2019 Fort Worth mayoral election

2019 Fort Worth mayoral election

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Candidate Betsy Price Deborah Peoples Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Alliance Republican Democratic Popular vote 21,596 16,218 Percentage 55.7% 41.8%

Mayor before election Betsy Price Nonpartisan Elected Mayor Betsy Price Nonpartisan

The 2019 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 4, 2019, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was officially non-partisan.

Betsy Price, who was serving her fourth term, ran for reelection.^[1][2] Deborah Peoples, the chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, ran as a challenger.^[3]

Price handily won re-election with just under 56% of the vote. She won a record fifth term as mayor of Fort Worth.

Results

Fort Worth mayoral election, 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Betsy Price (Incumbent)	21,596	55.7
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Peoples	16,218	41.8
	Nonpartisan	James H. McBride	872	2.2
	Nonpartisan	Mike Haynes (write-in)	35	0.1
Total votes			38,721	100

References

1. "Texas politics: Fort Worth mayor Betsy Price to run in 2019 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram". Star-telegram.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
2. "Fort Worth small business a priority, Mayor Betsy Price says | Fort Worth Star-Telegram". Star-telegram.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
3. "Deborah Peoples announces bid for mayor in Fort Worth | Fort Worth Star-Telegram". Star-telegram.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.