It’s that time again to file for Municipal Candidates in Terry County, which include the City of Brownfield, Meadow, & Wellman, Brownfield ISD (BISD), Meadow ISD (MISD), Wellman-Union ISD WUISD), and Brownfield Regional Medical Center.
For the City of Brownfield, there will be four seats to be voted on. District 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.
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. In the City of Wellman Seat 2 and Seat 4 are up with Councilwoman Rachel Escobar currently holding Seat 2 and Councilman Seth Hollowell holding Seat 4. They can also refile if they decide to.
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, he can refile if he decides to. Trustee District 5 is coming up as well and is currently held by Tim Swaringen, which he can also refile if he decides to. The other seat available to be voted on is one of the Trustee At-large, which is currently held by Matt Valdonado. He won this seat over Edgar Rivera Jr. last May 2022 to fill the unexpired term left by Will Hawkins who moved out of the district.
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. 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 can refile if they decide to.
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.
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.
