The general election for Fort Worth, Texas, was on May 6, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Feb. 17.
Candidates competed for Fort Worth City Council Districts 2-11, as well as for mayor of Fort Worth. Incumbent Mattie Parker won re-election as mayor with 69.3% of the vote. Incumbents Carlos Flores, Michael Crain, Gyna Bivens, Jared Williams, Chris Nettles, Elizabeth Beck, and Alan Blaylock won re-election to the city council.
Rick Herring and Jeanette Martinez advanced to a runoff election for District 11 after neither secured a majority of votes. Martinez received 36.3% of the vote in the general election, while Herring received 34.1%. The runoff is on June 10, 2023.
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in Texas and the 13th-largest city in the U.S. by population.
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