Editing Wichita Falls, Texas (section)

==Government==

===Local government===
The mayor of Wichita Falls is Tim Short, who was elected on November 7, 2023. Mayors are elected on a [[Non-partisan democracy|nonpartisan]] ballot.

The Wichita Falls City Council has six members: 
* District 1: Whitney Flack
* District 2: Robert Brooks
* District 3: Jeff Browning
* District 4: Mike Battaglino
* District 5: Tom Taylor
* At-large: Austin Cobb

The city manager is James McKechnie.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed sortable" style=text-align:center
|+ {{nowrap|List of mayors of Wichita Falls}}<ref name=mayors>{{cite web |title= Mayors of Wichita Falls |url=http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19744 |work=City of Wichita Falls |access-date=April 13, 2017 }}</ref>
! Name 
! Term Start
! Term End
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Otis T.|Bacon|nolink=1}} || 1889||1892
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|J.Q.|Morrison|nolink=1}} || 1892||1894
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Charles O.|Joline|nolink=1}} || 1894||1898
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Charles W.|Bean|nolink=1}}|| 1900||1904
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|T.B.|Noble|nolink=1}}|| 1904||1912
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Jonathan M.|Bell|nolink=1}}|| 1912||1914
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|J.W.|Bradley|nolink=1}}|| 1914||1914
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|A.H.|Britain|nolink=1}}|| 1914||1918
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|J.B.|Marlow|nolink=1}}|| 1918||1920
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Walter D.|Cline|nolink=1}}|| 1920||1922
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Frank|Collier|nolink=1}}|| 1922||1925
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|R.E.|Shepherd|nolink=1}}|| 1925||1928
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Joseph William|Akin|nolink=1}}|| 1928||1930
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Walter|Nelson, Jr.|nolink=1}}|| 1930||1934
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|John Thomas|Young|nolink=1}}|| 1934||1936
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|William Edward|Fitzgerald|nolink=1}}|| 1936||1942
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|W.P. (Bill)|Hood|nolink=1}}|| 1942||1944
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|W.B.|Hamilton|nolink=1}}|| 1944||1948
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Harold|Jones|nolink=1}}|| 1948||1952
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Kindall|Paulk|nolink=1}}|| 1952||1954
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Lloyd|Thomas|nolink=1}}|| 1954||1956
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|K.C.|Spell|nolink=1}}|| 1956||1960
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Kenneth|Johnson|nolink=1}}|| 1960||1962
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|John|Gavin|nolink=1}}|| 1962||1964
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Winston|Wallander|nolink=1}}|| 1964||1966
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|R.C. "Dick"|Rancier|nolink=1}}|| 1966||1970
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|R. Kenneth|Hill|nolink=1}}|| 1970||1974
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Max|Kruger|nolink=1}}|| 1974||1978
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Kenneth|Hill|nolink=1}}|| 1978||1984
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Gary|Cook|nolink=1}}|| 1982||1986
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Charles|Harper|nolink=1}}|| 1986||1988
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Perry|Goolsby|nolink=1}}|| 1988||1990
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Michael|Lam|nolink=1}}|| 1990||1996
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Kay|Yeager|nolink=1}}|| 1996||2000
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Jerry|Lueck|nolink=1}}|| 2000||2002
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|William|Altman|nolink=1}}|| 2002||2005
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Arthur B.|Williams|nolink=1}}|| 2005||2005
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Lanham|Lyne}} || 2005||2010
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Glenn|Barham|nolink=1}} ||2010||2016<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911161745/http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/946/Mayor 
|url=http://www.wichitafallstx.gov/946/Mayor |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |title=Mayor |publisher=City of Wichita Falls }}</ref>
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Stephen|Santellana|nolink=1}} || 2016||2023
|-
|align=left| {{sortname|Tim|Short|nolink=1}} || 2023||present
|}

===State and federal politics===
Wichita Falls is located in the 69th district of the [[Texas House of Representatives]]. [[Lanham Lyne]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], represented the district from 2011 to 2013; he was the mayor of Wichita Falls from 2005 to 2010. When Lyne declined to seek a second term in 2012, voters chose another Republican, [[James Frank]]. Wichita Falls is located in the [[Texas Senate, District 30|30th district]] of the [[Texas Senate]]. [[Craig Estes]], a Republican, had held the senate seat since 2001, until [[Pat Fallon]] won election in 2018. Wichita Falls is part of [[Texas's 13th congressional district]] for the U.S. House of Representatives. [[Ronny Jackson]], a Republican, has held this seat since 2021.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice [[James V. Allred Unit]] is located in Wichita Falls, {{convert|4|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of downtown. The prison is named for former [[governor of Texas|Governor]] [[James V. Allred]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and a native of [[Bowie, Texas]],  who lived early in his career in Wichita Falls.<ref name="TDCJProfile">"{{cite web|url= http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ja.htm|title= Allred Unit|publisher= Texas Department of Criminal Justice|access-date= October 4, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100725200913/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ja.htm|archive-date= July 25, 2010|url-status= dead}}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Wichita Falls Post Office, the Morningside Post Office, the Bridge Creek Post Office, and the [[Sheppard Air Force Base]] Post Office.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://usps.whitepages.com/post_office/TX/Wichita%20Falls|title= Post Office Locations in the WICHITA FALLS, TX area|publisher= The United States Postal Service|access-date= October 4, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101004234602/http://usps.whitepages.com/post_office/TX/WICHITA%20FALLS|archive-date= October 4, 2010|url-status= dead}}</ref>