Mayor and city council recall, DeSoto, Texas (2024)
| Mayor and city council recall |
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Andre Byrd |
| Recall status |
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| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2024 Recalls in Texas Texas recall laws Mayoral recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An election to recall Mayor Rachel Proctor and Councilmember Andre Byrd did not go to a vote in DeSoto, Texas. Recall organizers filed notices of intent to recall Proctor and Byrd in February 2024.
Proctor was elected mayor of DeSoto in February 2021. She was re-elected in May 2022 and May 2025.[1]
Byrd was elected to the DeSoto City Council in May 2019. He was re-elected in May 2023.
Recall supporters
Petitions listed the following as grounds for recalling Proctor:
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Petitions listed the following as grounds for recalling Byrd:
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Texas
No specific grounds are required for recall in Texas. The recall of local officials in Texas is governed by local charters. Because of this, recall laws regarding signature requirements and circulation time vary by locality.[3]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Recall campaigns in Texas
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Mayoral recalls
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ KDFW, "DeSoto Mayor Rachel Proctor re-elected," May 4, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ San Antonio Express-News, "Unusual ballot features Fredericksburg councilman as recall target and mayoral contender," May 3, 2012
