Candidate

The Municipal Clerk is responsible for providing the candidate the information they need for filing for place on the ballot and other required documents.

May 2025 Election

May 3, 2025 General Election Wards 1 and 3 are available for full 4-year term. 

Click to see full list of how to contact the candidates (coming soon)

Candidates listed in the order they filed for Place on the Ballot. 

Place 1

Place 3






How To For Candidates

  • Beginning January 5, 2025, a complete Candidate Packet can be picked up after at the Rockport Service Center, Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day that is not a holiday.
  • Helpful Q & A for May 3, 2025 Election -  Printable 
  • Helpful Tips to File for place on the ballot - Printable
  • Know your Ward Interactive Map.
  • May 3, 2025 General Election Date Calendar - Printable

    City of Rockport Charter

 Sec. 3.02 Qualification of Members

           1)  In addition to any other qualifications prescribed by law, the Mayor and each Councilperson shall meet the qualifications set forth in Article V of this Charter while in office.  Council Member shall reside in the Ward they represent while in office.

  Sec. 5.02 Filing for Office

 1)   Candidates for City offices shall file for office with the City Secretary at City Hall.

  2)   Candidates for elective City office shall meet the following qualifications:

a)  Shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the election for which they are filing.

b)  Shall be a qualified voter of the City

c)  Shall have resided within the corporate limits of the City, or recently annexed territory, for at least twelve (12) months prior to the Election

d)  Shall have resided in the Ward, or newly created Ward, they are seeking to represent for at least twelve (12) months prior to the Election Day.

e)  No candidate may file in a single election for more than one office or position as provided by this Charter.

f)  No employee of the City shall continue in such position after filing for an elective office  provided in in this Charter.

g)  A candidate filing for a Council Member position must include a petition along with their application for a place on the ballot for an office which contains signatures of qualified voters equal in number to thirty percent (30%) or fifty (50), whichever is lesser, of those who voted in the last election for that office.  If the immediately preceding election for the Council Member position applied for was canceled as provided by law, a petition containing fifty (50) signatures of qualified voters shall be necessary along with the application for a place on the ballot for an office.  This requirement shall not be construed to mean the signatures of actual people who voted in the last election.

 h)  A candidate filing for a Mayor position must include a petition along with the application for a place on the ballot for an office which contains signatures of qualified voters equal in number to thirty percent (30%) or one hundred and fifty (150), whichever is lesser, of those who voted in the last election for that office.  If the immediately preceding election for the position of Mayor was canceled as provided by law, a petition containing one hundred fifty (150) signatures of qualified voters shall be necessary along with the application for a place on the ballot for an office.  This requirement shall not be construed to mean the signatures of actual people who voted in the last election.

i)  Shall not, at the time of filing or while in office, be in arrears in payment of taxes or other liabilities due the City after the expiration of thirty (30) days following the providing of notice of delinquency.

                           (Posted in accordance with Texas Legislative. H.B. 305, effective September 1, 2019).