UPDATED (6/1): Incumbent Cody Schmidt has filed, making it a 2-candidate race.&nbsp; ——— Starting his second term this past January, Great Bend City Council
member Davis Jimenez will seek election as mayor this fall. With the filing
deadline approaching June 1, Jimenez is the only person to file their
intent to run for the position. 
With a vacant seat in Ward 3, Jimenez was appointed to the council in February
2021. Jimenez won an uncontested race two years later and was sworn into office
for a two-year term this past January. 
Outside of a few years living in California as a teenager, Jimenez has spent
his life in Great Bend and is an Army Reserve member. 
Current mayor Cody Schmidt has yet to announce or file his intent to seek a
third term. Schmidt won a write-in election for mayor in 2019 and then won an
uncontested race the following election in 2021.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

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 </figure>Great Bend PostUPDATED (6/1): Incumbent Cody Schmidt has filed, making it a 2-candidate race.&nbsp; ——— Starting his second term this past January, Great Bend City Council
member Davis Jimenez will seek election as mayor this fall. With the filing
deadline approaching June 1, Jimenez is the only person to file their
intent to run for the position. 
With a vacant seat in Ward 3, Jimenez was appointed to the council in February
2021. Jimenez won an uncontested race two years later and was sworn into office
for a two-year term this past January. 
Outside of a few years living in California as a teenager, Jimenez has spent
his life in Great Bend and is an Army Reserve member. 
Current mayor Cody Schmidt has yet to announce or file his intent to seek a
third term. Schmidt won a write-in election for mayor in 2019 and then won an
uncontested race the following election in 2021.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Councilmember Jimenez files for Great Bend mayor seat