Editor's note: The video above aired before Election Day. The ballots from the June 5 runoff election are in and for the first time in a decade, Fort Worth has elected a new mayor. After a close race, Deborah Peoples conceded Saturday night, making 37-year-old Mattie Parker the first millennial mayor. Originally, 10 candidates threw their hats in the race for Cowtown's next mayor after longtime Mayor Betsy Price announced she would not seek.
Jun. 6 New faces will be coming to Fort Worth City Council for the first time in four years as voters in two council districts selected new representation and incumbents Jungas Jordan and Kelly Allen Gray lost their seats, according to unofficial results. District 6 Jared Williams, a science educator, defeated incumbent Jungus Jordan, the longest serving council member, with 50.97% of the vote .
Parker, who'll be sworn in June 15, runs an education nonprofit and was longtime chief of staff to the woman she'll replace, Mayor Betsy Price. Her opponent, Deborah Peoples, would've also made history if elected, as the city's first Black mayor.
Jun. 6 New faces will becoming to Fort Worth City Council for the first time in four years as voters in two council districts selection new representation. In two other districts, on the southwest side and east side, hefty challengers forced incumbents into the runoff. Here's who is winning in the four runoff elections with 46 of 62 vote centers reporting in Tarrant County: District 6 .