Steve Penate
Steve Penate ran for election for Mayor of Fort Worth in Texas. Penate lost in the general election on May 1, 2021.
2021 battleground election
Mattie Parker defeated Deborah Peoples in the nonpartisan runoff election for mayor of Fort Worth, Texas on June 5, 2021.[1] Incumbent Mayor Betsy Price announced on January 5, 2021, that she would not run for re-election.[2]
Peoples received 33.6% of the vote in the general election, and Parker received 30.8%. Parker worked in education and formerly worked as the chief of staff for the Fort Worth Mayor and City Council.[3] She was endorsed by incumbent Mayor Betsy Price (R). Peoples formerly worked as a business executive and was chairwoman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party.[4] She was endorsed by U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey (D). Writing for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Luke Ranker said: "As partisanship increasingly wriggles into nonpartisan local elections, voters will again choose between a moderate Republican and a Democratic stalwart."[5]
Price was first elected in 2011, and then re-elected in 2015 and 2019. In 2019, Price won with 56% of the vote, and Peoples was the runner-up with 42%.[6] Prior to her 2011 win, Fort Worth had not elected an openly Republican mayor in twenty years. In the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, Joe Biden (D) and Hillary Clinton (D) won the city with 52% and 56% of the vote, respectively.[7]
A central issue in the race was how the city should respond to its recent population growth, according to The Texan.[8] Between 2010 and 2018, Fort Worth's population grew by 17%, compared to 14% in the whole of Texas and 6% in the United States.[9][10] Parker said she would focus on increasing job opportunities and career training, lowering taxes, and encouraging community safety by supporting police and fire services.[11] Peoples said her priorities included increasing economically accessible housing, investing in infrastructure and transportation, and increasing job opportunities in areas she said had been underserved.[12][13]
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)
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Steve Penate did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Fort Worth, "Ordinance No. 24687-01-2021," accessed March 29, 2021
- ↑ WFAA, "Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price will not seek re-election," January 5, 2021
- ↑ Mattie Parker's campaign website, "About Mattie," accessed March 25, 2021
- ↑ Deborah Peoples' campaign website, "About," accessed March 25, 2021
- ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "First millennial mayor or first Black mayor? Fort Worth voters have a historic choice," May 2, 2021
- ↑ City of Fort Worth, "Election History," accessed March 25, 2021
- ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Think Fort Worth is a GOP city? It’s not, and here’s what that means for mayor runoff," May 21, 2021
- ↑ The Texan, "10 Candidates Vie to Replace Betsy Price as Mayor of Fort Worth," February 25, 2021
- ↑ City of Fort Worth, "Population," accessed March 29, 2021
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "U.S. Population Up 5.96% Since 2010," December 20, 2018
- ↑ Mattie Parker's campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 25, 2021
- ↑ The Texan, "10 Candidates Vie to Replace Betsy Price as Mayor of Fort Worth," February 25, 2021
- ↑ Deborah Peoples' campaign website, "Priorities," accessed March 25, 2021
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