD – Adam School and Kristin Tassin
Galveston County:
– county wide:
Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District, Position 1 – David Johnson
Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District, Position 2 – Jason Jones
Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District, Position 5 – Kim Girouard
– school boards:
Clear Creek ISD Trustee District 4 – Jeff Larson
Grayson County: NO on college bond
Greg County:
– county wide:
No on all bonds and propositions.
– city councils:
Gladewater Mayor – Brandy Flanagan
Gladewater Council Pl 3 – Stoney Stone
Kilgore Council Pl 1 – Meryln Holmes
Kilgore Council Pl 2 – Alan VanDoren
Kilgore Council Pl 3 – Daniel Gantt
Longview Mayor – Temple Carpenter
Longview Council D1 – Arthur Carter
Longview Council D2 – Shannon Moore
– school boards:
Kilgore ISD Pl 4 – Reggie Henson
Longview ISD Pl 3 – Samir Germanwala
Springhill ISD Pl 6 – Kymberli Stanley
Harris County:
– county wide:
Harris Central Appraisal District Board Pl 1 – Bill Frazier
Harris Central Appraisal District Board Pl 2 – Kyle Scott
Harris Central Appraisal District Board Pl 3 – Mark Goloby
– city councils:
– school boards:
Clear Creek ISD Trustee District 4 – Jeff Larson
Katy ISD Pl 6 – Donovan Campbell
Katy ISD Pl 7 – David Olson
Spring Branch ISD Pl 3 – Matthew Cone
Harrison County:
– county wide:
No on all bonds and propositions.
– school boards:
Hallsville ISD Pl 4 – Matt Folmar
Hidalgo County:
– county wide:
Hood County:
– school boards:
Kaufman County:
– city councils:
Crandall City Council – both are good candidates
Forney City Council Pl 1 – James Traylor
Forney City Council Pl 3 – Sandy Primus
– school boards:
Forney School Board Pl 4 – Yuel Neal
Kendall County:
– school boards:
Boerne ISD Place 1 – Mike Stewart
Boerne ISD Place 2 – Place 2 Dallas Pipes
Boerne ISD Place 3 – Courtney Darter-Bruce
-city councils:
Lubbock County:
Lubbock City Council district 2: Anah Menjares
Waco mayor – NOT Robertson
Orange County Drainage Dist, Pct 3 – James Scales
Vidor ISD, Pl 2 – Carrie Vincent
Orange County Drainage Dist, Pct 3 – James Scales
Mineral Wells charter amendment – No
Rusk County: no information available
Tarrant County:
– county wide:
Tarrant Appraisal District Board Pl 1 – Eric Morris
Tarrant Appraisal District Board Pl 2 – Callie Rigney
Tarrant Appraisal District Board Pl 3 – Matt Bryant
– city councils:
Bedford Mayor – Love
Bedford City Council Pl 2 – Livermore
Amendments – YES on A; no on the B-G
Colleyville City Council – Tim Raine
Euless City Council – Annabel Eades
Grapevine City Council – Sharron Rogers
Keller City Council Pl 2 – Greg Will
North Richland Hills City Council Pl 2 – Ricky Rodriguez
North Richland Hills City Council Pl 4 – Matt Blake
North Richland Hills City Council Pl 6 – Russ Mitchell
North Richland Hills Mayor – Jack McCarty (endorsed)
– school boards:
Birdville ISD – no contested races
Grapevine/Colleyville ISD Pl 1 – Shannon Braun
Grapevine/Colleyville ISD Pl 2 – Mike Alfred
Grapevine/Colleyville ISD bonds – No – A & C are not surprises and should be budgeted for. C is for technology that will be obsolete in a year.
Keller ISD Pl 6 – Charles Randklev
Keller ISD Pl 7 – Heather Washington
Northwest ISD Pl 2 – Mark Schluter
Travis County:
– county wide:
Travis Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors, Place 2 – no pick
Travis Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors, Place 3 -Bill May
Lake Travis ISD, Board of Trustees, Place 2 – Christy Comfort
Upshur County:
– county wide:
No on all bonds and propositions.
– city councils:
Big Sandy Councilmembers at Large (3 places) – Kerry Rickard, Collette Stec, and Chase Sheeley
East Mountain Mayor – Marc Covington
East Mountain City Council (2 places) – Jo Popma and Paul Barber
Williamson County:
– county wide:
Williamson County Appraisal District – Jim Buell, Mike Sanders, Collin Klein
– city councils:
Hutto City Council Pl 2 – Dan Thornton
Hutto City Council Pl 5 – Nicole Calderone
Hutto Props A-P – NO on all of them
– school boards:
Hutto ISD – Ashley Rendon and James Matlock