The Tap covered election news, public policy, and other noteworthy events from February 2016 to February 2022. The excerpts below were compiled from issue #30 of The Tap, which was published on August 20, 2016. READ THE FULL VERSION HERE.
- FILING DEADLINE: Deadline to file for municipal office in two Texas cities.
- Corpus Christi: The mayor's office and all eight seats on the city council are up for general election on November 8, 2016. Mayor Nelda Martinez (D), who was first elected in 2012 and then re-elected in 2014, announced that her third two-year term would be her last if she is re-elected again.
- Laredo: Four seats on the city council are up for general election on November 8, 2016. Districts 4, 5, 7, and 8 are up for election. In February 2016, the city held a special election for the District 2 seat after incumbent Esteban Rangel resigned in order to run for the Webb County Commission. This resulted in a special runoff election between Vidal Rodriguez and Jose Perez III in April, which Rodriguez won.
- FILING DEADLINE: Deadline to file in the general election for 99 school board seats across 29 of Texas’ largest school districts by enrollment. The election will be held on November 8, 2016. These districts served 754,042 students during the 2013-2014 school year, which was 14.9 percent of all Texas public school students.
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