Elections will be held across the state on May 7, 2022. On the ballot will be local candidates for Fairfield ISD school board; Fairfield and Teague city councils; two proposed Texas State Constitutional Amendments; and an $8 million bond for Fairfield Independent School District.

Early voting will begin April 25th.

Meet Candidates, Learn About Bond

To assist voters, Teague Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘Meet and Greet’ City of Teague candidates this Thursdays, April 7th beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the historic Teague Hotel.

Information about the FISD Bond will be offered during a series of meetings in April. They include:

–Tuesday, April 12th at 6:00 pm (Streetman City Hall)

–Thursday, April 21st at 7:30 am (960 East Commerce Street/Coffee with Dr. Adams).

Freestone County Times has sent out questionnaires to all Freestone County candidates for an Election article to publish prior to Early Voting.

(IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE, and have NOT received a copy of the questions, please contact Editor Karen Leidy at 903-389-6397 or news@freestonecountytimes.com).

City and School Elections

Below are a list of candidates on the ballot for city council and school board:

–Fairfield Council
Mayor: Kenneth Hughes (incumbent)
Place 1: James Tyus
Place 2: Arland Thill (incumbent), Conrell Lockett, III and Roger McDaniel Keeton

–Teague Council
Mayor: James Monks (incumbent) and David Huffman
Place 1: Jerry Ballew (incumbent) and Garland Steed
Place 3: Marilyn Michaud (incumbent), Lois Ann Mims, and Douglas Allen

–Fairfield ISD Board of Trustees
3 Places At Large: Greg Gipson (incumbent), Kim Whitaker (incumbent), O.B. Utley (incumbent), Penny Robinson Meredith, Cody Roller, and Josh Carlson.

Constitutional Amendments

The two proposed Constitutional Amendments are as follows:

–SJR 1 proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of property taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled in order to reflect any statutory reduction in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the person’s homestead from the preceding tax year.

–SJR 2 proposes a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from property taxes for public school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.

FISD Bond Election

And, the $8 million Bond proposed by Fairfield ISD, if passed by voters, will fund the following projects:

–$200,000 – FHS Roof Repair

–$5,300,000 – HVAC

–$900,000 – LED Lighting

–$1,200,000 – Transportation (school buses)

Register to Vote

To be eligible to vote in these May 7th elections, citizens must have  been registered to vote by Thursday, April 7.

For more information, contact Freestone County Election Administrator Renee McBay at 093-389-0469, ext. 318 or via email to election.administrator@co.freestone.tx.us.

You may also go online to www.votetexas.gov for all information concerning elections and voting in the State of Texas.