Local Elections 2025

Election Day:  Saturday, May 3

At True Texas Project, we ask our local leadership teams as well as other trusted resources to vet and make recommendations for local elected offices.  We are NOT telling you how to vote.  It’s just a good place for you to start your own research.  Many times, we just frankly aren’t excited about any of the candidates, but we all still have to pick one to mark on our ballots.  We do our best to help you with those difficult decisions.  With that in mind, please note that our recommendations are just that:  recommendations.  They are NOT endorsements.  Only when our leadership teams are unanimous in their belief that a candidate will represent True Texans well will we mark it as an endorsement.

Also, as a rule of thumb, we recommend a “NO” vote on all bonds.  Until the government learns to handle the money we already entrust to them, we do not believe we should give them any more.

REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR ALL RACES IN YOUR AREA: ISDs, CITY COUNCILS, COLLEGE BOARDS, WATER DISTRICTS, ETC.
This list has been updated regularly, so it may have changed since you last looked.

Bexar County:

Burnet County:

Lake Travis ISD:  Howard (Pl 3); Severance (Pl 4); Cancienne (Pl 5)

Collin County:

Collin College Board – Weaver (Pl 4)
Frisco City Council – Thakur (Pl 2); Elad (Pl 4)
Frisco ISD – Janagarajan (Pl 1); Jones (Pl 2); Elad (Pl 3)
McKinney City Council – Sanford (Mayor), Warren (Dist 3)
McKinney ISD – Klosky (Pl 2), Green (Pl 3)
Plano City Council (votes from both Denton & Collin teams) –  Reeves 3 votes/Underwood 2 votes (Pl 2); Weaver (Pl 4); Cary (Pl 5); Vidal (Pl 8)
Plano ISD – Weaver (Pl 3), Rettke (Pl 6)

Dallas County:

Addison City Council – Randy Smith
Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD – Gilmore, Yarbrough, and Brady (you can pick three)
Coppell ISD – Waters
Dallas City Council – Vanhof (Pl 1); Kaur (Pl 2); Sims (Pl 3); Haraman (Pl 4); Matus (Pl 5); Wells (Pl 6); Rivas (Pl 7); Ralph (Pl 8); Banda (Pl 9); Roth (Pl 11); Mendelsohn (Pl 12); Benjamin (Pl 13)
DeSoto City Council – Jackson (Pl 3)
Duncanville City Council – Veracruz (Pl 1); Koontz (Dist 3); Fincannon (Dist 5)
Farmers Branch City Council – Roman (Dist 1); Bowe (Dist 4); NO on bonds
Garland City Council – Hedrick (Mayor); Vera (Dist 6)
Grand Prairie City Council – Garza (Dist 4); NO on propositions
Grand Prairie ISD – Harris (Pl 6)
Highland Park ISD – Michael Denton
Irving City Council – Bloch (Pl 1); Porres (Dist 2); Muller (Dist 7)
Lancaster City Council – Hail (Dist 5)
Lewisville Propositions – NO on B/C/F; YES on A/D/E
Richardson Mayor – North
Rowlett City Council:  Shinder (Mayor); Gibbs (Pl 2); Britton (Pl 4); Bell (Pl 6)
Seagoville Mayor – Childress
Sunnyvale City Council – George (Mayor); Finch (Pl 1)

Denton County:

Argyle City Council – Schmidt
Argyle bonds – NO on all
Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD – Gilmore, Yarbrough, and Brady (you can pick three)
Corinth City Council – Kokoron (Pl 3)
Dallas City Council – Cavazos (Dist 12)
Denton City Council – no recommendations; all democrats or swing voters
Denton ISD place 3- Greenawalt (Pl 3); no recommendation (Pl 5)
Frisco City Council – Thakur (Pl 2); Elad (Pl 4)
Frisco ISD – Janagarajan (Pl 1); Jones (Pl 2); Elad (Pl 3)
Justin City Council – Mendoza
Lewisville City Council – Tipton (Pl 4)
Lewisville ISD – Echols
Little Elm City Council – Norman (Dist 4)
Northlake ISD – ? (Pl 3)
Northlake City Council – Pezzuto (Pl 6)
Northwest ISD – Dearing
Pilot Point City Council – Beasley (Mayor); Ingram (Pl 5); Birkelbach (Pl 6)
Plano City Council (votes from both Denton & Collin teams) –  Reeves 3 votes/Underwood 2 votes (Pl 2); Weaver (Pl 4); Cary (Pl 5); Vidal (Pl 8)
Providence Village City Council – all dems/no recommendations (Pl 3); Doramus (Pl 5)
Roanoke bond:  it’s a pretty significant gamble! We advise no on all bonds as a rule of thumb.
Trophy Club City Council – Bailey (Pl 5)

Ellis County:

Grand Prairie City Council Pl 4:  Charlie Garza

Fort Bend County:

Galveston County:

Clear Creek ISD:  Bowen (at large)
Friendswood City Council:  Griffon (Pl 4); Ross (Pl 6)
Galveston County bonds:  NO on all

Harris County:

Clear Creek ISD:  Bowen (at large)
Friendswood City Council:  Griffon (Pl 4); Ross (Pl 6)
Humble ISD Pl 4:  De Leon (Pl 1); Parker (Pl 3); Tracy Shannon (Pl 4, endorsed); Shaw (Pl 5)
Katy City Council: Thiele (Mayor)
Katy ISD:  Perez (Pl 1)
Pasadena City Council:  Schoenbein (Mayor)
Pasadena ISD:  Nielsen (Pl 2)
Spring Branch ISD:  Hyland (Pl 5); Agnew (Pl 6); Bennett (Pl 7), NO on all bonds
Tomball Bond:  NO
Waller ISD –  Posey (Pl 3)

Hood County:  no races

Jefferson County:

Beaumont Mayor: No position (neither candidate has been willing to engage, and both ride the fence)
Beaumont City Council: Crenshaw (Ward 1, endorsed); Hilliard (Ward 2, endorsed); Williams (at-large, endorsed)
Nederland Mayor: Hollier
Nederland City Council: Jones (Ward 2); Ortiz (Ward 4)

Johnson County:

Cleburne School Bond – NO
Godley ISD – Nova Olson
Grand Prairie City Council Pl 4 – Charlie Garza
Venus School Bond – NO

Kaufman County:

Forney City Council – Roberson (Mayor); Chambers (council)
Forney ISD – Black (Pl 7); Dobbs
Forney Prop A – NO (too high)

Lubbock County:

Lubbock ISD Bond – NO
Roosevelt ISD Bond – NO
Woolfforth City Council – Jason Fry (endorsed)

Orange County:

Vidor City Council:  Volkmann (Mayor)
Orange City Council:  Mesecher (Pl 4); Mortimer (at-large)

Parker County:

Aledo City Council:  Davis (Mayor); Covington (Pl 2)
Aledo ISD:  Stoker (Pl 4); Morgan (Pl 5)
Millsap ISD:  Bates (at large); Gilbert (at large)
Springtown City Council:  Kelley (Mayor)
Springtown ISD:  Liles (Pl 2); Kelley (Pl 3)
Weatherford City Council:  Paschalle (Mayor)
Weatherford ISD:  Stephens (Pl 4)
Willow Park City Council:  Palmer (Mayor); Contreras (Pl 1)

Rockwall County:

Fate City Council:  Greenberg (Mayor), Maneval (Pl 4), Huffman (Pl 6)
Rockwall City Council:  Jorif (Mayor), Jeffress (Pl
Rowlett City Council:  Shinder (Mayor); Gibbs (Pl 2); Britton (Pl 4); Bell (Pl 6)

Tarrant County:

Arlington ISD – no recommendations
Arlington bonds – NO
Crowley City Council – Davis (Mayor); Beck (Pl 2)
Bedford City Council – no recommendations for Pl 3; Farco for Pl 5
Euless City Council – Price
Ft Worth City Council – Parker (Mayor); Crain (Pl 3); Lauersdorf (Pl 4, endorsed); Kelleher (Pl 5); Hobbs (Pl 6); Stewart (Pl 9)
Ft Worth ISD – Inay (Pl 1); Ryan (Pl 7)
Grand Prairie City Council Pl 4 –  Charlie Garza
Grapevine/Colleyville ISD – Nakamura (endorsed)
Grapevine City Council Pl 4 – Shope
Haltom City Mayor – Truong
Hurst/Euless/Bedford ISD – Fitch
Keller City Council – Green (Pl 4)
Keller ISD – Bruce (Pl 1); Holbrook (Pl 2); Paris (Pl 3)
Kennedale City Council – Goff (Pl 1); Nevarez (Pl 5)
Mansfield City Council – Short (Mayor); Williams (Pl 2), Perez (Pl 5)
Mansfield ISD – Tipping (Pl 3), Farrar (Pl 4), Benavides-Anderson (Pl 5)
North Richland Hills City Council – Roberts (Pl 3); Finstad (Pl 5)
Northwest ISD – Dearing
Saginaw City Council – Morrison (Pl 5)
Tarrant County College Dis 7 – Cheshire (endorsed)
Tarrant Water Board – you get to pick up to 3 of the 4 candidates; we don’t have recommendations, but of the 4, King seems to be the worst.

Travis County:

Waller County:

Katy City Council: Thiele (Mayor)
Katy ISD:  Perez (Pl 1)
Waller ISD –  Posey (Pl 3)

Williamson County:

Hutto City Council – Snyder (Mayor)
Liberty Hills ISD – Cyndi Hauser (Pl 7)
Taylor City Council – Quicksall

Wise County:

Decatur ISD – Koehler (Pl 1); Stone (Pl 2)
Northwest ISD – Dearing (Pl 3)