City council recall, Rusk, Texas (2019)

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Rusk City Council recall

Officeholders
Jan Pate
Ken Ferrara
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
May 4, 2019
See also
Recall overview
Political recall efforts, 2019
Recalls in Texas
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An effort in Rusk, Texas, to recall Councilmembers Jan Pate and Ken Ferrara was initiated in November 2018. Petitioners submitted enough signatures to put the recall election on the ballot. Pate and Ferrara were both recalled in the election on May 4, 2019.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Recall vote
* 1.1 Jan Pate
* 1.2 Ken Ferrara
* 2 Recall supporters
* 3 Recall opponents
* 4 Path to the ballot
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

## Recall vote[edit]

### Jan Pate[edit]

Jan Pate, Rusk City Council

Result| Votes| Percentage
Recall| 146| 69.52%
Retain| 64| 30.48%
Election results via: City of Rusk, "2019 General and Recall returns," accessed May 4, 2019

### Ken Ferrara[edit]

Ken Ferrara, Rusk City Council

Result| Votes| Percentage
Recall| 123| 74.55%
Retain| 42| 25.45%
Election results via: City of Rusk, "2019 General and Recall returns," accessed May 4, 2019

## Recall supporters[edit]

The recall petition accused Pate and Ferrara of "conduct unbecoming of a public servant and betrayal of public trust."[2]

## Recall opponents[edit]

Pate, Ferrara, and District 5 residents William Holland and Susan Keller filed a petition in the 369th District Court seeking an injunction against Rusk City Secretary Rosalyn Brown and the City of Rusk to halt certification of the petition on December 5, 2018. Pate and Ferrara said in their petition to the court that the effort against them "was intended to cause the voters of Districts No. 4 and No. 5 to lose their elected representatives by subjecting (the men) to a city-wide recall election process, and was intended to defame and professionally damage."[2]

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing recall in Texas

The recalls were certified for petition on December 10, 2018. Valid signatures of 35 percent of total registered voters—637 signatures—were required to move the recall forward.[2] On December 21, 2018, petitioners submitted 701 signatures for Pate's recall and 702 signatures for Ferrara's recall.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Recall campaigns in Texas
* Political recall efforts, 2018
* Political recall efforts, 2019
* City council recalls

## External links[edit]

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* City of Rusk, Texas

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacksonville Progress, "Rusk: City leaders set May 4 date for recall election," December 28, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jacksonville Progress, "Rusk: Petition to remove 2 councilmen gains steam," December 10, 2018

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