Two elections coming up in May 2024

There will be two elections this May 2024. One will be municipal elections which are for city councils, school boards, hospital boards, and other municipal entities. On March 5, 2024, the State of Texas went to the ballot boxes for the Primary Elections to decide who will be the Democrat and Republican nominees for the county, state, and federal General Election on November 5, 2024. Primary elections and Municipal elections are two separate and different elections. Of course, the Primary Elections are over, except for the primary runoff election for Terry Commissioner Precinct 1 race between Myron Bovkoon and JR Cudd. This is the only runoff election in Terry County and it will be held May 28, 2024.

However, before the runoff election, the Municipal Elections will occur on Saturday, May 4, 2024, with early voting beginning April 22, 2024 and running through April 30, 2024. The previous municipal election that took place on May 6, 2023, had 291 Brownfield residents who voted for the two at-large positions for Brownfield City Council. There are 4,603 registered voters in the city of Brownfield, meaning that 6.4% of the electorate voted in the previous municipal election.

Here is the list of the five (5) municipal elections coming up

Beginning with Brownfield ISD, there are two At Large Trustee positions. The current position holders are Cat Gonzalez and Matt Valdonado. Both Gonzalez and Valdonado filed for reelection with three other candidates who also filed which are Rocio Gamez, Eric Gonzales, and Sara Hernandez. These are At Large positions, so this will be a BISD district-wide election. For BISD, a voter can vote for one candidate or two, however, a voter cannot vote for the same person twice.

For BISD At-Large this will be the order that was drawn for the ballot

• Cat Gonzalez (Incumbent)
• Sara Hernandez
• Matthew “Big Matt” Valdonado (Incumbent)
• Rocio Gamez
• Eric Gonzales

Next is the election for two Board of Directors At Large for Brownfield Regional Medical Center (BRMC). The current directors who hold these spots are June Cooper and Chairman Brian Paiva. Both Cooper and Paiva filed for reelection. Two others threw their hat in the ring which are Kelli Mendez and Heather Sherrill. Voters can vote for the same candidate twice, or vote for two different candidates. The ballot will have each candidate’s name twice.

For BRMC Board of Directors At-Large, Two (2) Positions, this will be the order that was drawn for the ballot

• 1 – June Cooper (Incumbent)
• 2 – June Cooper (Incumbent)
• 3 – Heather Sherrill
• 4 – Heather Sherrill
• 5 – Brian Paiva (Incumbent)
• 6 – Brian Paiva. (Incumbent)
• 7 – Kelli Mendez
• 8 – Kelli Mendez

The City of Brownfield City Council will have three positions to be voted on. Beginning with the Mayor’s position, three candidates filed. They are Johnny Acevedo, Eric Horton, and Leon Pope. City Council District 2 seat has two candidates, Susano J Esparza and Mary Valdonado. City Council District 3 seat also has two candidates, JC Tijerina who filed for reelection and is the incumbent and the other candidate is Lee Gamez.

For the City of Brownfield Mayor this will be the order that was drawn for the ballot

• Leon Pope
• Johnny Acevedo
• Eric Horton

For the City of Brownfield District 2 this will be the order that was drawn for the ballot

• Susano J Esparza
• Mary Valdonado

For the City of Brownfield District 3 this will be the order that was drawn for the ballot

• JC Tijerina (Incumbent)
• Lee Gamez

Early voting begins for the municipal elections on Monday, April 22, 2024, through April 30, 2024, and Election Day is Saturday May 4, 2024

Here is the list of non-contested candidates who automatically be seated.

There are five (5) seats up for election that nobody filed for. City of Brownfield Council member District 1, Brownfield ISD District 1, and all three City of Wellman seats which are seats 1, 3, & 5.