Tag: mayoral

Meet the expert helping Pueblo run its mayoral runoff election

As a child, Karen Goldman didn’t dream of working as a city clerk or a teacher. But over decades of experience as a city clerk, Goldman has built a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable experts in Colorado municipal elections. She advises municipal clerks around the state and has influenced legislation affecting city elections. […]

Mayoral run ‘part of god’s plan and not mine’

YORK, Pa. (WHTM) — Who was he to say “no” to God — and his wife? That’s the short version of the decision-making process leading up to Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow’s run for mayor. The slightly longer version: Current Mayor Michael Helfrich (D) had decided not to run again and asked Muldrow to consider running. […]

Democrat John Whitmire wins Houston mayoral race

Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be Houston’s next mayor, NBC News projects. Whitmire defeated Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a fellow Democrat, in a runoff election Saturday to lead the fourth-largest city by population in the U.S. The two advanced from a Nov. 7 election featuring 18 candidates, when Whitmire ran 9 percentage points ahead […]