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Election watch · Results

May 6, 2023 general election

Updated Nov 6, 2026¹ · 21,290 ballots cast¹

Cole Stanley was elected mayor. Places 1 and 4 went to June 24 runoffs, won by Josh Craft and Les Simpson. Runoff totals add the Potter and Randall county canvasses (our calculation).

Schedule

Election day
May 6
2023¹
Canvass
May 16
2023¹
Runoff
Jun 24
2023^2,3

Citywide

Mayor

Cole Stanley
Won
15,994 votes¹75.5%
Freda Powell
Lost
3,889 votes¹18.4%
Don Collins
Lost
532 votes¹2.5%
Tonya C. Winston
Lost
341 votes¹1.6%
Sam Burnett
Lost
316 votes¹1.5%
Jeffrey McGunegle
Lost
116 votes¹0.5%

21,188 votes cast¹

Council

Place 1

Josh Craft
Won
8,946 votes^1,2,343.2%
Runoff: 6,999 votes
Dean Crump
Lost
6,843 votes^1,2,333.1%
Runoff: 4,658 votes
Kelsey Richardson
Lost
2,088 votes¹10.1%
Margie Gonzales
Lost
1,293 votes¹6.3%
Chip Hunt
Lost
995 votes¹4.8%
Sherie Wood
Lost
350 votes¹1.7%
Ray White
Lost
170 votes¹0.8%

No majority on May 6; Craft won the June 24 runoff.

20,685 votes cast^1,2,3

Council

Place 2

Don Tipps
Won
17,060 votes¹83.8%
Misty Vigil
Lost
1,790 votes¹8.8%
Gabriel McHenry-Herrera
Lost
1,500 votes¹7.4%

20,350 votes cast¹

Council

Place 3

Tom Scherlen
Won
11,968 votes¹58.2%
Katt Massey
Lost
7,080 votes¹34.5%
John Adair
Lost
1,500 votes¹7.3%

20,548 votes cast¹

Council

Place 4

Les Simpson
Won
9,204 votes^1,2,345.2%
Runoff: 7,007 votes
Claudette Smith
Lost
4,942 votes^1,2,324.3%
Runoff: 4,600 votes
John Ingerson
Lost
3,219 votes¹15.8%
Hobert Gunny Brown
Lost
2,997 votes¹14.7%

No majority on May 6; Simpson won the June 24 runoff.

20,362 votes cast^1,2,3

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Sources

1.Resolution No. 05-16-23-1, canvass of the May 6, 2023 general election — City of Amarillo, May 16, 2023 · retrieved Nov 6, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned (read by OCR). 21,290 ballots cast. Place 1 (Craft, Crump) and Place 4 (Simpson, Smith) to runoffs.
2.City of Amarillo runoff election, June 24, 2023, official canvass (Potter County) — Potter County Elections, Jun 24, 2023 · retrieved Nov 6, 2026primaryIndependentPrecinct-level; Potter totals: Craft 2,201, Crump 1,560, Simpson 2,241, Smith 1,498.
3.City of Amarillo runoff election, June 24, 2023, official canvass results (Randall County) — Randall County Election Administration, Jun 24, 2023 · retrieved Nov 6, 2026primaryIndependentRandall totals: Craft 4,798, Crump 3,098, Simpson 4,766, Smith 3,102. Runoff totals on this site add the Potter and Randall canvasses (our calculation).