Elections

Today is the deadline for candidates to apply to run for Lubbock’s City Council District 4. Our Samantha Larned has more on candidates in the upcoming race, including one whose application was previously denied. After calls for investigations from Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, the online game creation platform Roblox removed a role-playing game that allowed users to relive the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting.

A local real estate developer and police veteran, Pat Kelly said he's been involved in Lubbock's politics for years, but after trying to retire, he was asked to run again to represent District 1 on the city council. Kelly sat down with KTTZ to discuss his campaign and the issues he's hoping to address in the district.

Incumbent District 1 city council candidate Christy Martinez-Garcia won her first race 2022 and was nominated to be the city's mayor pro tem in 2024, and now she's running for re-election to continue representing Northeast and Central Lubbock. She sat down with KTTZ to discuss her campaign and the issues she's focused on for District 1.

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In December 2025, Adam Hernandez, a local entrepreneur and community advocate, announced his intent to run for the city council seat in District 3. Hernandez previously ran for Lubbock's mayoral seat in 2022 and 2024. He sat down with KTTZ to discuss his campaign and the issues he's focused on for District 3.

City Council candidate David Bruegel, a Lubbock real estate broker, former Shallowater alderman and volunteer firefighter, sat down with KTTZ to discuss his campaign and the issues he's focused on for District 3.

City Council candidate Gil Caley, PFLAG Lubbock's interim president and lead editor for The Catalyst Media, said he decided to run after feeling dissatisfied with decisions made in outgoing councilmember David Glasheen's term. Caley sat down with KTTZ to talk about his campaign and the issues he's focused on for District 3.

Early voting in Lubbock's municipal and school board elections began with some complications yesterday and polls are closed today for a state-observed holiday. Polling locations will open again for voters tomorrow at 8 a.m. The Trump Administration’s recently released budget proposal cuts almost $5 billion dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Harvest Public Media’s Will Bauer reports that includes university research and rural community services. Lubbock Mayor Mark McBrayer is hosting Coffee with the Mayor at 7 a.m. tomorrow at the Maxey Community Center at 4020 30th Street.

Early voting begins this week for municipal and school board elections, a number of city and school board positions in Lubbock County are on the ballot this year, including Lubbock’s mayor, proposed bond elections in Slaton ISD, and city council positions in several cities. Early voting runs April 20-28, find races and polling locations here.

Texas Tech Public Media and the Lubbock-Avalanche Journal hosted a forum discussion with all four of Lubbock's mayoral candidates for the 2026 local election on April 15. You can find a full recording and transcript of the discussion here. Early voting runs April 20-28 and Election Day is May 2.