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Candidates to face off for city council, school board

Local voters will select two city council members and three school board trustees in the May Joint and Special Election on May 3. The Branch Herald sent questionnaires to all the candidates in …
Farmers Branch City Council District 1 - May 2025

Omar Roman

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for Farmers Branch City Council’s contested races. Biography: Name: Omar Roman …

Isabel Romero

Isabel Romero has chosen not to participate in the Branch Herald Candidate Questionnaire at this time.
Farmers Branch City Council District 4 - May 2025

Deborah Bowe

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for Farmers Branch City Council’s contested races...

Elizabeth Villafranca

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for Farmers Branch City Council’s contested races...
2025 Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District Board of Trustees

Tara Hrbacek

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Kim Brady

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Brady Barnett

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Rangoli Mathur

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’ s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Paul Gilmore

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Nicole Yarbrough

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …

Ileana L. Garza-Rojas

Below are questions for the Branch Herald’s Voters Guide for the May 3 election for three seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD) Board of Trustees. …
Nov. 2024 City Council - District 2 Candidate Questionnaires

Tina Bennett-Burton

Former City Council Member Tina Bennett-Burton, for District 3, announces she is running for Baird's vacated District 2 seat. Redistricting makes her eligible for District 2.
The Branch Herald sent questionnaires to the candidates for the City of Farmers Branch City Council District 2 Special Election, which will be Nov. 5. The Branch Herald limited the number of …

Brenda Brodrick

Brenda Brodrick announced she was running for City Council Member Martin Baird's vacated District 2 seat. The election is Nov. 5, and early voting begins Oct. 21.
he Branch Herald sent questionnaires to the candidates for the City of Farmers Branch City Council District 2 Special Election, which will be Nov. 5. The Branch Herald limited the number of characters allowed in responses for the questions that are highlighted. The Branch Herald used the Word Counter website to determine character count.

May ballot includes 13 candidates for five seats

Quinn Mercado, senior administrative assistant for the city manager’s office, selects a numbered ball from the bucket held by Deputy Director of Administrative Services/Deputy City Secretary Erin Flores to decide the order names will appear on the May ballot for City Council District 1.
Voters will have a lot of local choices to make on the municipal ballot in May. Eight candidates applied for the three open school board positions, including all three incumbents, Kim Brady, …

Bennett-Burton wins District 2

Brenda Brodrick (left) and Tina Bennett-Burton campaign outside of Manske Library the morning of Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Voters showed a strong preference for Tina Bennett-Burton as their next Farmers Branch City Council representative. Bennett-Burton defeated challenger Brenda Broderick with 56 percent of the …

District 2 candidates answer questions at forum

Brenda Brodrick (left) and Tina Bennett-Burton discussed how they would handle issues pertinent to Farmers Branch residents at the 2024 Candidate Forum held by the Branch Herald and the StarCenter …

Cook withdraws from race

Kristofer Cook asked voters in Farmers Branch District 2 not vote for him in November's special City Council election.  He asks the public to vote not vote for him so there isn't potential …

Candidate Forum set for Oct. 21

The Branch Herald and the StarCenter announced they have teamed up to provide Farmers Branch with a nonpartisan Candidate Forum. The forum is set for 7 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21 at the StarCenter, …
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Positions for ballot drawn

Erin Flores, deputy city secretary, shows the balls used to determine candidates
City Secretary Stacy Henderson oversaw the random drawing Wednesday, Aug. 28, for the positions candidates for City Council District 2 will appear on November’s special election ballot. …

Two candidates file applications for November ballot

The field for the District 2 Farmers Branch City Council race expanded this week. Kristofer Cook and Brenda Brodrick filed applications to appear on the Nov. 5 ballot with City Secretary Stacy …

Applications for Place 2 City Council election open

Former City Council Member for District 3 Tina Bennett-Burton announces she is running for Baird
On July 16, 2024, the Farmers Branch City Council formally accepted the resignation of Councilmember Martin Baird, District 2, and adopted an ordinance to call a Special Election to be held on Nov. …
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