General Election – May 3, 2025
NOTICES:
- General Election Notice of Deadline to File Applications for Place on the Ballot
- Special Election – Councilmember Place #5 – Notice of Deadline to File Applications for Place on the Ballot
2025 General Election Candidate Packet:
This election is to fill 3 City Councilmember Positions, Place 3, 4, 5.
The term for this election is May 2025 to May 2027.
2025 Campaign Finance Report Information & Forms:
2025 Candidate Applications:
2024 Candidate Campaign Reports:
Daphney Kirby – Mayor
Ginger Nice – Councilmember 1
Frank Cobio – Councilmember 2
2025 ELECTION
The next General Election will be on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Filing for a place on the ballot is set by state statute and will run from January 15 – February 14, 2025. Find additional election-related dates and information at https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/voter/important-election-dates.shtml (posted in accordance with Tx. Legis. H.B. 305, effective September 1, 2019).
The positions to be filled at the next General Election are:
Councilmember #3
Councilmember #4
Councilmember #5
Qualifications for Office
Type A City (Local Gov’t Code, Section 22.032)
- Residence — 1 year in state prior to filing deadline; 6 months in the city (or ward)
prior to filing deadline (Texas Elec. Code, Section 141.001(a); Brown v.
Patterson, 609 SW 2nd 287) - Age — 18
- Must be a registered voter in territory elected from by the filing deadline*
Applications for a Place on the Ballot are found at the following website: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/pol-sub/2-21f.pdf
The first day to file an Application for a Place on the Ballot in the May 3, 2025, General Election will be Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The last day to file an Application for a Place on the Ballot will be Friday, February 14, 2025, 5 p.m.
2025 Election Schedule
- January 1, 2025 – First day to apply for a ballot by mail.
- January 15, 2025 – First day to file for a place on the General Election Ballot.
- February 14, 2025 (By 5 p.m.) Last day to file for a place on the General Election Ballot.
- April 3, 2025 -Last day to register to vote.
- April 21, 2025 – First day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
- April 22, 2025 – Last day to apply for a ballot by mail. (Received, not Postmarked)
- April 29, 2025 – Last day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
- May 3, 2025 – Last day to receive ballot my mail.
- May 3, 2025 – Election Day.