{"id":164028,"date":"2026-02-14T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164028\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:26:08","slug":"3-candidates-running-for-allen-city-council-in-may-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164028\/","title":{"rendered":"3 candidates running for Allen City Council in May election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAllen voters will see three City Council candidates on the ballot in the upcoming May election.<\/p>\n

The filing period opened Jan. 14<\/a> and ended at 5 p.m. Feb. 13. Three candidates have filed to run for Allen City Council<\/a> positions, according to City Secretary Shelley George.<\/p>\n

The specifics<\/p>\n

Allen Mayor Baine Brooks<\/a> is completing his final term in the seat and cannot run for re-election based on the city’s ordinances for term limits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two candidates have filed for the mayoral race:<\/p>\n

Chris SchulmeisterDave ShaferTommy Baril<\/a> currently sits in Place 2 and is running for re-election. He is running unopposed. <\/p>\n

Allen City Council members are elected citywide rather than by a district, and serve three-year terms. For more details, visit www.cityofallen.org\/government\/city_secretary\/elections.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dates to know<\/p>\n

Filing as a write-in candidate closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.17 and the last day to withdraw as a candidate is Friday, Feb. 20, George said. The drawing for a place on the ballot will be held at 4 p.m Feb. 20.<\/p>\n

Election day is Saturday, May 2. Early voting begins Monday, April 20, and ends Tuesday, April 28, per the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allen voters will see three City Council candidates on the ballot in the upcoming May election. The filing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[55589,56068,55590,1604,67012,160,162,161,67014,67013],"class_list":["post-164028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-city-council","tag-allen-mayor","tag-allen-news","tag-community-impact","tag-may-election-allen","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-what-will-be-on-the-ballot-in-allen","tag-when-does-early-voting-begin-in-allen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}