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Mattie Parker | |
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| 45th Mayor of Fort Worth | |
| Assumed office June 15, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Betsy Price |
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| Born | November 9, 1983 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) Texas Wesleyan University (JD) |
Mattie Parker (born November 9, 1983)[1][2] is an American attorney, business owner and politician serving as the 45th Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. She was elected in 2021 after serving as Chief of Staff for the Mayor and the Fort Worth City Council for five years.[3] After coming in second place in the first round of voting in May, Parker faced off against Deborah Peoples, the Tarrant County Democratic Party chair, in the run-off election on June 5, 2021. Parker received 53.5% of the vote in the nominally non-partisan election.[4][5]
In Fort Worth, mayors are elected to two-year terms. Parker succeeded Betsy Price, who was elected to five consecutive terms as mayor, including the 2019 election, in which Price also defeated Peoples. Price opted to not run for a sixth term in 2021 and endorsed Parker, her former chief of staff.[6] Before serving as the chief of staff for her predecessor Betsy Price, she was on the Fort Worth city council from 2015 until 2020.
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- ^ "About Mattie". Mattie Parker For Fort Worth Mayor. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
- ^ Svitek, Patrick (June 6, 2021). "Mattie Parker declares victory in Fort Worth mayoral runoff". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Tarrant County Election Results - June 5 Runoff" (PDF). Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ "Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price endorses Mattie Parker". Fort Worth Business Press. March 4, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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