The 2023 Fort Worth mayoral election was held on May 6, 2023, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Republican mayor Mattie Parker won re-election to a second two-year term in office.
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Candidates
editDeclared
edit- Ken Bowens Jr., entrepreneur (Party affiliation: Independent)[1]
- Jennifer Castillo, realtor[2]
- Alyson Kennedy, cashier and perennial candidate (Party affiliation: Socialist Workers)[3]
- Mattie Parker, incumbent mayor (Party affiliation: Republican)[4]
- Chris Rector, author and candidate in 2021[5]
- Adrian Smith, veteran[6]
Declined
edit- Ramon Romero Jr., Texas state representative (Party affiliation: Democratic)[7]
Results
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
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Mattie Parker (incumbent) | 30,118 | 69.32 | |
Jennifer Castillo | 5,315 | 12.23 | |
Kenneth Bowens Jr. | 3,793 | 8.73 | |
Alyson Kennedy | 2,276 | 5.24 | |
Adrian Smith | 1,948 | 4.48 | |
Total votes | 43,450 | 100.00 |
References
edit- ^ "Ken Bowens Jr., entrepreneur, files to run for Fort Worth mayor".
- ^ "Jennifer Castillo, entrepreneur and realtor, files to run for mayor".
- ^ "Alyson Kennedy, cashier and activist, files to run for mayor".
- ^ "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker files for reelection".
- ^ "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker Faces Five Challengers in 2023 Mayoral Election".
- ^ "Adrian Smith, veteran, files to run for Mayor".
- ^ "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is set to run again: 'She would be pretty hard to beat'".
- ^ "Fort Worth – Mayor". KXAS-TV.