City of Brownsville Proposition D (Charter Amendment: Mayor and City Commissioner Compensation)
Brownsville city, Texas
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 73 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 189,177 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(30,188,424 ÷ 189,177) ÷ ln(50,000) = 73.44, measured against a statewide vote in TX (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
High representation → My vote power: High.
Ballot Measure
Opposes: Government Spending Reduction
Raises the pay written into the Brownsville City Charter for the city's elected leaders. The mayor's annual salary would be set at $62,500 and each city commissioner's at $50,000, up from $40,000 and $25,000 today. The higher pay would apply only to people elected to the office for the first time after the amendment takes effect, not to the mayor and commissioners now serving.
A YES vote means
Future first-time mayors are paid $62,500 a year and future first-time commissioners $50,000 a year, increasing the city's payroll cost for elected officials; current officeholders keep their existing pay.
A NO vote means
Charter pay stays at $40,000 for the mayor and $25,000 for each commissioner for everyone, including future officeholders.
Source: myrgv.com