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2019 Fort Worth mayoral election

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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

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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

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  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.