CITY ELECTION: EARLY VOTING ENDS 

(May 1, 2024) 

Heading into Election Day on Saturday, May 4, 2024, 3.8% of the 75,472 voters inside the City of Midland have cast a ballot in the special election for the empty at-large Midland City Council seat.

Early voting ended on Tuesday with 2,936 ballots received in person and by mail. That includes 665 on Tuesday – the highest of the seven days of early voting.

The candidate field includes Cheston Blank, John Burkholder, Eric Davidson, James R. “Bull” Henry and Ben Roberts. An at-large seat requires a candidate runs city-wide.

The winner of the special election will serve the remainder of the at-large term, which ends in January 2025. Should that person seek to serve as an-large council representative for another term, he would be required to run for office again in November.

The last special election for an at-large council member happened in 2008. That year, Jerry Morales won a special election for an at-large city council seat. Voter turnout in that election was 6.79%.

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City of Midland special election

When: May 4

Times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ballot item: Midland City Council at-large seat

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Voting centers

Midland County Annex, 2110 N. “A” St.

Beal Park Ranch House, 5200 W. Wall St.

Midland County Centennial library, 2503 W. Loop 250 N.

Cogdell Learning Center, 201 W. Florida Ave.

Midland County downtown library, 301 W. Missouri Ave.

Golf Course Road Church of Christ, 3500 Golf Course Road

MLK Jr. Community Center, 2300 Butternut Lane

Presence Church, 901 Midland Drive

The Village at Manor Park, 5212 Sinclair Avenue

United Supermarket, 3313 Midland Drive

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Note: A “Vote Center” is a polling place where any registered voter in the city of Midland may vote on Election Day, as long as the voter lives in the city.

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