{"id":273804,"date":"2026-05-01T00:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273804\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:57:16","slug":"heres-what-bellaire-residents-should-know-about-the-upcoming-special-election-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/273804\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what Bellaire residents should know about the upcoming special election May 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Bellaire is holding a special election<\/a> May 2 to fill a vacant City Council position. Here\u2019s what voters need to know.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the polls<\/p>\n

To cast a vote<\/a> in person, voters must visit the Bellaire Civic Center at 7008 S. Rice Ave., Bellaire, on May 2 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

According to the Texas Secretary of State\u2019s office<\/a>, voters must bring one of the following when going to vote:<\/p>\n

Texas driver’s licenseTexas election identification certificateTexas personal identification cardTexas handgun licenseU.S. military identification card with a photoU.S. citizenship certificate with a photoU.S. passport<\/p>\n

Voters also cannot use their cellphones while in a polling place. Apparel relating to a candidate, measure or political party also cannot be worn within the 100-foot marker at the polling location, as previously reported<\/a> by Community Impact.<\/p>\n

On the ballot<\/p>\n

Four candidates filed to run to fill the vacant Position 4 seat.<\/p>\n

Here is the list of those who filed:<\/p>\n

Todd ThurberShuba GrewalGay MayeuxKevin Newman<\/p>\n

To read Community Impact\u2019s candidate Q&A, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The candidate who fills the vacant seat after the election will serve the remainder of the term through January 2028.<\/p>\n

One more thing<\/p>\n

Visit communityimpact.com\/voter-guide\/election-results<\/a> to follow the latest election day results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Bellaire is holding a special election May 2 to fill a vacant City Council position.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6863,40190,4519,1604,409,6513,56,58,57,67556,69429,1454,7834,4396,7838,2279,6866],"class_list":["post-273804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bellaire","tag-candidates","tag-city-council","tag-community-impact","tag-election","tag-election-day","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-how-to-vote","tag-may-2","tag-near-me","tag-polls","tag-running","tag-special-election","tag-voting","tag-where-to-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273804","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=273804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}