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Item No. 24 <br />Memorandum <br />TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & Council <br />Grayson Path, City Manager <br />FROM: Janice Ellis; City Clerk <br />SUBJECT: UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES <br />DATE: February 27, 2023 <br />BACKGROUND: In order to cancel the general election in a district, the candidate must be <br />unopposed. The candidates in Districts 4 and 5 are unopposed and the deadline has passed to <br />make application to run for City Council. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: Chapter 2 of the Texas Election Law governs the election of unopposed <br />candidates for political subdivisions. Under Section 2.052 of the Election Code, I have issued a <br />certification of unopposed status for Districts 4 and 5. <br />BUDGET: NA. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Approve an Ordinance declaring Mihir Pankaj as an unopposed <br />candidate in Council District 4 and Rebecca Norment as an unopposed candidate in District 5; <br />cancelling the General Election in Districts 4 and 5; and declaring the unopposed candidates as <br />elected to office pursuant to Election Code Section 2.053. <br />