Incumbent Mayor Jim Ross won reelection Saturday, securing a third and final term after fending off a challenge from businessman Steve Cavender and two other candidates.
Ross, who was first elected in 2021 and reelected in 2023, campaigned on Arlington’s economic growth and job creation during his time in office, arguing voters should keep the city on its current path.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Ross recently told CBS News Texas political reporter Jack Fink. “Arlington is anything but broke now. We are thriving.”
Cavender, a longtime real estate developer who had previously supported Ross, emerged as his strongest challenger, criticizing the mayor and city council over recent property tax increases and calling for more transparency and a different approach to budgeting…