Fair Oaks Ranch Made Two Council Wins Official on May 12

The adopted resolution declared Keith Rhoden elected to Place 2 and Jonathan Swarek to Place 6 for three-year terms, subject to taking the oath.

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Published August 29, 2026 at 5:13 AM CDT2 min read

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Fair Oaks Ranch’s May 12 canvass changed May 2 election returns into formal city results, declaring Keith Rhoden elected to Place 2 and Jonathan Swarek to Place 6 for three-year terms, subject to taking the oath.

Fair Oaks Ranch voters received the city’s formal declaration for council Places 2 and 6: Rhoden for Place 2 and Swarek for Place 6, each for a three-year term subject to taking the oath.

The council’s resolution states that it was passed, approved and adopted May 12. Its operative language identifies Rhoden with Place 2, although the staff sheet’s proposed-motion line calls him the Place 3 candidate.

From returns to a formal result

Before the canvass, the May 2 election returns covered council Places 2 and 6; Rhoden was unopposed in Place 2, while Swarek faced Matt Reigelsperger in Place 6.

The resolution says Rhoden received all votes cast in the unopposed Place 2 race and Swarek received a majority in Place 6. The canvass converted those returns into the city’s official declaration of the winners and stated term lengths.

The city called the special meeting for 3 p.m. May 12 at the Public Safety Training Room. Canvassing the election was the agenda’s only consideration item, with Deputy City Secretary Amanda Valdez listed as presenter.

The packet carries a place-number conflict

The staff sheet recommends a motion naming Rhoden as the Place 3 candidate. The attached resolution instead says the election covered Places 2 and 6, lists Rhoden in the Place 2 canvass table and declares him elected to Place 2.

For the election outcome, the operative resolution supplies the controlling language: Rhoden is declared elected to Place 2 and Swarek to Place 6. The staff-sheet conflict remains a specific document question for the city to clarify.

What happens next

Rhoden and Swarek must each qualify and take the oath before serving the stated term, and the city must enter the canvass declaration in the council minutes and election register.

Readers can inspect the meeting packet to compare the staff recommendation with the adopted resolution. That comparison also shows the declared three-year term lengths. The city’s archived event record also identifies the agenda, packet, minutes and official meeting video associated with the canvass.

From the source record

Election canvassMay 12 Fair Oaks Ranch Canvass Resolution

Keith Rhoden was duly elected Council Member, Place 2. Jonathan Swarek was duly elected Council Member, Place 6.

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The May 12 packet contains the staff sheet and resolution canvassing Fair Oaks Ranch’s May 2 general election.