Southeast Tarrant May 2026 Local Elections
These elections are not associated with political parties and thus candidates will not be marked by political party on the ballot.
Important Dates
Last Day to Register to Vote: April 2, 2026
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail: April 20, 2026
Early Voting: April 20-28, 2026
Election Day: May 2, 2026
Important Links
Tarrant Sample Ballot (will be visible closer to election)
Southeast Tarrant Races
* = election details have not been posted Tarrant County website, list of candidates and propositions may not be finalized
Arlington
Mayor
Jim Ross (i) - running for third/final term
✅ Spoke out against the PILF gerrymandering
Steve Cavender
River Legacy Foundation board president
❌ Only candidate out of 18 that skipped the Young Men of Arlington forum and at this time has not responded to Informed Tarrant Voters
❌Endorsed by Bowie Hogg, who consistently voted against LGBTQ+ protections
Hunter Crow
C. Phillip Dobson (write-in)
Shaun Mallory
Council Single-Member Districts (map of districts; can also check your sample ballot)
District 3
Nikkie Hunter (i) - running for third/final term
Works in hospital administration
✅ Voted to oppose the PILF gerrymandering
Kelly Burke
District 4 (incumbent not running for reelection: Andrew Piel)
Rogelio “Rojo” Meixueiro
Tom Ware
Vice Chair of the Arlington Planning and Zoning Commission
Former President of the Arlington Rotary Club, the Arlington Youth Endowment Fund, and the Arlington Optimist Club
Lisa Ventura
Firearms instructor
❌ GOP precinct chair & Community Involvement Committee member
District 5
Council At-Large District 8 (all Arlington residents vote for at-large districts)
incumbent not running for reelection after 3rd term: Barbara Odom-Wesley
Melody Fowler
Director of Student Support Programs and Services at Arlington Baptist University
Arlington ISD Board Trustee and Former President
✅Supported by Book-Lovers Guide to Texas School Board Elections in May 2024 and ALL of her fellow school board trustees
Corey Harris
President of Arlington Board of Realtors
Past presiding officer of the Arlington Masonic Lodge and the Greater Arlington Lions Club
Jason Shelton
Director of the Center for African American Studies
Chair of Unity Council
Board Member for Arlington Museum of Art and for Levitt Pavilion
Endorsed by incumbent, Barbara Odom-Wesley
✅Spoke out against removal of LGBTQ+ protections at the City Council
🎥 Interview about his book ‘‘The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion”
Arlington ISD
All residents in Arlington ISD district (NOT all of Arlington) vote on all board places.
Filing Period: Wed, January 14 - Fri, February 13
Place 6
Incumbent running for her second 2-year term
Director of Youth and Children at Westminster Presbyterian Church
✅ Endorsed by current Arlington mayor, Jim Ross, and previous Arlington mayor, Jeff Williams and 5 Arlington ISD trustees: Justin Chapa, John Hibbs, Melody Fowler, Sarah McMurrough, and David Wilbanks
Parent of two children currently enrolled in district
Was an Arlington ISD elementary teacher for either 33 or 48 years
❌Organizes and donates to elect Republicans who have been gutting education around the state, including her son-in-law Tony Tinderholt, who pushed the $1B voucher scam, amended a school safety bill so his private company could benefit, and has a long anti-education record
❌Distrusts “liberal universities”, showing a disdain for public universities
Place 7
Leanne Hayes (i)
Incumbent running for her second 2-year term
Former President of the district wide council of PTAs
Linton Davis
Burleson
Election cancelled due to all candidates running unopposed.
Burleson ISD
All candidates running unopposed.
Dalworthington Gardens*
All residents of Dalworthington Gardens may vote on all places.
Mayor
Alderman Place 1
Alderman Place 2
Propositions?
Everman*
All residents of Everman may vote on all city council places.
Place 1
Place 3
Place 5
Everman ISD
All candidates running unopposed.
Forest Hill
All residents of Forest Hill may vote on all city council places.
Place 1
Carlie Jones (i)
Current Mayor Pro Tem
Beckie Duncan Hayes(withdrawn)Quincy Wallace
Place 2
Anthony B. Cook (i)
Melvin Bruce Lee
Place 3
Albert Harris Jr.
Timey Boardingham (i)
Running for second three-year term
Fort Worth
Council District 10 (map - far North/Alliance)
Propositions
Bonds as explained by Fort Worth
Proposition A
$511,480,700 bond for streets & mobility infrastructure improvements
Proposition B
$185,140,000 bond for park, recreation, and open space acquisitions and improvements
Proposition C
$14,586,000 bond for public library improvements
Proposition D
$10,000,000 bond for affordable housing
Proposition E
$63,919,300 bond for police, fire, and emergency communications facilities
Proposition F
$59,874,000 bond for animal care and shelter improvements
Grand Prairie
Place 7 is at-large and thus is voted on by ALL Grand Prairie residents. Districts 1 and 3 elections are only voted on by residents of those districts. See this map to find or enter your address to locate your district.
District 1
Jorja Clemson
District 3
David Chappelle
Mike Del Bosque (i)
Business owner
Has been on the city council since May 2017
Amber Timberlake
Trial attorney who previously worked for US Department of Housing and Urban Development and as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Dallas
Place 7 (At Large)
Bond Propositions
Kennedale
Mayor
Vacant after Brad Horton resigned in August 2025
Brian Johnson
Former Kennedale mayor from 2014 until he resigned in July 2021
Resignation letter from 2021 claiming he disagreed too much with the council after the election of the following to the city council:
Jan Joplin - currently still in place
Julie Jacobson - resigned later that year due to moving away
James Connor - lost his 2023 re-election race, but running again this year for place 2
Thelma Kobeck
Current city council member in place 2
Place 2
James Connor III
Persons Bryant Griffith IV
Place 4
Melissa Barrow
Ryon Ray
Kennedale ISD
Place 6
Darryl Owens
Place 7
Mansfield City Council
Election cancelled due to all candidates running unopposed.
Mansfield ISD
All residents in Mansfield ISD district (NOT all of Mansfield) vote on all board places.
Place 6
Dr. Benita Reed (i)
Place 7
Courtney Wilson (i)
❌Last of the Patriot Mobile candidates elected to MISD in 2022
Pantego*
All residents of Pantego vote on all council places.
Place 1
Victoria Roemmich (i)
Place 2
Tyler Loe (i)
Bradley Niles
Realtor working with his mother, brother, and sister-in-law at Niles Realty
Place 3
Mike Duncan (i)
Former Arlington police officer, ATF agent, and IRS agent.
Propositions