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2021 Fort Worth elections |
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Election dates |
Filing deadline: February 12, 2021 |
General election: May 1, 2021 Runoff election: June 5, 2021 |
Election stats |
Offices up: Mayor |
Total seats up: 1 (click here for other city elections) |
Election type: Nonpartisan |
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U.S. municipal elections, 2021 |
Deborah Peoples and Mattie Parker advanced to a runoff from a 10-candidate field in the nonpartisan general election for mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, on May 1, 2021. Peoples received 33.6% of the vote and Parker received 30.8% of the vote. Brian Byrd, the third-place finisher, received 14.7% of the vote. The runoff election took place on June 5.[1]
Incumbent Mayor Betsy Price announced on January 5, 2021, that she would not run for re-election.[2]
Byrd, Parker, Peoples, and Ann Zadeh received the most media attention leading up to the election. Byrd had served on the Fort Worth City Council since 2017, and Zadeh had served on the Council since 2014.[3][4] Parker worked in education and formerly worked as the chief of staff for the Fort Worth Mayor and City Council.[5] Peoples formerly worked as a business executive and was Chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party.[6]
A central issue in the race was how the city should respond to its recent population growth, according to The Texan.[7] Between 2010 and 2018, Fort Worth's population grew by 17%, compared to 14% in the whole of Texas and 6% in the United States.[8][9] Byrd said he would increase community safety by supporting police officers and encourage economic development by lowering taxes and attracting jobs and entrepreneurs to the area.[10][11] Zadeh said she would prioritize city planning and infrastructure, with a focus on investing in transportation, economically accessible housing, and neighborhoods she said have been underserved.[12][13] Parker said she would focus on increasing job opportunities and career training, lowering taxes, and encouraging community safety by supporting police and fire services.[14] Peoples said her priorities included increasing economically accessible housing, investing in infrastructure and transportation, and increasing job opportunities in areas she said have been underserved.[10][15]
Daniel Caldwell, Mylene George, Mike Haynes, Cedric Kanyinda, Steve Penate, and Chris Rector also ran in the election. They made up the largest mayoral candidate field in at least a decade.
Price was first elected in 2011, and then re-elected in 2015 and 2019. In 2019, Price won with 56% of the vote, and Peoples was the runner-up with 42%.[16] Price endorsed Mattie Parker in the 2021 election.
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Mattie Parker defeated Deborah Peoples in the general runoff election for Mayor of Fort Worth on June 5, 2021.
Candidate |
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Mattie Parker (Nonpartisan) |
53.5
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47,325 |
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Deborah Peoples (Nonpartisan) |
46.5
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41,055 |
Total votes: 88,380 | ||||
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The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Fort Worth on May 1, 2021.
Candidate |
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Votes |
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✔ |
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Deborah Peoples (Nonpartisan) |
33.6
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22,352 |
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Mattie Parker (Nonpartisan) |
30.8
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20,501 |
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Brian Byrd (Nonpartisan) |
14.7
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9,811 | |
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Steve Penate (Nonpartisan) |
9.4
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6,239 | |
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Ann Zadeh (Nonpartisan) |
8.6
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5,749 | |
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Mike Haynes (Nonpartisan) |
1.3
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890 | |
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Cedric Kanyinda (Nonpartisan) ![]() |
0.5
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329 | |
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Daniel Caldwell (Nonpartisan) ![]() |
0.5
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306 | |
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Chris Rector (Nonpartisan) |
0.4
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293 | |
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Mylene George (Nonpartisan) |
0.1
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49 |
Total votes: 66,519 | ||||
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Incumbent: No
Political Office:
Biography: Byrd received a bachelor’s degree in international business from the University of Texas at Austin and a medical degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Before entering politics, he worked as a physician at a practice he founded, a CEO at Texas Hospice, and as a pastor.
Sources: Brian Byrd's campaign website, "Priorities," accessed March 25, 2021; Brian Byrd's campaign website, "About Brian," accessed March 25, 2021; LinkedIn, "W. Brian Byrd," accessed March 25, 2021
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Fort Worth in 2021
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I ask for your vote. My name means "Judged by God." This means approved, and not condemned, and I intend to give others the same grace and mercy that I have received. As a law school graduate, I am grateful to have been the beneficiary of generosity from scholarship donors who made my education possible. With a Civil Engineering degree, my interests in project permitting extend to facilitating or implementing high quality standards for infrastructure development and growth while preserving our natural resources. Similarly, the poverty in which I was raised by a single mother taught me the importance of parks, programs to participate in, and provident living. As a Christian and an educator now, I reflect on my time earning the Eagle Scout rank and in ROTC leadership training to become an officer and later as a sergeant in the Texas State Guard (attending drills in order to be prepared to deploy in any capacity or emergency). Albeit using sometimes outside-the-box uncommon sense, I leave, unique, lasting, positive contributions at the institutions of which I become a part. Those considering voting for me should do so because I genuinely strive to be honest and decent. I have seen elected officials treat their positions as a part-time gig, and I will diligently treat the office as a full-time profession from which I won't be clocking out early. I know that I have plenty of room for improvement, like our city. "
The messages below are the candidate’s own.
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Fort Worth in 2021
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Biography: Parker received a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the University of Texas at Austin, and a law degree from Texas A&M University. Her professional experience before the election included working as an attorney, as chief of staff for the Fort Worth mayor and city council, and as the CEO of Tarrant To & Through and Fort Worth Cradle to Career.
Sources: Mattie Parker's campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 25, 2021; LinkedIn, "Mattie Parker," accessed March 25, 2021; Mattie Parker's campaign website, "About Mattie," accessed March 25, 2021
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Fort Worth in 2021
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Biography: Peoples received a bachelor’s degree in speech communication and rhetoric and a master’s degree in business administration from Texas Woman’s University. She worked as a vice president at AT&T, and leading up to the election served as the chairwoman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party.
Sources: Deborah Peoples' campaign website, "Priorities," accessed March 25, 2021; LinkedIn, "Deborah Peoples," accessed March 25, 2021; Deborah Peoples' campaign website, "About," accessed March 25, 2021
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Fort Worth in 2021
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
Biography: Zadeh received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in environmental studies and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of Texas at Arlington. Before entering politics, she worked as a city planning consultant and as a zoning commissioner for the city of Fort Worth.
Sources: Ann Zadeh's campaign website, "Platform," accessed March 25, 2021; LinkedIn, "Ann Zadeh," accessed March 25, 2021; Ann Zadeh's campaign website, "About Ann," accessed March 25, 2021
This information was current as of the candidate's run for Mayor of Fort Worth in 2021
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The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the City Secretary of Fort Worth, Texas. Candidates who submitted campaign finance reports are included.
This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes links to endorsement lists published on campaign websites, if available. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please email us.
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Endorsement | Byrd | Parker | Peoples | Zadeh | ||
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The Dallas Morning News[18] | ✔ | |||||
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[19] | ✔ | |||||
Elected officials | ||||||
State Rep. Craig Goldman (R)[20] | ✔ | |||||
Rep. Kay Granger (R)[21] | ✔ | |||||
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)[22] | ✔ | |||||
State Rep. Phil King (R)[20] | ✔ | |||||
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price[20] | ✔ | |||||
State Sen. Royce West (D)[23] | ✔ | |||||
Individuals | ||||||
Former Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief[24] | ✔ | |||||
Organizations | ||||||
The Collective PAC[25] | ✔ | |||||
Grassroots Law Project[26] | ✔ | |||||
Higher Heights PAC[27] | ✔ |
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Deborah Peoples, Ann Zadeh, and Mattie Parker participated in a candidate forum hosted by CommUnity Frontline.
Deborah Peoples, Ann Zadeh, Mattie Parker, and Daniel Caldwell participated in a candidate forum hosted by the Fort Worth Chamber, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce, the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, NAACP Fort Worth/Tarrant County Branch, the Fort Worth Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, and The Faith and Community Leaders United hosted a candidate forum on March 19, 2021.
Byrd’s campaign website stated the following:
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Fort Worth has a history of being a livable city and cutting its property taxes year after year. It needs to stay that way. Brian would rather lean on a thriving business environment to bring in tax revenue than raise property taxes on city residents. Brian has fought on city council to keep property taxes low and, as Mayor, will continue to fight to lower property taxes even further.
The strength and hope of our economy and business sector are the talented entrepreneurs who are developing new products and services right here in Fort Worth. As a successful entrepreneur, Brian understands the unique challenges of starting a business. That’s why he always supports entrepreneurs who bring dynamic and worthwhile projects to the city. Because of our low regulation, ample space, bike trails, beautiful neighborhoods and Fort Worth friendliness, our city has attracted a bevy of corporate relocations. As Mayor, Brian will seek out the kinds of companies we want to move to Fort Worth – companies that pay high wages and provide healthy benefits – and he will meet with those company leaders to show them why Fort Worth is the ideal place to grow their business. He believes in bringing together the power and efforts of the Fort Worth Chambers of Commerce, Visit Fort Worth, the city’s Economic Development team, and when possible, the Texas Enterprise Fund. As mayor, Brian will work to make Fort Worth the most attractive city in Texas for new, quality, high paying jobs.
Quality, high paying jobs require an educated workforce, and an educated workforce is the foundation of any strong city. An educated workforce will build our future and determine the well-being of our citizens. Brian intends to carry forward our city’s efforts toward improving third-grade literacy. By partnering and supporting non-profit efforts, we will see more of our kids complete college degrees. The city should continue to push for affordable childcare, public transit access to our community college campuses, and internet access for our school-aged kids. Brian’s plan is simple: bring our educators, institutions and employers together to ensure our local businesses can fill their jobs with not just four-year degree holders but also two-year degree holders and technical skilled workers.
We all want to walk in our neighborhoods without fear. Business owners want to operate in stable, safe settings. Police officers bear the burden of these responsibilities, and Brian Byrd supports the police force. He supported the CCPD continuation election, and he has voted every year to ensure that our officers are well-equipped and trained. Better de-escalation training keeps everyone safer and Brian pushed for that training for our officers. Brian supported smart-policing adjustments made by our Police Chief. These programs mean that more mental health professionals can respond when an emergency involves someone in a mental health crisis. It also led to the creation of a non-sworn citizens division that responds to calls that don’t require a police officer.
When our young people move away for college and don’t return, we miss their vision, energy, and talent. Fort Worth is one of the more diverse big cities in America. We want to see all our graduates complete further training or education and enjoy adventurous, successful careers in Fort Worth. Brian led the development of TCL Lead, a city-wide mentoring program for Black and Latino entrepreneurs and business leaders.
We need justice for the vulnerable among us and opportunity for those who desire success. But the old ways of spending tax dollars need to be replaced with an entrepreneurial spirit. On a per capita basis, Fort Worth is one of the most efficient city governments in the State of Texas. But we can do better. As a councilman, Brian continually pressed for efficiency – see his video here. Starting a drop-in center for human trafficking victims, and developing a mentoring program for minorities are just two examples of how Brian has led with out-of-the-box thinking and a hands-on approach. We can do more. [34] |
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—Brian Byrd’s campaign website (2021)[35] |
Parker’s campaign website stated the following:
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Mattie Parker knows it takes principled leaders, not politicians, to provide a safer and stronger Fort Worth. She will make sure the Mayor’s policies remain nonpartisan because the last thing our city needs is Washington-style division that pits neighbor against neighbor. The best way to lead our great city is with honesty and a commitment to bringing people together from all walks of life to develop solutions for our most pressing issues.
As Fort Worth Mayor, Mattie will focus on helping every community in every part of our city thrive. She believes all families regardless of zip code should have the same opportunity for prosperity and safety. This requires focusing on aging neighborhoods that could use a boost with more jobs, better roads to reduce traffic, career training for our next generation and classrooms of excellence for all students.
During her tenure as Chief of Staff to Mayor Betsy Price, Mattie served as the go-to leader to improve efficiency at City Hall and develop innovative cost-saving measures to save tax dollars. As our next Mayor, she will continue these efforts to protect taxpayers and look for additional ways to provide property tax relief for homeowners. This requires focusing our city budget on the basic services that have the biggest impact on our lives.
Mattie will support strong police and fire services and push back against any efforts to defund our police force. Only with well-funded law enforcement can we best protect our neighborhoods and schools from violent crime. She also will work with non-profits and education leaders to ensure more students have the job training they need to succeed in today’s workforce – giving young adults real world skills and hope for a brighter future. Protecting our neighborhoods
Inclusive leadership
Innovative problem solver
Responsive to all citizens of Fort Worth
Growing our economy through innovation
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—Mattie Parker’s campaign website (2021)[36] |
Peoples' campaign website stated the following:
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Our city has so much untapped potential, but previous leadership has overlooked the changes and growth that have taken place in Fort Worth. We can’t afford to continue to be a city for only the wealthy and well-connected. This historic crisis has made it painfully clear that our city suffers when leaders prioritize one group over another. Now more than ever, we need a mayor who will listen to community members of all backgrounds and unite us into One Fort Worth.
Especially in a pandemic, we must approach healthcare with the mindset that we’re only as strong as our weakest link. We’re only as healthy as our sickest neighborhood. Long before the public health crisis, Fort Worth passed on simple, cost-effective solutions that would have dramatically improved the baseline health and wellness of its residents. Past leaders even eliminated the city’s health department. As a result, Fort Worth has long been home to the zip code with the lowest life expectancy in all of Texas. That same zip code now has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the country, which leads to increased infection rates all across our city. As a city, we must prioritize increasing access to healthcare in a way that avoids skyrocketing costs. Too many of our neighborhoods lack access to a nearby pharmacy or community health center. By targeting these pharmacy deserts, we can increase the standard of care for our most vulnerable communities and build the necessary infrastructure for COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots to make our whole city more healthy. In these times, the most vulnerable among us are marked not only by zip code, but also by age. Our children are living through an incredibly stressful period in American history. From the global uncertainty brought by the pandemic to repeated acts of violence brought by a failing criminal justice system, caring for the mental health of our children must be a priority. I support working with area school boards to increase funding for mental health care and counseling in schools. With summer approaching, the city must create new, pandemic-safe summer volunteering and job-training programs to provide additional social support systems for our children.
This past year has brought renewed attention to long-standing inequities in our criminal justice system. To have a city that truly aims to provide equal treatment under the law, we must achieve equal treatment by law enforcement. It is critical that we have a properly funded police department with top-notch training. However, it is concerning that city leaders in the past have ignored the will of the voters who specifically voted for a half-cent tax increase to fund police training as well as intervention and prevention programs. Unfortunately, city leaders have not respected residents’ desire to fund intervention and prevention programs, which is why we must have greater accountability and oversight into taxpayer-funded programs such as the CCPD half-cent tax. The goal of our criminal justice system should be to promote public safety. This goes beyond community policing and de-escalation training. Many of our city’s problems with public safety can be attributed to an imbalanced approach in promoting public safety. Crime intervention and prevention programs in the community can prevent many potential safety issues before a police officer is called. Unfortunately, our city has not allocated proper resources to these programs, which puts an unnecessarily heavy burden on our overextended police force. Too often our city leaders turn a blind eye to accountability once an issue has left the headlines. Our goal should be to have a high-quality police force, which means we cannot time and time again allow back repeat offenders with no real consequences.
As a year living with the pandemic drags on, we must do everything possible to prevent this from being a lost year for our schoolchildren. Bringing parents, teachers, and scientific experts to the table is the only way we can move forward in a way that’s best for all of our children. It is key that parents are informed of CDC guidelines to keep schools safe and repeatedly invited to see how those safety recommendations are implemented in all our classrooms. We have work to do in re-establishing trust between trust between parents and schools in all our neighborhoods. It should never be the case that a parent has reason to doubt a school’s ability to keep students safe. The city should prioritize vaccinations for teachers and establish an oversight body to ensure all schools have the proper resources and have successfully implemented safety measures. In the past, our city’s leadership has been too aggressive and adversarial toward our popularly elected school boards. Instead, our mayor needs to be an effective partner in progress with our school boards to ensure our city fulfills its responsibility to offer a high-quality education for all our students. Given the needs of our city’s workforce, we have a responsibility to equip our high schools with top-notch job training and apprenticeship programs. We are lucky to have such a broad array of employers in our city, and it is incumbent upon the city and its school boards to partner with these employers to help create specialized, accredited job training programs that put students on a path to starting quality jobs after graduation.
Fort Worth is America’s 13th largest city because of our incredibly high growth rate. This creates a wealth of opportunity that past leaders have failed to fully utilize. Leaning on three decades as a senior executive in the business world, we must look to proven tools for economic growth: targeted business incentives, investments in previously ignored communities, and economic relief based on need instead of insider connections. Too many of our attempts to attract new businesses to Fort Worth have resulted in the city giving away the store without assurances that companies will create jobs where we need them most. By clarifying priority areas for new businesses and working with other localities to avoid abatement bidding wars, we can raise the level of economic prosperity in all our city’s neighborhoods. It is a shame that the city ignored free federal dollars for coronavirus relief. In this time of profound financial pain, city leaders need to follow the guidance of top economists and institute large-scale relief efforts now to prevent worse economic pain in the future. Any sort of relief application process that prioritizes the wealthy and well-connected cannot be tolerated. Finally, our leaders need to recognize that cities are at a disadvantage in attracting new businesses when they turn a blind eye to systemic racial and social inequities. All across the country, we are seeing big job creators boycott states and areas that do not embrace diversity. With so many people of so many backgrounds calling Fort Worth home, we need to break with the old ways and recognize this diversity for the strength that it is for our city.
Throughout Texas and the South, we see cautionary tales of awful traffic in fast-growing cities that do not properly address their infrastructure needs. Adding lanes and widening roads is not enough to handle traffic in a city that’s growing as fast as Fort Worth is. Investing in public transit—particularly light rail—must be a priority to prevent major congestion, just as it has in cities across the country. Fort Worth cannot be a city that’s impossible to access without a vehicle, especially the airport and major economic centers. The concept of infrastructure must go beyond trains, roads, and bridges. We need to take a holistic approach to infrastructure investment that focuses on issues like eliminating food deserts and broadband dead zones. As vaccine distribution continues to be a priority for our nation and our city, we need to look to success stories across the country to meet people where they are with vaccine distribution. Fort Worth’s mayor needs to be a more proactive partner with state and federal officials to ensure our city doesn’t continue to be underserved. Exploring the use of vaccine supersites and mobile distribution units will help our city get back on track to safely and fully reopen as fast as possible. |
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—Deborah Peoples' campaign website (2021)[37] |
Zadeh’s campaign website stated the following:
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The Mayor’s job is not politics. The Mayor's job is to ensure that the City of Fort Worth is run in the most efficient, effective, and professional manner possible. The job is to protect the residents and taxpayers of Fort Worth and make sure that every single person in Fort Worth has all the opportunities this city has to offer: a safe community; a clean city; housing they can afford; a job that affords them a fair and livable wage; a quality education for their children; and equal access to all that this city has to offer. That’s why as mayor, Ann Zadeh’s platform includes all of the following:
Creating, supporting, and improving a multimodal transportation system is a top priority for Ann as Mayor of Fort Worth. This would include multiple actions aligned with the mission of the Tarrant Transit Alliance, including educating, empowering and mobilizing our community to promote transit. A multimodal system that offers options and choices for residents and visitors to the City is what we should provide as a world-class City.
Creating, supporting, and improving a multimodal transportation system would be a top priority for me as Mayor of Fort Worth. This would include multiple actions aligned with the mission of Tarrant Transit Alliance, including educating, empowering and mobilizing our community to promote transit. One top action would be to ensure we are prepared to take advantage of the current Federal administration's $2T funding for infrastructure projects, including mass transit, especially rail. Fort Worth needs a piece of that, and we can’t let another opportunity to provide improved transit options slip through our fingers. A multimodal transit system that offers options and choices for residents and visitors of the city is what residents and visitors to any world-class city expect. This is not about forcing any one mode on people; it’s about choice and opportunity.
The quality of life of every person in Fort Worth is directly tied to the availability of good paying, quality jobs. Ann will actively work to attract new businesses to Fort Worth, particularly “new economy,” good paying jobs. The kinds of jobs that allow workers to support a family, buy a home, and enjoy the quality of life that Fort Worth has to offer.
Over the last few years, the cost of housing in Fort Worth has gone through the roof. Whereas only a few years ago, quality first homes and desirable, convenient rental properties were largely affordable, today even modest housing can be priced out of reach of even two earner families. Ann Zadeh has fought for affordable housing options during her time on the council. As Mayor, she will be able to fight that much harder to ensure that there are affordable housing options available for all residents.
Recently, the Fort Worth City Council voted to disband the city’s long standing Ethics Commission. For years prior to disbanding the city’s ethics watchdog, the Council had effectively neutered it by refusing to appoint new commissioners to expired terms. Both of these were affronts to integrity in government. As Mayor I will not only reinstate the Ethics Commission and appoint new, independent citizen commissioners, but I would also support a thorough examination and strengthening of the city’s ethics rules.
This council will oversee redistricting of city council districts including the addition of two new districts. Traditionally, the drawing of district lines is a process greatly influenced by the sitting council members who are more interested in protecting their own interests than drawing fair, sensible lines. I have consistently supported the appointment of an independent Redistricting Committee. The drawing of district lines should not be gerrymandered to protect sitting council members. It’s bad enough that is how congressional and state legislative districts are drawn. We should NOT make the same mistakes locally.
The report of the recent Race and Culture Task Force recommended the formation of a citizens police review board. There is no reason the actions of the police should be above review by the residents of Fort Worth… the people the police are there to protect and to serve. It is a perfectly reasonable and common practice and is done in virtually every major city in America. There is no reason we cannot do the same. I hope to discuss these and many other issues in the course of this campaign. Only with your support can we make these and other positive changes to help make Fort Worth the city we all want and deserve. [34] |
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—Ann Zadeh’s campaign website (2021)[38] |
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Incumbent Betsy Price defeated Deborah Peoples, James McBride, and Mike Haynes in the general election for Mayor of Fort Worth on May 4, 2019.
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Betsy Price (Nonpartisan) |
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Deborah Peoples (Nonpartisan) |
41.9
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16,261 | |
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James McBride (Nonpartisan) |
2.3
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873 | |
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Mike Haynes (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) |
0.1
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35 |
Total votes: 38,798 | ||||
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Mayor of Fort Worth, General Election, 2017 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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70.28% | 23,219 |
Chris Nettles | 29.72% | 9,819 |
Total Votes | 33,038 | |
Source: Tarrant County, Texas, "Official Results," accessed May 24, 2017 |
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2015[edit]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. In the mayoral race, incumbent Betsy Price ran for re-election unopposed.[39] |
Fort Worth is a city in Texas that extends into Tarrant County and Denton County. As of 2013, its population was 792,727.[40]
The city of Fort Worth uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[41]
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
Demographic data for Fort Worth, Texas (2015) | ||
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Fort Worth | Texas | |
Total population: | 796,614 | 27,429,639 |
Land area (square miles): | 340 | 261,232 |
Race and ethnicity[42] | ||
White: | 66% | 74.9% |
Black/African American: | 18.9% | 11.9% |
Asian: | 3.9% | 4.2% |
Native American: | 0.6% | 0.5% |
Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Two or more: | 3.1% | 2.5% |
Hispanic/Latino: | 34.3% | 38.4% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate: | 80.8% | 81.9% |
College graduation rate: | 27.3% | 27.6% |
Income | ||
Median household income: | $53,214 | $53,207 |
Persons below poverty level: | 18.8% | 19.9% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) |
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