On The Ballot In Arlington

KERA | By Bret Jaspers,

Published April 15, 2021 at 2:47 PM CDT

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Arlington is electing a new mayor, there are four city council seats up for grabs and three spots on the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees.

There is an seven-candidate field in the Arlington Mayor's race, including a current city councilman, a former city councilman and several leaders of community organizations.

There are four City Council races on the ballot as well. Districts 3 and 4 have five candidates each, and Districts 5 and 8 have two each. District 8 is at-large and represents the entire city. The other districts are shown on this map.

Check out a sample ballot with all the races across Tarrant County.

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Your Spring 2021 North Texas Voter Guide

While the spring election hasn’t received as much attention as last November’s, it could potentially have much more influence on residents’ day-to-day lives. Here’s what you need to know about the May 1 election.

Voting Information:
Tarrant County early voting is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, April 19 through Friday, April 23; 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, April 24; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, April 25; 7 a.m.-7 p.m. April 26 and 27.

Election Day voting in Tarrant County is Saturday, May 1 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at any voting location.

Here are all the races and candidates on the ballot:

Mayor

Marvin Sutton
Cirilo Ocampo Jr. (CJ)
Dewayne T. Washington
Jim Ross
Doni Anthony
Michael Glaspie
Kelly R. Burke

Arlington City Council

DISTRICT 3
Tamiko Brown
Diana Saleh
Alixis Lupien
Dora O. Tovar
Nikkie Hunter

DISTRICT 4
Cheyenne M. Zokaie
Nehal L. Mehta
B.W. McClendon, Jr.
Andrew Piel
Anne Nwaefulu

DISTRICT 5
Rebecca Boxall
Kennedy Jones

DISTRICT 8
Barbara Odom-Wesley
Chris “Dobi” Dobson

Arlington ISD Board Of Trustees

Place 1
Sam Abu
Polly Walton
Sarah McMurrough
Watson Robinson Jr.

Place 2
Melody Fowler
Michael Perkins

Place 3
Aaron Reich
Richard Weber
Daphne Jackson

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