Municipal elections filing is beginning to shape up as the deadline to file looms. The last day to file is Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at 5:00 pm
For the City of Brownfield, there will be four seats to be voted on. Districts 4, & 5, plus the two at-large districts. Councilwoman (Mayor Pro-Tem) Michelle Cooper who currently holds District 4 and Councilman Eric Horton who currently holds District 5 cannot file for these positions due to term limits. Currently, the two at-large positions are held by Councilmen Isaiah Bautista and Michael Tackitt, which both could refile to run for these seats. As of Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 Mark Williams has filed for District 5. Three have filed for the At-large positions, which are incumbent Michael Tackitt, former City Councilman Leon Pope, and Don Bishop. With three vying for two positions, there will be an election.
In the City of Meadow, there are three at-large positions to be voted on. Councilmembers Kandace Welch (Mayor Pro Tem), Everett McArthur, and Lynn Carroll currently hold these seats and can refile if they decide to. There are two people who have filed, one is incumbent Everett McArthur and the other is Nettie Ticer. There is still one more at-large position open.
In the City of Wellman, the Mayor’s position, Seat 2 and Seat 4 are up with Mayor Eddie Garza as the current mayor, Councilwoman Rachel Escobar currently holding Seat 2 and Councilman Seth Hollowell holding Seat 4. They can also refile if they decide to. Mayor Garza is the only person to file within the City of Wellman.
Moving on to the school districts, BISD will have four seats to vote on. Currently, Trustee District 1 is vacant. Trustee District 4 is up, which is currently held by Geoff Cooper who is the current President of the School Board and he has filed for this position. Trustee District 5 is coming up as well and is currently held by Tim Swaringen, which has also filed for the same position.
MISD has two Trustee At-Large seats to vote on. Currently, Rusty Day, who is the board president and Jim Ticer hold those two positions, and they can refile if they decide to. As of Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, nobody has filed for these two positions.
At WUISD, there are also two Trustee At-Large positions coming up which are held by Board President James Harlan and Board Vice President Barrett Brown. Both have filed for the same positions.
This leaves one more municipal entity with positions to be voted on. BRMC has two Directors At-Large seats coming up. Those two are currently held by Silvia Dingus and Joe Silva. Nobody has filed for these positions.
The South Plains Underground Water Conservation District does not have any seats open this election cycle.
If anyone desires to become a candidate for these positions, you can file at the Terry County Joint Elections Office at 507-A West Main in Brownfield. Here is the link to the filing applications.
