Election filing opened at 8 a.m. Feb. 6 and within a few hours, four current office holders announced their intentions to run for public office.
Chris Fielder, current Place 5 Leander city councilman, filed to run for mayor in the May 12 election. In doing so, Fielder forfeited his council seat, Leander City Secretary Debbie Haile said. Leander's charter dictates an automatic "resign to run" rule when a City Council member runs for a different public office. Haile said the city will hold a special election for Fiedler's unexpired one-year term, but Fielder may continue to serve on the council until the election in May.
John Cowman is the mayor of Leander. His term expires in May.
Fielder has served on the Leander City Council for the last five years and was mayor pro tem from June 2008 to September 2011.
