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Amarillo City Council

The council has five members: the mayor and four councilmembers, Places 1 to 4. The mayor presides and votes as one of the five. Tim Reid has been mayor pro tem since May 27, 2026. This page lists who holds each seat, who held it before, and how the current council has voted.

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Current members

SeatMemberIn this seat sinceVotes*NayLone nayAbsentWith majority
MayorCole StanleyMay 16, 202331451098.1%
Place 1Tim ReidMayor pro temMay 13, 202530551598.7%
Place 2Don TippsMay 16, 20233061018100%
Place 3David PrescottJun 24, 202527333998.5%
Place 4Les SimpsonJul 5, 202331443198.7%

*Roll-call votes since the current council took office on May 13, 2025, read from the City's minutes. "Lone nay": the only nay on a vote. "With majority": the share of a member's aye and nay votes that matched the outcome. A consent agenda passed in one motion counts as one vote. Full table and earlier terms.

Who held each seat

Mayor

  1. Cole StanleyMay 16, 2023 – presentThe May 16, 2023 minutes list the oath of office; ABC7 reported he was sworn in that day. Re-sworn May 13, 2025.
  2. Ginger NelsonMay 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023Sworn in May 16, 2017; re-sworn May 14, 2019 and May 25, 2021 (after a recount of the May 1, 2021 election). Term ended when her successor was sworn in.

Place 1

  1. Tim ReidMay 13, 2025 – present
  2. Josh CraftJul 5, 2023 – May 13, 2025Sworn in after the June 2023 runoff. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.
  3. Cole StanleyMay 11, 2021 – May 16, 2023Left the seat when sworn in as Mayor.
  4. Elaine HaysMay 16, 2017 – May 11, 2021Minutes of this period call the seat "Councilmember No. 1". Re-sworn May 14, 2019. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.
  5. Elisha DemersonJan 1, 2015 – May 16, 2017Start is the year of his 2015 election; the swearing-in date was not found. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.

Place 2

  1. Don TippsMay 16, 2023 – presentThe May 16, 2023 minutes list the oath of office. Re-sworn May 13, 2025.
  2. Freda PowellMay 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023Re-sworn in 2019 and 2021. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.

Place 3

  1. David PrescottJun 24, 2025 – presentSworn in after the June 7, 2025 runoff.
  2. Eddy SauerMay 16, 2017 – May 16, 2023Re-sworn in 2019 and 2021. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.
  3. Tom Scherlendates not on file

Place 4

  1. Les SimpsonJul 5, 2023 – presentSworn in after the June 24, 2023 runoff; re-sworn May 13, 2025.
  2. Howard SmithMay 16, 2017 – Jul 5, 2023Re-sworn in 2019 and 2021. His last meeting was June 27, 2023; his successor was sworn in July 5, 2023, after the runoff.
  3. Mark NairJun 1, 2015 – May 16, 2017Start is the June 2015 runoff, dated by the news report; the swearing-in date was not found. Term ended when the successor was sworn in.

Seats as recorded on this site's official profiles, each sourced to the City's minutes or member list; earlier holders appear only where those records name them.

Latest split votes

99 of 1,723 recorded votes since May 14, 2019 had at least one nay. The most recent:

Every contested decision since May 14, 2019 →

Mayors pro tem