{"id":244549,"date":"2026-04-11T02:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244549\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:48:18","slug":"local-organization-to-host-public-forum-with-keller-city-council-candidates-before-may-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244549\/","title":{"rendered":"Local organization to host public forum with Keller City Council candidates before May election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Keller organization will host a nonpartisan event for residents to get to know the candidates running for Keller City Council.<\/p>\n<p>What residents should know<\/p>\n<p>Keller City Council\u2019s mayoral seat, <a href=\"http:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth\/election\/2026\/03\/11\/qa-meet-the-candidates-running-for-keller-city-council-place-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Place 5<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth\/election\/2026\/03\/11\/qa-meet-the-candidates-running-for-keller-city-council-place-6\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Place 6<\/a> are up for election in May. Additionally, there is a special election on the same day for <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth\/election\/2026\/03\/16\/qa-meet-the-candidates-running-for-keller-city-council-place-4\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Place 4<\/a> after former council member Tag Green <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/keller-roanoke-northeast-fort-worth\/government\/2026\/02\/10\/city-of-keller-to-call-special-election-for-place-4-council-seat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resigned<\/a> to run for mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The event is a forum hosted by the Keller Republican Club and is scheduled for April 16 from 7-9 p.m. at Keller Town Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens to Protect Keller\u2019s Small-Town Feel already hosted a forum on April 8, where the candidates discussed their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The city will live stream and record both events on its meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofkeller.legistar.com\/Calendar.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cityofkellertexas\/featured\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead<\/p>\n<p>Early voting for May elections will run from April 20-28, according to the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofkeller.com\/about-us\/city-secretary\/election-information\/-fbclid-IwY2xjawRCVQtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFLczhYSjBIbHdyckhXeENpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsD0col-5jlDdrtUhtCiXnWvS3_NQePj0_Aesf6DDiuajHbQBSYTAZuLtlDQ_aem_5ydRZF1pkJ9Kp0Fcf8EzzQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. April 20 is the last day to apply for a ballot by mail.<\/p>\n<p>Voters will be able to vote at any center location from 7 a.m-7 p.m. on election day May 2.<\/p>\n<p>A list of early voting centers and election day polling locations can be found on Tarrant County&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarrantcountytx.gov\/en\/elections\/current-election-information.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Keller organization will host a nonpartisan event for residents to get to know the candidates running for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[41432,92256,116,118,117,92257,92258,67870,80802,92255,80804,80805],"class_list":{"0":"post-244549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-charles-randklev","9":"tag-chris-whatley","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","12":"tag-fort-worth-news","13":"tag-keller-council-elections","14":"tag-keller-council-members","15":"tag-keller-elections","16":"tag-keller-mayor","17":"tag-keller-mayoral-election","18":"tag-ross-mcmullin","19":"tag-tag-green"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244549","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=244549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}