Those now vacant positions will in fact be added to the City's Special Election in the month of February 2020, which falls under the 120-day call for an election to take place by law.

A council members resignation from that office when announcing a candidacy for another elected office is covered under Article 16, Section 65, of the Texas Constitution (often called the “resign-to-run” provision) applies to cities with council terms of more than two years. In cities with terms of more than two years, a city official who has more than one year and 50 days remaining in the current term of office, and who announces a candidacy for another office automatically resigns from the first office.

Sifuentes and Villalpando have now signed up to run for another elected position which has envoked the provisions that apply to the current municipal political situation.

There are at least three city elected positions that will be in the upcoming election ballot.

That is certainly going to be making things a little more interesting during election time.

There are possibly about 6 potential candidates who could be signing up to run for one of the two city council seats.

That could definitely increase voter interest in the city race.

Back in 2017, the city election which included a re-election bid for Mayor Ramsey E. Cantu, Councilmen Rudy Villalpando and Luis Sifuentes had very little interest on behalf of the city voter.

There were a total of 1,921 votes cast from approximately 15,900 registered voters within city limits, or only a paltry 12% voter participation.

During that election Villalpando ran unopposed and garnered only 1,499 votes. Sifuentes brought in 1,317 votes running against Romeo Fernandez who received 494. A contingent of fresh aspiring political faces could provide an uptick in voter participation, possibly erasing some voter apathy seen in previous years.