Another hat thrown in the Fort Worth City Council race

With just days left to file for candidacy in local elections, Councilman Dennis Shingleton has an opponent.

Andy Gallagher, 59, a mortgage loan officer and motor vehicle dealer, according to his campaign papers, filed to run against Shingleton in District 7. Gallagher would not comment about his candidacy.

Shingleton, 67 and a retired colonel from the Army and also a retired senior associate dean at the University of Texas Health Science Center’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, is seeking his third term to finish projects.

“There are so many things left undone and so many things that I’m involved in the process of getting done, and I would like to see them get to fruition,” Shingleton said, referring to such things as the 2014 bond program, the newly approved multipurpose arena in the Cultural District, and the Blue Zones Project, a healthy-city initiative.

“Frankly, I think I’m the most experienced guy that can handle it,” he said.

The most sprawled-out district in the city, District 7 stretches from the Culture District near downtown to Lake Worth and then swings north to take in Alliance Airport and Texas Motor Speedway.

So far, the only other council members with opponents are Kelly Allen Gray and Danny Scarth. Sharon Mason-Ford, 61, is running against Gray, and Cary Moon, 44, against Scarth.

Filing ends Friday.

This story was originally published February 24, 2015 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Another hat thrown in the Fort Worth City Council race."