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Editor’s note: The candidate list will be updated Feb. 19, 2024, in case of last-minute filings. If a candidate is missing, send an email to hello@fortworthreport.org. 

Municipal elections are just around the corner, and dozens of candidates have lined up to run for seats across Tarrant County.

The last day to file for a spot on the May 4 ballot was Feb. 16. Write-in candidates have until Feb. 20 to declare their candidacy, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office.

April 4 is the last day to register to vote for the May 4 election.

Early voting begins April 22 and ends April 30. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is April 23, and the deadline to return a ballot by mail is May 4.

Here are the candidates who filed:

Azle City Council

Place 1:

  • Derrick Nelson, incumbent

Place 2

  • Amy Estes, incumbent
  • Jake Falcon

Place 5

  • Rouel Rothenberger, incumbent

Bedford City Council

Mayor:

  • Jim Griffin
  • Dan Cogan, incumbent 
  • Eric “BIGJUICY” Love

Place 1:

  • Nichelle D. Dawkins, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Jeron Liverman, 
  • Joy Donovan Brandon
  • Tycom “Ty” Wright

Benbrook City Council

Mayor, Place 1:

  • Jason Ward, incumbent

Place 3:

  • R. Larry Marshall, incumbent
  • Terry Roach

Place 5:

  • Gary Addison, incumbent
  • Gorden Bradshaw

Place 7

  • Keith Tiner, incumbent

Birdville ISD school board

Place 3:

  • Brenda Sanders-Wise, incumbent

Place 4:

  • Matthew Womble, incumbent

Place 5

  • Richard Davis, incumbent

Carroll ISD school board

Place 4:

  • Cameron “Cam” Bryan, incumbent

Place 5:

  • Renee Bottom

Castleberry ISD school board

Place 3:

  • Ariela Martinez, incumbent
  • Janice Carrell

Place 4:

  • Linda Aguillon, incumbent

Colleyville City Council

Place 5: 

  • Kimberly Holt Gunderson

Place 6:

  • Tim Raine
  • Tim Waterworth

Crowley City Council

Place 1:

  • Johnny Shotwell, incumbent 
  • Bill Hornback

Place 4:

  • Jim Hirth, incumbent 

Crowley ISD school board

Place 3:

  • Mia Hall, incumbent
  • Melondy Doddy-Munoz

Place 4:

  • June W. Davis, incumbent

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD school board

Place 1:

  • Marilyn Tolbert, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Paige Ring, incumbent

Euless City Council

Place 5:

  • Annabel Jones Eads
  • Julius Handley IV
  • Joseph A. Robinson
  • Uzoma J. Duru Jr. 

Place 6:

  • Tika Paudel, incumbent

Grapevine City Council

Mayor:

  • William D. “Bill” Tate, incumbent

Place 1:

  • Paul Sletcha, incumbent

Place 2

  • Sharon (Spencer) Rogers, incumbent
  • Jason Rash

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Voters will decide on a three-part, $150 million bond package that calls for school upgrades, buses, technology and improvements to the district’s Swim Center.

Two seats on the school board are up for grabs. Here are the candidates:

Place 1:

  • Kimberly Phoenix
  • Shannon Braun, incumbent
  • Cynthia Rial Graham

Place 2:

  • Michael Alfred
  • Dalia Begin

Haltom City City Council

Place 1:

  • Kyle Smith, currently holds Place 6 council seat

Place 3:

  • Ollie Anderson
  • Cindy Sturgeon

Place 4: 

  • Scott Lindgren
  • Spencer Drabik

Place 5:

  • Troy Dunn

Place 6:

  • Willis Odell
  • Dana Coffman

Haslet City Council

Place 1:

  • Doug Horak, incumbent
  • Joette Keen
  • Ryan Arthur

Place 3:

  • Marilyn Broyles, incumbent
  • James Watkins

Place 5:

  • Tanya Morrow, incumbent

Hurst City Council

Mayor, Place 3:

  • Henry Wilson, incumbent

Place 4:

  • Cathy Butler Brotherton, incumbent

Place 5:

  • Gary N. Waldron, incumbent

Place 7:

  • Cindy Shephard, incumbent

Keller City Council

Place 1:

  • Shannon Dubberly, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Greg Will
  • Robert Slattery
  • Zane J. Kupper
  • Frank Roszell

Keller ISD school board

Place 6:

  • Charles Randklev, incumbent
  • Adrienne Sullivan

Place 7:

  • DaLana Barsanti 
  • Dixie Davis
  • Heather Washington, incumbent

Lake Worth City Council

Place 1:

  • Jim Smith, incumbent

Place 3:

  • Sue Wenger, incumbent

Place 5:

  • Sherrie Kubala Watkins, incumbent

Place 7:

  • Jerry Cox, incumbent

Mansfield City Council

Place 3:

  • Brent Newsom, incumbent
  • Anne Weydeck

Place 4

  • Juan Fresquez

Place 5

  • Julie Short, incumbent

Mansfield ISD

Voters will consider a five-part, $777 million bond package. The proposal would fund school renovations, new technology, stadium upgrades, fine arts and athletic additions and new multipurpose athletic complexes.

Place 1:

  • Michelle Newsom, incumbent
  • Matthew Herzberg

Place 2:

  • Desiree Thomas, incumbent
  • Jandel Crutchfield
  • Angel Hidalgo

North Richland Hills City Council

Mayor:

  • Cary “Jack” McCarty
  • Tito Rodriguez 

Place 2:

  • Rita Wright Oujesky, incumbent 
  • Ricky Rodriguez

Place 4:

  • Matt Blake
  • Tracy Bennett
  • Jeff Arwine

Place 6:

  • Russell “Russ” Mitchell
  • Brianne Goetz
  • Sean Nutt

Northwest ISD school board

Place 1:

  • DeAnne Hatfield, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Mark Schluter, incumbent
  • Amanda J. Smith

Pelican Bay City Council

Mayor:

  • Tamra Olague, incumbent

Place 1:

  • David Dryden, incumbent 

Place 2:

  • Sara Gashi, incumbent 
  • Catherine Williamson 

Richland Hills City Council

Mayor:

  • Curtis Bergthold 
  • Joyce Zuefeldt Fiaccone
  • Wyatt Smith

Place 2:

  • Travis Malone, incumbent
  • Jen Clark

Place 4:

  • Javier Alvarez, incumbent
  • Stacey Lightfoot Morse
  • John Skier

River Oaks City Council

Place 2:

  • Steve Holland, incumbent
  • Dan Dagel

Place 4:

  • Yolie Rodriguez, incumbent
  • Sherrie Uptmore Dast

Sansom Park City Council

Mayor:

  • Jim Barnett Jr., incumbent
  • Roger Chavez

Place 1:

  • Donna Bell, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Jerry Sewall, incumbent

Southlake City Council

Mayor:

  • Shawn McCaskill

Place 2:

  • Randy Robbins, incumbent

Place 3 (special election to fill vacancy):

  • Frances Scharli

Watauga City Council

Place 1:

  • Pat Shelbourne, incumbent
  • YangHui “Tira” Meyers

Place 2:

  • Tom Snyder, incumbent
  • Cris Blackburn

Place 6:

  • Mark Taylor, incumbent
  • Veronica Gomez

Place 7:

  • Jan Hill, incumbent

Westworth Village City Council

Place 2:

  • Michael Dingman, incumbent
  • Imran Khan

Place 3:

  • Barclay Berdan II
  • Sharon Schmitz

Place 4:

  • Robert Fitzgerald, incumbent

Westworth Village voters also will decide whether to reauthorize the local sales and use tax for street maintenance and the Crime Control and Prevention District.

White Settlement ISD school board

Place 1:

  • Raymond Patterson, incumbent

Place 2:

  • Glen Lowry, incumbent
  • Jerrimy Farris

Place 3: 

  • Amanda Sanchez, incumbent
  • Robin Evans

Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 19, 2024, with additional names of candidates who filed for a place on the ballot.

Journalists Keyla Holmes and Olla Mokhtar contributed to this report.

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Jacob Sanchez is an enterprise reporter for the Fort Worth Report. His work has appeared in the Temple Daily Telegram, The Texas Tribune and the Texas Observer. He is a graduate of St. Edward’s University....