Princeton City Council

Princeton

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What this body is

Princeton has a council-manager form of government. The council is a Mayor and seven Council Members (Places 1–7). All seats are elected at large today; the charter moves Places 4–7 to single-member districts beginning with the 2030 elections.

Source: https://www.princetontx.gov/441/Home-Rule-Charter · as of 2026-09-01

How to attend and speak

Meets the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m., plus special meetings, at the Princeton Municipal Center, 2000 E Princeton Drive, Princeton, TX 75407. Attend in person or watch live online (link on the city's site). Phone 972-736-2416, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Source: https://www.princetontx.gov/286/City-Council · as of 2026-09-01

Who sits on it

Seat	Member	Role
Mayor	Eugene Escobar Jr.	Mayor
Place 1	Terrance Johnson
Place 2	Cristina Todd
Place 3	Bryan Washington
Place 4	Jaisen Rutledge
Place 5	Steven Deffibaugh
Place 6	Ben Long
Place 7	Carolyn David-Graves

Two members' own biography pages each say they are Mayor Pro Tem: Bryan Washington's (Place 3) and Steven Deffibaugh's (Place 5, "currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem"). The city's pages do not agree, so no Mayor Pro Tem is shown here.

Source: Each member's page on princetontx.gov (/721 and /732 to /738), read 2026-09-01 · as of 2026-09-01 (64 days ago)

How it is constituted

Authority: governing — it decides
Seats: 8
Do you vote for these people?: elected-at-large