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Gail Terrell
Gail Terrell was a nonpartisan candidate for District 8 representative on the Dallas City Council in Texas. Terrell was defeated in the general election on May 6, 2017.
Elections
2017
The city of Dallas, Texas, held elections for all 14 seats of the city council on May 6, 2017. A runoff election, if necessary, was held on June 10, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 17, 2017.[1]
Tennell Atkins and incumbent Erik Wilson defeated Eric Williams, Gail Terrell, and Moctezuma Seth Gonzalez in the general election for District 8 of the Dallas City Council.[2]
| Dallas City Council, District 8 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tennell Atkins |
41.87% | 979 |
| Erik Wilson Incumbent |
36.57% | 855 |
| Eric Williams | 13.94% | 326 |
| Gail Terrell | 6.76% | 158 |
| Moctezuma Seth Gonzalez | 0.86% | 20 |
| Total Votes | 2,338 | |
| Source: City of Dallas, "May 2017 Final Election Results," accessed May 8, 2017 | ||
2015
- See also: Dallas, Texas municipal elections, 2015
The city of Dallas, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 9, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 27, 2015. Early voting began on April 27, 2015.
All 14 city council seats were up for election.[3][4] In District 8, candidates included Subrina Lynn Brenham, Dianne Gibson, Clara McDade, Gail Terrell, Eric Lemonte Williams and Erik Wilson. Because no candidate received a majority in the general election, the top-two candidates — Gibson and Wilson — advanced to a runoff election on June 13.[5] Wilson was the winner.[6] Incumbent Tennell Atkins did not run for re-election.[7]
| Dallas City Council, District 8, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Erik Wilson |
59.6% | 1,054 | |
| Dianne Gibson | 40.4% | 714 | |
| Total Votes | 1,768 | ||
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Official runoff election results," accessed August 17, 2015 | |||
| Dallas City Council, District 8, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Dianne Gibson |
32.1% | 758 | |
| Erik Wilson |
26.2% | 618 | |
| Gail Terrell | 23% | 542 | |
| Subrina Lynn Brenham | 7.9% | 187 | |
| Clara McDade | 5.8% | 137 | |
| Eric Lemonte Williams | 5% | 117 | |
| Total Votes | 2,242 | ||
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Official election results," accessed July 30, 2015 | |||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Dallas, Texas, "Upcoming Elections," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ City of Dallas, "Candidates for the May 6, 2017 General Election," accessed February 18, 2017
- ↑ City of Dallas, "Upcoming Elections," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ City of Dallas, "Notice of Deadline to File," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ Dallas County Elections, "2015 Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 9, 2015
- ↑ Dallas County Elections, "2015 Unofficial Runoff Election Results," accessed June 13, 2015
- ↑ City of Dallas, "2015 Official Candidate List," accessed March 18, 2015
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