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Brian Byrd
Brian Byrd was a member of the Fort Worth City Council in Texas, representing District 3. Byrd assumed office in 2017. Byrd left office in 2021.
Byrd ran for election for Mayor of Fort Worth in Texas. Byrd lost in the general election on May 1, 2021.
Biography
Byrd earned a B.B.A. in international business from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.D. from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio.[1]
Byrd's experience includes work as a physician and a business executive. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Fort Worth ministry Tarrant NET, a volunteer executive pastor at Christ Fellowship Church, an area coordinator for Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree Ministry, and part of a first-response medical team that traveled to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake.[1][2]
Elections
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Fort Worth, Texas (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Fort Worth
Mattie Parker defeated Deborah Peoples in the general runoff election for Mayor of Fort Worth on June 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mattie Parker (Nonpartisan) | 53.5 | 47,325 |
 | Deborah Peoples (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 41,055 | |
| Total votes: 88,380 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Fort Worth
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Fort Worth on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Peoples (Nonpartisan) | 33.6 | 22,395 |
| ✔ | | Mattie Parker (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 20,551 |
 | Brian Byrd (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 9,835 | |
 | Steve Penate (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 6,248 | |
 | Ann Zadeh (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 5,760 | |
 | Mike Haynes (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 892 | |
 | Cedric Kanyinda (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 329 | |
 | Daniel Caldwell (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 306 | |
 | Chris Rector (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 293 | |
| Mylene George (Nonpartisan) | 0.1 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 66,658 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Leroy Scott (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2019)
General election
General election for Fort Worth City Council District 3
Incumbent Brian Byrd defeated Tanner Smith in the general election for Fort Worth City Council District 3 on May 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brian Byrd (Nonpartisan) | 80.6 | 5,593 |
| Tanner Smith (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 1,343 | ||
| Total votes: 6,936 | |||
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2017
The city of Fort Worth, Texas, held an election for mayor and city council on May 6, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 17, 2017.
The mayor's seat and all eight city council seats were up for election. District 2 Councilman Sal Espino opted not to run for re-election in 2017. Brian Byrd defeated incumbent Zim Zimmerman in the general election for the District 3 seat on the Fort Worth City Council.[3]
| Fort Worth City Council, District 3 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Brian Byrd |
54.27% | 4,360 |
| Zim Zimmerman Incumbent | 45.73% | 3,674 |
| Total Votes | 8,034 | |
| Source: Tarrant County, Texas, "Official Results," accessed May 24, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Byrd did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Byrd did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Byrd's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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| —Brian Byrd's campaign website, (2017)[5] | ||
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "2017 Voters Guide: Fort Worth City Council Candidates On the May 6 Ballot," March 13, 2017
- ↑ Dr. Brian Byrd - The Wise Choice, "Brian's Story," accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ City of Fort Worth, "General Election, May 6, 2017," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dr. Brian Byrd - The Wise Choice, "Why Vote for Brian," accessed May 4, 2017
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| Preceded by Zim Zimmerman |
Fort Worth City Council, District 3 2017–2021 |
Succeeded by Michael Crain |
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