General Election / General Elección
2024-Notice of Deadline to File for Candidacy/Fecha límite para presentar la candidatura
May Elections 2023-Deadline-to-File for Place on the Ballot /Elecciones de mayo de 2023: fecha límite para presentar un lugar en la boleta
2022 Order of Election/Orden de Elección
2022-Deadline-to-File for Candidacy/ Fecha límite para presentar la candidatura
2021 Deadline to File for Candidacy
2021 Order of Cancellation
Application to file for Candidacy
Eligibility
Type A City (Local Gov’t Code, Section 22.032)
- Mayor:
Residence — 1 year in state prior to the filing deadline; 1 year in city prior to election day
Age — 18 – Must be a registered voter at the time of the election (not required at time of filing) - Council member:
Residence — 1 year in state prior to filing deadline; 6 months in the city 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 at the time of the election (not required at time of filing)
In accordance with the standard eligibility requirements for a city office, a candidate must:
- Be a United States citizen;
- Not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: totally mentally incapacitated; or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
- Be a registered, qualified voter of the State of Texas;
- Not have been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
- Not be in arrears in tax payments or other liabilities to the City;
- Not be disqualified by any provision of any section of the City Code.
Any member of the Council that ceases to possess qualifications specified above or that is convicted of a felony before or while in office shall immediately forfeit that office. No Council person shall hold any other public office except for Notary Public, member of the National Guard or Military Reserves, or retired member of the Armed Services.