Warren maintained his 55.53% lead over Fields, who had 44.47% of the votes by the time all votes were counted early Sunday morning. According to the county, 1,048 ballots were cast in the Jersey Village mayor race—582 going to Warren and 466 going to Fields.
This will be Warren's second two-year term as mayor of the city. In an email to supporters Saturday night, he said he appreciated the trust voters continue to put in him.
"I want to congratulate Jim Fields on running a hard-fought campaign. He reached out to voters on a daily basis and put in a lot of effort into his campaign. Our city benefited tremendously from the vigorous exchange of ideas from our respective campaigns, and I want to thank Jim for putting his name forward to serve the citizens of our city," he said in the statement.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Updated May 6 at 11 p.m.
With 100 of 126 voting centers reporting, Warren maintains a 55.53% lead over Fields, who had 44.47% of the votes as of 11 p.m. May 6. According to the county, 1,048 votes have been counted in the Jersey Village mayor race—582 going to Warren and 466 going to Fields.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Published May 6 at 7:20 p.m.
With early voting results counted, incumbent Bobby Warren has taken a lead over his opponent, James Fields, with 57.77% of the votes in the Jersey Village mayor race, according to the Harris County Elections Administrator’s Office.
The two candidates were separated by 124 votes as of the early voting results posted just after 7 p.m. With 798 total votes tallied so far, Warren had earned 461 votes while Fields had 337, or 42.23% of the votes.
Warren was first elected mayor in 2021 after serving two consecutive terms as a council member in Jersey Village. He has been a licensed attorney since 2005 and serves as an oil and gas compliance manager for a large international company.
In a candidate Q&A with Community Impact, Warren said his top priorities included lower property taxes and continuing to obtain grant funding for flood mitigation projects in the city.
“Thanks to our economic development efforts and the sales tax revenue they have generated, we have been able to make significant investments in law enforcement, fire control and EMS without asking our citizens to pay more in property taxes,” Warren said in the Q&A.
Longtime Jersey Village resident Fields regularly attends City Council meetings and calls himself “fiscally conservative.” He is a retired IT manager and software programmer who has served on various boards during his 30-plus years living in the city.
Fields told Community Impact the top challenges facing the city included speeding, wasteful spending, flooding, code enforcement and corruption.
“We need to preserve our small-town way of life: friendly, quiet and safe for families. I am adamantly against more apartments, a stadium or moving City Hall across Hwy. 290,” he said.
In addition to the mayoral seat, two council member positions were also on the ballot May 6. Incumbent Sheri Sheppard ran for re-election for Place 2, and incumbent Michelle Mitcham ran for re-election for Place 3. Both were unopposed in the election.
All results are unofficial until canvassed. See additional Houston-area election results here.
