Fort Worth, Texas municipal elections, 2015
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The city of Fort Worth, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 9, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 27, 2015. All eight city council seats were up for election.
Incumbents ran for re-election in every race. Four of them were unchallenged: Mayor Betsy Price, District 3 incumbent Zim Zimmerman, District 6 incumbent Jungus Jordan and District 9 incumbent Ann Zadeh. The other five incumbents faced one challenger each.
Despite the relatively low number of candidates in Fort Worth's 2015 elections, plenty of campaign cash still flowed into several of the council races. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported that five-term District 4 incumbent Danny Scarth and challenger Cary Moon had almost $200,000 on hand between the two of them as of March 31, 2015. The District 2 candidates, incumbent Sal Espino and Steve Thornton, on the other hand, had amassed a collective war chest worth around $100,000. You can read the full story here.
Mayor[edit]
Candidate list[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Betsy Price
- Incumbent Price was elected in 2011.
City council[edit]
Candidate list[edit]
District 2[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Sal Espino - Incumbent Espino was elected in 2005.
- Steve Thornton
District 3[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Zim Zimmerman - Incumbent Zimmerman was elected in 2009.
District 4[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Danny Scarth - Incumbent Scarth was elected in 2006.
- Cary Moon
District 5[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Gyna Bivens - Incumbent Bivens was elected in 2013.
- Bob Willoughby
District 6[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Jungus Jordan - Incumbent Jordan was elected in 2005.
District 7[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Dennis Shingleton - Incumbent Shingleton was elected in 2011.
- Andy Gallagher
District 8[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Kelly Allen Gray - Incumbent Gray was elected in 2012.
- Sharon Mason-Ford
District 9[edit]
May 9 General election candidates:
- Ann Zadeh - Incumbent Zadeh was elected in 2014.
Election results[edit]
| Fort Worth City Council, District 2, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Sal Espino Incumbent |
56.3% | 825 | |
| Steve Thornton | 43.7% | 641 | |
| Total Votes | 1,466 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
| Fort Worth City Council, District 4, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Cary Moon |
59.4% | 1,538 | |
| Danny Scarth Incumbent | 40.6% | 1,051 | |
| Total Votes | 2,589 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
| Fort Worth City Council, District 5, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Gyna Bivens Incumbent |
86.4% | 1,645 | |
| Bob Willoughby | 13.6% | 260 | |
| Total Votes | 1,905 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
| Fort Worth City Council, District 7, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Dennis Shingleton Incumbent |
78.8% | 1,294 | |
| Andy Gallagher | 21.2% | 348 | |
| Total Votes | 1,642 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
| Fort Worth City Council, District 8, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Kelly Allen Gray Incumbent |
79.1% | 1,306 | |
| Sharon Mason-Ford | 20.9% | 346 | |
| Total Votes | 1,652 | ||
| Source: Tarrant County Elections, "Official general election results," accessed May 28, 2015 | |||
Recent news[edit]
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- City of Fort Worth
- City of Fort Worth - 2015 Official Candidate List
- Fort Worth Star Telegram, "Race for Fort Worth council District 4 nets nearly $200,000," April 10, 2015
- Tarrant County Elections - Official general election results
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