Friday, February 13, 2026

Local election filing period closes, here’s who filed

The filing period for elections including local city and town council seats and school district board of trustees seats closed Friday at 5 p.m.

Here is who voters will see on the ballot come May 2, barring any withdrawals.

Argyle:

Place 1: Gustav Svehla (i)

Place 3: Chad Boyd (i)

Place 5: Cynthia Hermann (i)

Bartonville:

Mayor: Jaclyn Carrington (i)

Place 2: Matt Chapman (i)

Place 4: Keith Crandall (i)

Copper Canyon:

Place 1: Jeff Dahl (i)

Place 3: Paula Castillo (i)

Place 5: Nancy Henry

Denton:

Mayor: Shannon Childs, Chris Watts, Brian Beck, Angela Brewer

Place 5: George Michael Ferrie Jr., Caleb Meese, Erica Garland

Place 6: Jill Jester (i)

District 1: Michael Herron, Jordan E. Villarreal, Kris Cox

District 2: Nick Stevens, Robert Archer III

Double Oak:

Three at-large council seats currently occupied by Mark Dieterich, Dr. Khourschid Favero and Geri Smith are up for election.

All three incumbents filed for reelection and three others: Chris Bump, Dan McCormick and Linda Blesch

Flower Mound:

Place 2: Chris Drew (i)

Place 5: Clare Harris, Ethan Mitchell, Susan Cox

Highland Village:

Mayor: Charlotte Wilcox (i)

Place 2: Hogan Heathington, Misty Sedillo

Place 4: Shawn Nelson (i)

Place 6: Daniel Jaworski, Lorri Hill

Justin:

Mayor: James Clark (i), Tomas Mendoza, Joe Cokel

Place 4: James Castle (i)

Place 5: Daniel Dennis (i), Jason Wood

Place 6: Shelby Scott St. Claire (i)

Lewisville:

Place 1: Erum Ali, Brent Kuykendall

Place 3: Ronni Cade (i), Adrian Doko

Northlake:

Place 1: Alex Holmes (i)

Place 2: Michael Ganz (i)

Place 3: Aaron Fowler (i)

Argyle ISD:

Place 1: Justin Ford

Place 2: Leigh Ann Artho (i)

Place 3: Frank Dixon

Denton ISD:

Place 6: Greg Petolick, Vicki Byrd

Place 7: Patsy Y. Sosa-Sanchez (i)

Lewisville ISD:

Place 4: Paige Dixon

Place 5: Dr. Staci Barker (i), Brian Pollard

Northwest ISD:

Place 5: Steve Sprowls (i)

Place 6: Lillian Rauch (i)

Place 7: Jennifer Murphy (i)

Information on early voting ahead of election day, which is May 2, is available at Denton County’s elections website.

Micah Pearce
Micah Pearce
Micah Pearce is a Digital Reporter for The Cross Timbers Gazette. Contact him at 940-‪268-3505‬ or at [email protected].

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