Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is an American physician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from November 13, 2006, until January 3, 2007. A Republican, she has also served as a city councilwoman in Houston, Texas for three terms, from 2002 to 2006. She won the special election to fill the 22nd Congressional seat on November 7, 2006, for the remaining weeks of the 109th United States Congress. On the same day, she also lost in the general election for that seat in the 110th United States Congress. Thereby she was in the interesting position of being a lame duck the moment she was elected. In the 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination in the 22nd Congressional District, she finished first in the initial primary, but lost in a runoff to Pete Olson.
The 2009 Austin mayoral election was held on May 9, 2009. Incumbent Mayor Will Wynn was term-limited. No candidate received a majority of the vote, which would have precipitated a runoff election, but second-place finisher Brewster McCracken withdrew from the race making Lee Leffingwell the winner by default.
The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3, 2011 to elect the Mayor of Denver. It led to a run-off election on June 7, 2011, which was won by Michael Hancock.
The Dallas mayoral election of 2011 took place on May 14, 2011, to elect the successor to incumbent Mayor Tom Leppert. Leppert decided not to run for a second term, deciding to instead run for United States Senate in 2012. The race is officially nonpartisan. After no candidate received a majority of the votes, the top two candidates – Mike Rawlings and David Kunkle – faced each other in a runoff election on June 18, 2011 in which Rawlings prevailed.
The 2013–2014 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election to elect the Mayor of San Diego. The election was made necessary by the resignation of Bob Filner on August 30, 2013. The winner stood to serve out the balance of Filner's term, which ended in 2016.
William Ralph Keffer, known as Bill Keffer, is an attorney in Dallas, Texas, who was from 2003 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107. His older brother, Jim Keffer, is a still-serving Republican House member from District 60 in Eastland, near Abilene, Texas.
The 2014 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2014. All of Texas' executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas' thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 4, 2014. Primary runoffs, required if no candidate wins a majority of the vote, were held on May 27, 2014. Elections were also held for the Texas legislature and proposition 1, seeking funds for Texas highways.
The 2014 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 3, 2014 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. Councilmember Sam Liccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November 4, 2014.
On May 9, 2015, the city of San Antonio, Texas, held an election to choose the next Mayor of San Antonio. Interim mayor Ivy Taylor ran for election to a full term and narrowly defeated former state senator Leticia Van de Putte in the runoff election on June 13, 2015, to become the first African American elected to the position.
Linda Lee Fielding Koop is a former eight-year member of the Dallas City Council and a Republican former two-term state representative from Dallas County, Texas.
Morgan Daniel Meyer is a lawyer with Wick Phillips in Dallas, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 108 in Dallas County. He succeeded the twelve-year House veteran Dan Branch, who ran unsuccessfully in the May 27, 2014 runoff election for Attorney General of Texas but was defeated by then State Senator Ken Paxton. Branch endorsed Meyer as his successor in the House runoff election that year.
The 2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election is officially nonpartisan.
On May 6, 2017, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote, a runoff was held on June 10, 2017 with Councilman Ron Nirenberg defeating incumbent mayor Ivy Taylor.
An election for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco will be held on November 5, 2019. London Breed, the incumbent mayor, will be eligible to run for a first full term in office.
On May 12, 2007, the city of San Antonio, Texas, held an election to choose who would serve as Mayor of San Antonio for a two year term to expire in 2009. Incumbent mayor Phil Hardberger won over 77 percent of the vote, securing re-election to a second and final two year term.
Kevin Falconer is the current Mayor of the City of Carrollton, Texas. He was elected as Mayor on June 10, 2017 defeating former City Councilman Steve Babick in a runoff election. Prior to becoming Mayor, Falconer served two consecutive terms on the Carrollton City Council from 2009 through 2015. He has been married to Susan Falconer since August 1983 and is the father of 3 daughters and grandfather to 1 grandson.
The Phoenix mayoral special election, 2018–2019 will take place to elect the Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. The election is officially nonpartisan; candidates will run on the same ballot. In the initial round of the election, since no candidate reached 50 percent plus one vote, a runoff election will be held between the top two finishers.
On May 4, 2019, the city of Dallas, Texas, will hold an election to choose the next mayor of Dallas. The election will be a nonpartisan blanket primary. If no candidate takes a majority of over 50% of the total vote, the two top vote-earners will advance to a runoff election on June 8. Incumbent mayor Mike Rawlings is unable to run for reelection due to term limits. Dallas will also be concurrently electing all 14 members of its city council, and 3 of the 9 total members of the Dallas Independent School District.
