Category archives for: Politics

Ranger Mayor Margaret Green Resigns, Makes Statement

New mayor pro tempore to be appointed at next Ranger meeting

Legal Challenge To Federal Health Care Law Advances

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and a bipartisan multi-state coalition from across the nation – which now includes 20 states – today took the next legal step necessary to advance their challenge to the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Act”). An amended complaint filed in federal [...]

Cisco City Council Election Results

Sharon Wilcoxen will be filling the Place 2 seat as she received 73 votes to David Hutton’s 35.

Eastland Co. General Election Unofficial Results

Eastland School Board Results

Mike Montgomery received 124 votes for the uncontested Place 1 seat.
Jody Forbus received 121 votes for the uncontested Place 2 seat.
In the only contested race, Bubba Adams was elected to the Place 3 seat receiving 95 votes over Stacey Johnson’s 70 votes.

Strawn School Board Election Results

Reese Sparks and Craig Abbott are the newest elected school board members.  The election results were as follows:
Reese Sparks – 62
Craig Abbott – 39
Amos Mallory – 38
Terry Thornton – 32

Area Elections May 8

Today is election day for several elections in the area.  The following is a list of those elections, the candidates and the polling locations.
Cisco City Council has David Hutton and Sharon Wilcoxen on the ballot for the Place 2 seat.  The polling place is American State Bank, 418 Conrad Hilton, and polls [...]

Eastland School Board Candidates

The Eastland School Board has Places 1, 2 and 3 up for election. Mike Montgomery and Jody Forbus sit in two of those seats and are running unopposed. Marci Pearson will not be running again and two people have filed for that spot, Stacey Johnson and Billy (Bubba) Adams. The election will [...]

Gordon School Board Election May 8

Gordon ISD will hold it’s school board election on May 8.  On the ballot for two at-large positions are Melissa Mahan, Justin Scrivner, Shad Kline, and current board member, Milo Moffitt.  Current school board member, Kim Elkins is not running again.

Strawn School Board Election

The Strawn school board election will be held on May 8.   School board member, Jim Troutman is leaving his unexpired one year term because he will be moving out of the country soon. School board member Ray Ratliff, who came in to finish the last year of Paul Carmack’s three year term, filed for [...]

No City Election In Gordon

Gordon council member Lillie Petty filed for the mayor seat which will be vacated by Pat Sublett when his term expires in May. David Milmo also will not seek another term. Betty Allison and Jack Coleman filed for the two open places on Gordon’s council. All of the candidates are running unopposed. The [...]

Cisco City Council Election May 8

Cisco’s Mayor Hal Porter is stepping down and only Jim Bob Maples filed to run in the mayoral race. Dennis Campbell filed for the Place 1 seat of Stan Callahan who is not running again. The only contested seat is Place 2, presently held by Glen Boles. Mr. Boles is not [...]

Eastland Says Status Quo The Way To Go

The Eastland Council seats of Richard Rossander and Larry Vernon are set to expire in May however. as the filing deadline passed no one else had filed to run against either man.
It has been five years since an Eastland Council seat changed hands. The last contested election for a city council seat was in 2005 [...]

Three Run Unopposed For Strawn Vacancies

After Strawn Mayor David Day decided not to seek another term, the town’s Mayor Pro Tem Carl Frazier filed to replace him. Councilman Kevin West will step down when his term expires. Scott Parson and Aaron Orsini filed for the remaining two open places on Strawn’s council. All of the candidates are running [...]

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