Voters in Plano, Southlake, Arlington and other North Texas cities choose mayors in May 1 election
Voters in Plano, Southlake, Arlington and other North Texas cities choose mayors in May 1 election
Incumbent mayors appeared headed to reelection, and at least one race looked to be headed to a runoff late Saturday.
Residents across North Texas are able to participate in early voting for city and school races through April 27. Election Day is May 1.(Jason Janik / Special Contributor)
with a quote from John Muns, the incoming Plano mayor.
Plano and Southlake elected new mayors late Saturday night, and the race for mayor of Arlington was headed to a runoff.
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The men are running to replace Mayor Jeff Williams who could not run again due to term limits.
Ross has served in several civic and community positions, including on the board of directors for the Arlington Police Foundation, the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Margarita Society, Special Olympics and the American Heart Association.
Ross was endorsed by Williams, former Arlington Mayor Richard Greene and the Arlington Police Association.
Glaspie served on the Arlington ISD schoolboard from 1991-2008 and the city council from 2012-2019. He has also been a minister at Mount Olive Baptist Church and is a Vietnam veteran.
Michael Glaspie
Michael Glaspie has lived in the city for nearly 40 years with his family and served on the Arlington ISD school board from 1991 to 2008 and then the Arlington City Council representing District 8 from 2012 to 2019. He s also served on several city committees. Glaspie has also served as a minister of Mount Olive Baptist Church and a U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Veteran. In education, Glaspie holds two Bachelor’s degrees, one in mathematics from UT Austin and another in biblical studies from the Southern Bible Institute, and two master’s degrees in marketing/finance (UT Austin) and religion (B.H. Carroll Theological Institute). If elected, Glaspie’s main priorities will be further equipping first responders with tools and techniques, keeping taxes low, and maintaining and improving infrastructure and safety in Arlington neighborhoods, streets, parks, libraries, etc.
A woman in Dallas enters her polling place during the July, 2020 runoff elections.
North Texans will head to the voting booth this Saturday, May 1. Dozens of races are on the ballot for local elections in cities across the region, including Fort Worth mayor, Fort Worth City Council, Dallas City Council, Arlington mayor and some Arlington City Council seats.
Here’s the 4-1-1:
1. These Seats Matter
A city council member s job is to propose policy and vote on how city money is spent. The mayor either runs a city and oversees all of its services, or has a hand in hiring and firing the person who does those things the city manager.
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