Massengale, McBrayer to face off in televised KAMC–Lubbock A-J mayoral debate

Alex Driggars, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Updated ·2 min read
Mark McBrayer, left, and Steve Massengale will face off for the Lubbock mayor's seat in a runoff election June 15.
Mark McBrayer, left, and Steve Massengale will face off for the Lubbock mayor's seat in a runoff election June 15.
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The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and KAMC News are partnering for a televised mayoral debate this week ahead of the June 15 municipal runoff.

Candidates Steve Massengale and Mark McBrayer will join reporters in studio to discuss their platforms and Lubbock’s future as they vie for citizens’ votes. KAMC’s Jen Phillips and the A-J’s Alex Driggars will moderate the debate; KAMC’s Bryan Mudd will host the program.

Questions will come from the moderators, and from viewers and readers who submitted video questions.

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Alex Driggars
Alex Driggars

The debate will air Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on KAMC, channel 28. It will re-air in place of Talking Points on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 10:35 p.m.

The program will also stream live online Thursday evening at lubbockonline.com and everythinglubbock.com.

McBrayer and Massengale are headed to a runoff after neither gathered more than 50% of the vote among a field of six candidates in the May 4 mayoral election. McBrayer received 11,537 votes, or about 37%. Massengale received 8,720 votes, or about 28%.

Both candidates were, until last Tuesday, sitting city councilmen.

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Massengale was the District 4 councilman and is a Lubbock small business owner. He was first elected to the council in 2016 when he unseated then-Mayor Pro Tem Jim Gerlt. Massengale was re-elected to a second, four-year term in 2020.

McBrayer was a first-term city councilman representing District 3. He was first elected in 2022 in an uncontested race and served half of his four-year term. He is a local attorney and entrepreneur and said he plans to retire from law to focus on serving as mayor, if elected.

Early voting for the mayoral runoff and another runoff in city council District 2 begins June 3 and runs through June 11. Election Day is Saturday, June 15.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Massengale, McBrayer to face off in televised KAMC–A-J mayoral debate