The filing deadline was Dec. 31 for various offices to be filled in April.
SCHOOLS
- Incumbents Jeff Gettys and Jennifer Scheets filed for the Houston school board. No other candidates filed for the three-year terms.
- Three candidates are seeking two positions on the Licking board of education. Incumbents Jake Floyd and Heidi Moloney will be joined on the ballot by Joe Satterfield. The terms are three years.
- Three candidates are seeking two positions on the Plato board of education. Incumbents Don Rose and Patty Handley filed, as did Bonnie Cotrel. The terms are three years.
- Incumbents Aaron Scantlin and Rebecca Mills filed for reelection to the Raymondville board of education. No other candidates filed.
- Two candidates filed for the Summersville school board. They are Jason Greear, incumbent, and Danny Thomas. Greear is the incumbent. Both are three-year terms.
- Patrons of the Success School will elect three board positions with three-year terms. The candidates are: Brody Hayes, incumbent; Douglas Suda, Bill Nemyer, Charles Boone Jr., Harvey Moore and Beth McNew, incumbent.
- Two positions of three-year terms will be contested on the Cabool school board. Incumbents Shawn Watson and Jacob Reese are joined on the ballot by James Coffman and Michael Warneke.
HEALTH
- One, five-year term on the Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) board of trustees will be contested by Jerri Sue Crump, Chelsye Scantlin, Marie Lasater and George Sholtz. Crump currently holds the seat after being appointed in 2024 following Steve Pierce’s resignation.
- Three, four-year terms on the Texas County Health Board only saw filings from incumbents CJ Smith, Madeline Miller and Kirby Holmes.
CITY
- For a two-year term as Houston mayor, Joshua Hatch, Sam Kelley and Kevin Stilley have put their names on the ballot.
- For Houston Ward I Alderman, Adam Vandiver is the only candidate. Brittany Weinpert, David Weybright and Ann Tottingham will contest Ward II. Ward III will be between Kimberly Bittle and Morgan Patterson. All are two-year terms.
- The city will also have a ballot question to extend its one-quarter cent transportation sales tax for five years.
- In Cabool, incumbent Jerald Sigman is the lone candidate for a four-year term as city marshal. Ward I Alderman Brad Roberts will retain his seat as well. In Ward II, Debbie Stoutenborough is the only candidate for the two-year term left vacant by John Mark Hale.
- Cabool will also have a ballot question to extend its one-half cent transportation sales tax for five years.
Other contested races include those at the 17 county townships and four water districts.
