$('.collapse').collapse('hide'); background-color: #003388; top: -1px; .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, In all emails, link directly to the story at fortworthreport.org and not to your website. p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} Wendy Russell Davis (born Wendy Jean Russell; May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Fort Worth, Texas.Davis represented the 10th district in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. When Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price announced she would not seek re-election, a flood of new candidates emerged. In Gyna Bivens District 5, the incumbent has out fund-raised her four opponents by orders of magnitude. District 8 council member Chris Nettles, who represents parts of east of southeast Fort Worth, beat five-term incumbent Kelly Allen Gray by 119 votes in the May general election and 300 votes in the June . .results_row td { .votebox-results-metadata-p { Confirmed candidates include City Council members Brian Byrd and Ann Zadeh; Deborah Peoples, chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party; and Mattie Parker, Mayor Betsy Price's former chief of staff and longtime legislative staffer, as of press date Jan. 15. width: 250px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 100; }, What's on my ballot? }) Conservatives see the possibility of low turnout as an opportunity. font-size: .9em; $('.hideResponses').on('click', () => { During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Fort Worth, following the death of George Floyd. Jennifer Castillo, an entrepreneur and Realtor, Charles Lauersdorf, business owner and veteran, Teresa Ramirez Gonzalez, community volunteer, Bob Willoughby, frequent speaker at city meetings, Gyna Bivens, president of North Texas Lead, Alan Blaylock, current District 4 council member, Rick Herring, neighborhood advocate and retirement adviser, Tara Maldonado Wilson, an emergency room nurse and small business owner, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, Got a story tip? .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { If past is prologue, people dont vote in municipal elections in Fort Worth. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } } vertical-align: top; }) Price opted to not run for a sixth term in 2021 and endorsed Parker, her former chief of staff. }) background-color: #f9f9f9; .results_row.winner { text-align: left !important; .votebox-scroll-container { height: 2.5em; } The former AT&T executive ran against Price in the 2019 election and garnered nearly 43% of the vote though she still lost by nearly 14 percentage points. background-color: transparent; Counties |

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Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it. 		padding-bottom: 3px; 			.results_table_container { 		width: 100%; FORT WORTH, Texas For the first time in its more than 170-year history, theres a chance that the Fort Worth City Council will consist of more newly elected members than incumbents. 	.votebox-results-cell--check { 		padding-bottom: 0px; Fort Worth, Texas salaries and pensions over $95,000, 2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd, 2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws, List of current mayors of the top 100 cities in the United States, List of current city council officials of the top 100 cities in the United States, Click here for a current list of council members, Party affiliation of the mayors of the 100 largest cities, Mayoral election in Fort Worth, Texas (2023), City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2023), City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2022), Mayoral election in Fort Worth, Texas (2021), City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2021), City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2019), Municipal elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2017), Fort Worth, Texas municipal elections, 2015, Events following the death of George Floyd and responses in select cities from May 29-31, 2020, Employment nondiscrimination laws in Texas, Largest cities in the United States by population, https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fort_Worth,_Texas&oldid=9086143, 100 largest United States cities by population, Conflicts in school board elections, 2021-2022, Special Congressional elections (2023-2024), 2022 Congressional Competitiveness Report, State Executive Competitiveness Report, 2022, State Legislative Competitiveness Report, 2022, Partisanship in 2022 United States local elections, **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. How to vote | 	} 	} 	width: 57%; 	} 		background-color: #6db24f; Zadeh was the char of the 2014 Fort Worth Zoning Commission; the 2020-2021 Regional Transportation secretary; and has received numerous awards for her involvement in civic activities. 		font-size: 12px; Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it. 	}  The city of Fort Worth, Texas, held an election for mayor and city council on May 6, 2017. 	color: white; State and local courts | .connected p { A runoff election was scheduled for June 8, 2019, but canceled after all seats were won outright in the general election. 	font-weight: bold; 	.outer_percentage { .hideResponses { display: none;} .infobox p { } 	color: white; Look for the "Republish This Story" button underneath each story. 		font-size: 12px; 	} .widget-key { We have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the nation, we're last in the nation for insurance coverage, and those who are insured struggle to find in-network providers for the healthcare they need. The council has the power to adoptmunicipal ordinancesand resolutions, make proclamations, set the city tax rate, approve the city budget, and appoint the city secretary, city attorney, city auditor, municipal court judges, and members of city boards and commissions. 	color: #fff; 		border-bottom: 1px solid grey; 		background-color: #dac113;  .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} 	text-align: center; } On his campaigns website, he lists his priorities as keeping taxes low, attracting high-paying quality jobs, education, public safety, government efficiency, and keeping talented college graduates in town.