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Mark Scott (Texas)
2025 - Present
2026
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Mark Scott is an at-large member of the Corpus Christi City Council in Texas. Scott assumed office on January 10, 2025. Scott's current term ends in 2026.
Scott ran for election for an at-large seat of the Corpus Christi City Council in Texas. Scott won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (2024)
General election
General election for Corpus Christi City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Corpus Christi City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carolyn Vaughn (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 32,974 |
| ✔ |  | Mark Scott (Nonpartisan) | 16.3 | 31,336 |
| ✔ |  | Roland Barrera (Nonpartisan) | 12.8 | 24,450 |
| Jim Klein (Nonpartisan) | 12.2 | 23,327 | ||
| Larry Elizondo (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 19,717 | ||
| Rachel Caballero (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 18,048 | ||
 | Jennifer Gracia (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 15,973 | |
| Sylvia Tryon (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 9,110 | ||
| Jahvid Motaghi (Nonpartisan) | 4.6 | 8,760 | ||
 | Robert Reyna (Nonpartisan)  | 4.2 | 7,987 | |
| Total votes: 191,682 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Scott in this election.
2022
See also: City elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (2022)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Corpus Christi City Council District 2
Sylvia Campos defeated Mark Scott in the general runoff election for Corpus Christi City Council District 2 on December 13, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sylvia Campos (Nonpartisan) | 51.7 | 2,235 |
| Mark Scott (Nonpartisan) | 48.3 | 2,089 | |
| Total votes: 4,324 | |||
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General election
General election for Corpus Christi City Council District 2
Mark Scott and Sylvia Campos advanced to a runoff. They defeated Brian Rosas in the general election for Corpus Christi City Council District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Scott (Nonpartisan) | 43.4 | 6,227 |
| ✔ | | Sylvia Campos (Nonpartisan) | 42.1 | 6,031 |
 | Brian Rosas (Nonpartisan) | 14.5 | 2,078 | |
| Total votes: 14,336 | |||
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2014
The city of Corpus Christi, Texas held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Eight council seats - three at-large and districts one through five - were up for election. In the at-large race, incumbents Lillian Riojas and Mark Scott and candidate Chad Magill defeated Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal, Margareta Fratila and Gil Hernandez.[1]
| Corpus Christi City Council, At-large, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Mark Scott Incumbent |
23.7% | 19,305 | |
| Lillian Riojas Incumbent |
23% | 18,784 | |
| Chad Magill |
23.3% | 18,974 | |
| Reynaldo “Ray” Madrigal | 9.9% | 8,103 | |
| Margareta Fratila | 5.7% | 4,643 | |
| Gil Hernandez | 14.4% | 11,746 | |
| Total Votes | 69,809 | ||
| Source: Nueces County Clerk's Office - Official 2014 Election Results | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Mark Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
On his campaign website, Scott highlighted the following issues:[2]
Government efficiency
- Excerpt: "I continue to be a strong advocate in smaller, more efficient government. Budget crises provide unique opportunities to pursue such efforts. People generally don’t realize that the City of Corpus Christi has 14 percent fewer employees than we did 10 years ago. It is actually nearly 30 percent less when you exclude the growth in public safety employees."
Privatization
- Excerpt: "My mantra is “Cheaper, Better, Faster, Friendlier.” The concept is managed competition where we let City staff compete with the private sector. We learned of this concept during our Administration Committee privatization efforts. I believe in the concept as does our new City Manager. This will be one of my highest priorities during the next Council session."
New city manager
- Excerpt: "I know everyone is saying this, but in a short Council cycle (18 months), one would give some credence to experience. I believe I am in a unique position with my Council history, business experience, and political ideology to help integrate Mr. Olson. The Council term is short. We don’t have a lot of time to “ramp up” Mr. Olson. I have already met with him and am sharing some of my Council issue documents to better help him hit the ground running."
Environment
- Excerpt: "I understand the big media issues (Las Brisas) but hope the public is informed of the many environmental initiatives under way. We continue to be satisfied by the very enthusiastic community response to the new recycling program. We are nationally recognized for our wind turbine ordinance. Further, Aveda Salon recognized my work for them in getting a permit to erect a wind turbine at La Palmera mall."
Streets
- Excerpt: "This is clearly an ongoing priority. I made the motion and led the Council effort to increase street maintenance in our current budget. We increased street maintenance by 20 percent in the current budget under my leadership."
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Corpus Christi City Council At-large |
Officeholder Corpus Christi City Council At-large |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by - |
Corpus Christi City Council At-large 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Corpus Christi City Council At-large 2004-2016 |
Succeeded by Paulette Guajardo |
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