The city of Georgetown received a write-in candidacy declaration on Feb. 22 from Jaquita Wilson-Kirby for the District 7 seat on City Council, according to a release from the city.

Based on the declaration, an election will be held for the District 7 place on the City Council during the May election.

Candidates on the ballot will include Ben Stewart and a place for a write-in candidate.

According to the release, the state election code requires that elections are canceled and winners declared in local unopposed races.

Early in-person voting is April 25-30 and May 2-3. Election day is May 7. Early voting and election day polling places, dates, and times will be listed at wilco.org/elections.


Council members for Districts 4 and 7, Steve Fought and Tommy Gonzalez, respectively, are not seeking reelection. District 4 had one candidate file to run by the Feb. 18 deadline, Ron Garland, who is running unopposed, as is current District 3 councilmember Mike Trigs, who is seeking reelection.

To see maps of council districts, go to maps.georgetown.org.

The last day to register to vote for the May election is April 7.