The city secretary is the election official for the city and oversees the administration of city elections to ensure compliance with all city, state and federal election laws and policies and to ensure that city elections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner. The City of Leary is located within Bowie County. Qualified voters, at a general election, cast their votes and ultimately determine those candidates that are to be elected to serve on the Leary City Council. The general election is held the first Saturday every May for Mayoral and City Council seats come up for (re) election.
Mayor - B.J. Martin (Term Expires 2025)
Jeff Cowgill (Term Expires 2024)
Coy Lorance (Term Expires 2024)
Kent Markham (Term Expires 2024)
Jesse Mauldin (Term Expires 2025)
Kathy Meadows (Term Expires 2025)
The City of Leary, is a General Law Type A city, and does not have wards, all aldermen serve in an at large capacity.
Eligibility for Election to Public Office
Texas Election Code - Eligibility for Public Office Sec. 141.001.
Be a United States citizen;
Be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election;
Have not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: 1) totally mentally incapacitated; or 2) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
Have resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot.
