Early Voting in city, hospital elections continues today; Election Day is Saturday, May 3
Today, Tuesday, April 29, is the last day of Early Voting in the Breckenridge City Commission and the Stephens Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors elections. As of Friday, April 25, 98 citizens had voted in the City election and 67 had voted in the Hospital District election.
Today, the polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those voting in the City Commission races will vote at the City offices, 105 N. Rose Ave. The hospital board election will take place at the O.C. Heairren Annex located at 1207 E. Williams St.
Election Day will be Saturday, May 3, and polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In order to vote in a specific election, citizens must be registered in the appropriate district. For example, to vote in the City Commission election, voters must live within the city limits of Breckenridge, and to vote in the hospital board election, voters must live within the Stephens Memorial Hospital District.
To confirm your voter registration status, you can visit the Texas Secretary of State’s Am I Registered? portal, which allows you to look up your voter registration record in the statewide database.
City Commission Election
The Breckenridge City Commission has two places up for election this year — Place 3, currently held by Vince Moore, and Place 4, currently held by Rob Durham, a former city commissioner who was appointed to the position in November 2024 to replace Gary Mercer, who had resigned from his commissioner position.
Slated to be on the ballot are, in alphabetical order:
- Place 3 – Scott Ensey, Junior Fernandez, Vince Moore and Richard “Dicky” Russell
- Place 4 – Paul Huntington Jr. and Tony Patterson
The positions are for two-year terms.
Click here to read the Breckenridge Texan’s profiles for the City Commission candidates. For more information about the Breckenridge City Commission election, call the City of Breckenridge office at 254-559-8287.
Stephens Memorial Hospital District
There are four candidates for the three positions that are up for election this year on the Stephens Memorial Hospital District Board.
The three incumbents — Tom Echols, Kaylee Curtis and Gregg Goodall — all filed for re-election, and John Powell also filed to run for a position on the board. All positions are at-large.
BISD Board of Trustees
On March 17, the Breckenridge Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted to cancel their election since there were no opposed positions.
Jimmy McKay and Carrol Kanady were the only candidates for Place 4 and Place 5, respectively. Place 3, that is currently held by Roy Russell, had no candidates, and the school board will appoint someone to the position at a later date.
