Sean Skipworth is the new mayor of Dickinson after an unusual tie breaker.
By Mary Alys Cherry
The long 2020 election year in the Bay Area finally came to an end with the unusual selection of a new Dickinson mayor to replace Mayor Julie Masters, who is stepping down after 15 years.
Unusual because it ended in a tie between Sean Skipworth and Jennifer Lawrence after a vote count and a recount. So what to do? Draw a name from a top hat, that’s what. As one writer put it, with all the drama surrounding our national elections, it was a bit refreshing.
First of all, both candidates met Thursday evening, Jan. 7 at Dickinson City Hall, wrote their names on ping pong balls and dropped them in the hat. Then Friendswood Mayor Mike Foreman drew a ball from the hat Mayor Masters was holding, and Dickinson Pos. 2 Councilman Skipworth was the winner. He not only received a round of applause but a hug from his opponent, writing a pleasant end to a long campaign. Later, he was sworn in at the City Council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12.
The Dickinson election was one of several planned for May that was postponed until November because of the pandemic.
Other new mayors sworn in in recent days include Bob Warters, who is the new mayor of Nassau Bay; Kevin Cole in Pearland and Craig Brown in Galveston. They join Donna Rogers, who was re-elected mayor of Webster.
LEAGUE CITY
Pos. 3 — Larry Millican
Pos. 4 – John P. Bowen
Pos. 5 — Justin A. Hicks
NASSAU BAY
Mayor — Bob Warters
Pos. 2 — Phil Johnson
Pos. 4 — Bryce Klug
Pos. 6 — Matt Prior
DICKINSON
Mayor – Sean Skipworth
Pos. 1 – H. Scott Apley
KEMAH
Pos. 1 — Teresa Vazquez Evans
Pos. 3 – Doug Meisinger
Pos. 5 – Isaac Saldana
CLEAR LAKE SHORES
Randy Chronister
Rick Fisher
Alex Scanlon
FRIENDSWOOD
Pos. 2 – Sally Branson
Pos. 5 – John H. Scott
PEARLAND
Mayor – Kevin Cole
Pos. 3 — Alex Kamkar
Pos. 7 – Woody Owens
WEBSTER
Mayor – Donna Rogers
Pos. 6 — Martin Graves
GALVESTON
Mayor – Craig Brown
Dist. 1 — E.R. Johnson
Dist. 2 — William Schuster
Dist. 3 — David Collins
Dist. 4 — Bill Quiroga
Dist. 5 — John P. Listowski
Dist. 6 — Marie Robb
CLEAR CREEK ISD
Dist. 2 – Michelle M. Davis
Dist. 3 – Arturo Sanchez
FRIENDSWOOD ISD
Pos. 1 – Laura Seifert
Pos. 2 – Niki Rhodes
Pos. 3 – Rebecca Hillenburg
Pos. 4 – Tony Hopkins
PEARLAND ISD
Pos. 1 – Toni Carter
Pos. 2 – Kris Schoeffler
A new election season is now underway with several mayors up for re-election, along with dozens of council members and school board members in voting May 1. Would be candidates must file by Feb. 12 and early voting will be from April 19-27. Last day to register to vote is April 1.
