LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 22. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 22.032. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY. (a) To be eligible for the office of mayor of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must have resided within the municipal limits for at least the 12 months preceding the election day. For purposes of this subsection, residency in an area while the area was not within the municipal limits is considered as residency within the limits if the area is a part of the municipality on election day.
(b) To be eligible for the office of alderman of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must reside on election day in the ward from which the person may be elected.
Sec. 22.004. PLURALITY VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICER. To be elected to an office of the municipality, a person must receive more votes than any other person for the office.
Sec. 22.006. DATE ON WHICH OFFICERS BEGIN TO PERFORM DUTIES. A newly elected municipal officer may exercise the duties of office beginning on the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays.
Sec. 22.035. REGULAR TERM OF OFFICE. The mayor and aldermen of the municipality are elected for a term of two years unless a longer term is established under Article XI, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution.
Sec. 22.010. FILLING VACANCY ON GOVERNING BODY OR IN OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICE. (a) If for any reason a single vacancy exists on the governing body of the municipality, a majority of the remaining members who are present and voting, excluding the mayor, may fill the vacancy by appointment unless an election to fill the vacancy is required by Section 11, Article XI, Texas Constitution. The mayor may vote on the appointment only if there is a tie.
(a-1) A person serving as a member of the governing body is not, because of that service, ineligible to be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor of the municipality, but the person may not vote on the person's own appointment.
(b) The person appointed to fill the vacancy serves until the next regular municipal election.
(c) In lieu of appointing a person to fill a vacancy on the governing body, a special election may be ordered to elect a person to fill the vacancy.
(d) If two or more vacancies on the governing body exist at the same time, a special election shall be ordered to fill the vacancies.
(d-1) A member of the governing body is ineligible to vote to fill a vacancy on the governing body by special election after resigning from the governing body.
Important Dates pertaining to the Saturday, May 2, 2020 Election
January 15, 2020 First Day to file for a Place on the General Election Ballot
February 14, 2020 Last Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot
April 20, 2020 First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
April 28, 2020 Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
May 2, 2020 ELECTION DAY
Salvation Army
1950 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Orange, TX 77630
ELECTION RESULTS
2019 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
T.W. Permenter – Alderman
Sarah McClendon – Alderwoman
2018 General Election canceled
J.L. (Pete Runnels – Mayor
John Zerko – Alderman
Cynthia Adams – Alderwoman
2017 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
T.W. Permenter – Alderman
Sarah McClendon – Alderwoman
2016 General Election canceled
J.L. (Pete Runnels – Mayor
Dan Barclay – Alderman
John Zerko – Alderman
2015 General Election
Dan Mohon – Alderman Early votes = 78 Election Day = 51 Total = 129
Sarah McClendon - Alderman Early votes = 69 Election Day = 56 Total = 125
T.W. Permenter – Alderman Early votes = 83 Election Day = 37 Total = 120
Dan Barclay – Alderman Early votes = 70 Election Day = 33 Total = 103
2014 General Election
J.L. “Pete” Runnels – Mayor Early votes = 118 Election Day = 86 Total = 204
John Zerko – Alderman Early Votes = 91 Election Day = 53 Total = 144
Mike Anderson – Alderman Early votes = 72 Election Day = 61 Total = 133
Suzy Permenter – Alderwoman Early votes = 70 Election Day = 39 Total = 109
2013 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
Dan Barclay – Alderman
Matt Chandler – Alderman
2012 General Election
J.L. (Pete) Runnels – Mayor Early votes = 87 Election Day = 97 Total = 194
T.W. Permenter – Mayor Early votes = 55 Election Day = 61 Total = 116
John Zerko – Alderman Early votes = 65 Election Day = 85 Total = 150
Ron Cowling Sr. – Alderman Early votes = 55 Election Day = 55 Total = 110
Matt Chandler – Alderman Early votes = 55 Election Day = 47 Total = 102
Terry C. Jacobs – Alderman Early votes = 17 Election Day = 25 Total = 42
Billy Harris – Alderman Early votes = 23 Election Day = 14 Total = 37
David Ball – Alderman Early votes = 12 Election Day = 18 Total = 30
2011 General Election canceled
W.D. (Bill) Triggs, Sr. – Alderman
Danny F. (Dan) Mohon – Alderman
Daniel A. (Dan) Barclay – Alderman
2010 General Election canceled
T.W. Permenter – Mayor
Robert L. (Bob) Williams – Alderman
John D. Zerko – Alderman
TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 22. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 22.032. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF GOVERNING BODY. (a) To be eligible for the office of mayor of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must have resided within the municipal limits for at least the 12 months preceding the election day. For purposes of this subsection, residency in an area while the area was not within the municipal limits is considered as residency within the limits if the area is a part of the municipality on election day.
(b) To be eligible for the office of alderman of the municipality, a person must be a registered voter and must reside on election day in the ward from which the person may be elected.
Sec. 22.004. PLURALITY VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICER. To be elected to an office of the municipality, a person must receive more votes than any other person for the office.
Sec. 22.006. DATE ON WHICH OFFICERS BEGIN TO PERFORM DUTIES. A newly elected municipal officer may exercise the duties of office beginning on the fifth day after the date of the election, excluding Sundays.
Sec. 22.035. REGULAR TERM OF OFFICE. The mayor and aldermen of the municipality are elected for a term of two years unless a longer term is established under Article XI, Section 11, of the Texas Constitution.
Sec. 22.010. FILLING VACANCY ON GOVERNING BODY OR IN OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICE. (a) If for any reason a single vacancy exists on the governing body of the municipality, a majority of the remaining members who are present and voting, excluding the mayor, may fill the vacancy by appointment unless an election to fill the vacancy is required by Section 11, Article XI, Texas Constitution. The mayor may vote on the appointment only if there is a tie.
(a-1) A person serving as a member of the governing body is not, because of that service, ineligible to be appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of mayor of the municipality, but the person may not vote on the person's own appointment.
(b) The person appointed to fill the vacancy serves until the next regular municipal election.
(c) In lieu of appointing a person to fill a vacancy on the governing body, a special election may be ordered to elect a person to fill the vacancy.
(d) If two or more vacancies on the governing body exist at the same time, a special election shall be ordered to fill the vacancies.
(d-1) A member of the governing body is ineligible to vote to fill a vacancy on the governing body by special election after resigning from the governing body.
Important Dates pertaining to the Saturday, May 2, 2020 Election
January 15, 2020 First Day to file for a Place on the General Election Ballot
February 14, 2020 Last Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot
April 20, 2020 First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
April 28, 2020 Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance
May 2, 2020 ELECTION DAY
Salvation Army
1950 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Orange, TX 77630
ELECTION RESULTS
2019 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
T.W. Permenter – Alderman
Sarah McClendon – Alderwoman
2018 General Election canceled
J.L. (Pete Runnels – Mayor
John Zerko – Alderman
Cynthia Adams – Alderwoman
2017 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
T.W. Permenter – Alderman
Sarah McClendon – Alderwoman
2016 General Election canceled
J.L. (Pete Runnels – Mayor
Dan Barclay – Alderman
John Zerko – Alderman
2015 General Election
Dan Mohon – Alderman Early votes = 78 Election Day = 51 Total = 129
Sarah McClendon - Alderman Early votes = 69 Election Day = 56 Total = 125
T.W. Permenter – Alderman Early votes = 83 Election Day = 37 Total = 120
Dan Barclay – Alderman Early votes = 70 Election Day = 33 Total = 103
2014 General Election
J.L. “Pete” Runnels – Mayor Early votes = 118 Election Day = 86 Total = 204
John Zerko – Alderman Early Votes = 91 Election Day = 53 Total = 144
Mike Anderson – Alderman Early votes = 72 Election Day = 61 Total = 133
Suzy Permenter – Alderwoman Early votes = 70 Election Day = 39 Total = 109
2013 General Election canceled
Dan Mohon – Alderman
Dan Barclay – Alderman
Matt Chandler – Alderman
2012 General Election
J.L. (Pete) Runnels – Mayor Early votes = 87 Election Day = 97 Total = 194
T.W. Permenter – Mayor Early votes = 55 Election Day = 61 Total = 116
John Zerko – Alderman Early votes = 65 Election Day = 85 Total = 150
Ron Cowling Sr. – Alderman Early votes = 55 Election Day = 55 Total = 110
Matt Chandler – Alderman Early votes = 55 Election Day = 47 Total = 102
Terry C. Jacobs – Alderman Early votes = 17 Election Day = 25 Total = 42
Billy Harris – Alderman Early votes = 23 Election Day = 14 Total = 37
David Ball – Alderman Early votes = 12 Election Day = 18 Total = 30
2011 General Election canceled
W.D. (Bill) Triggs, Sr. – Alderman
Danny F. (Dan) Mohon – Alderman
Daniel A. (Dan) Barclay – Alderman
2010 General Election canceled
T.W. Permenter – Mayor
Robert L. (Bob) Williams – Alderman
John D. Zerko – Alderman
