Incumbent Arlington Mayor Jim Ross narrowly won reelection on Saturday, earning a final term in office. <\/p>\n
ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 Incumbent Arlington mayor Jim Ross will spend a third and final term in office after he received a majority of the votes in Saturday’s elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ross, who was elected to another three-year term with about 50.9% of the vote, according to unofficial results. He defeated challenger Steve Cavender, who received about 39.5% of the vote. Candidates Hunter Crow and Shaun Mallory received 5.5% and 4.92% of the vote, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ross celebrated his win at a gathering on Saturday night at J. Gilligan\u2019s Bar & Grill in Arlington, according to reporting from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a>. Ross called for unity after a contentious race between himself and Cavender.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been a very, very, very nasty, difficult, divisive race, and y\u2019all spoke really loud by saying, \u2018We don\u2019t put up with this crap in Arlington,\u2019\u201d Ross said, according to the Star-Telegram.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ross was elected to his first term in 2021, and after serving his final three years as mayor, he will be ineligible to be elected due to the city’s term limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n During his time as Mayor, Ross has led the city through the opening of the National Medal of Honor Museum, the redevelopment\u00a0<\/a>of several important commercial districts, preparations for the World Cup, which will be partially held in Arlington, and, most recently, reaching a $273 million deal to keep the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. \u00a0<\/p>\n