2023 Fort Worth mayoral election

2023 Fort Worth mayoral election

May 6, 2023

Candidate Mattie Parker Jennifer Castillo Popular vote 30,118 5,315 Percentage 69.3% 12.2%   Candidate Kenneth Bowens, Jr. Alyson Kennedy Popular vote 3,793 2,276 Percentage 8.7% 5.2%

Mayor before election Mattie Parker Elected mayor Mattie Parker

The 2023 Fort Worth mayoral election was held on May 6, 2023, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Republican mayor Mattie Parker won re-election to a second two-year term in office.

Candidates

Declared

• Ken Bowens Jr., entrepreneur (Party affiliation: Independent)^[1]
• Jennifer Castillo, realtor^[2]
• Alyson Kennedy, cashier and perennial candidate (Party affiliation: Socialist Workers)^[3]
• Mattie Parker, incumbent mayor (Party affiliation: Republican)^[4]
• Chris Rector, author and candidate in 2021^[5]
• Adrian Smith, veteran^[6]

Declined

• Ramon Romero Jr., Texas state representative (Party affiliation: Democratic)^[7]

Results

2023 Fort Worth mayoral election^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Mattie Parker (incumbent)		30,118	69.32
Jennifer Castillo		5,315	12.23
Kenneth Bowens Jr.		3,793	8.73
Alyson Kennedy		2,276	5.24
Adrian Smith		1,948	4.48
Total votes		43,450	100.00

References

1. "Ken Bowens Jr., entrepreneur, files to run for Fort Worth mayor".
2. "Jennifer Castillo, entrepreneur and realtor, files to run for mayor".
3. "Alyson Kennedy, cashier and activist, files to run for mayor".
4. "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker files for reelection".
5. "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker Faces Five Challengers in 2023 Mayoral Election".
6. "Adrian Smith, veteran, files to run for Mayor".
7. "Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker is set to run again: 'She would be pretty hard to beat'".
8. "Fort Worth – Mayor". KXAS-TV.