Tommy Wayne Harrison filed an application Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, 2022 for a place on the May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Harrison, a retired resident, is seeking election Place 4 on the Sulphur Springs City Council.
So far, Harrison is only the second person who has filed candidacy for the May 7 Election for Places 4 and 5 on the city Council. Currently, Freddie Taylor services in Place 4 on the council. At the Feb. 1 City Council meeting, Taylor had yet to decide whether or not he will seek another term in office.
Incumbent Gary Spraggins filed an application on Jan. 20 for a place on the May 7 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Spraggins, a salesman, is seeking reelection to Place 5.
Spraggins in the Nov. 3, 2020 election, received 71.24 percent of the votes for the Place 5 seat for one year. Then, in 2021, he was elected to the final year of the unexpired term for Place 5.
Candidate filing for both three-year term seats on the May 7 City Council Election ballot will continue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, through Feb. 18, at Sulphur Springs Municipal Building (City Hall), 201 North Davis St. Mail applications for a place on the ballot may be mailed to City Secretary/Elections Officer Natalie Darrow at 125 South Davis St., Sulphur Springs, TX 75482; or emailed to [email protected]
To be eligible to run for a seat on the City Council, the prospective candidate must be a qualified voter of the State of Texas, have resided continuously in the State of Texas and the City of Sulphur Springs for 12 months immediately preceding the deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot.
Other qualifications include:
- Must be a citizen of the United States eligible to hold such office under the constitution
and laws of this state; - Must not be mentally incompetent as determined by a court;
- Must not be convicted of a felony for which he/she has not been pardoned or had full rights of citizenship restored by other official action;
- Must be 18 years of age or older on the commencement of the term to be filled;
- Must not hold any other public office in which he/she was elected for and/or be a member of a board directly appointed by the City Council on the commencement of the term to be filled;
- City taxes must be paid and current; and
- Have knowledge of the nepotism law summary.
