Let’s keep our momentum going, Amarillo! In the coming term, I will work to continue the progress we’ve made in our city over the last three years, staying true to our conservative community values.

See what we’ve accomplished in the last three years.

Let’s keep our momentum going, Amarillo! In the coming term, I will work to continue the progress we’ve made in our city over the last three years, staying true to our conservative community values.

See what we’ve accomplished in the last three years.

The Next Term

My top priority will be our continued response to COVID-19 and the safety of our city. I will also continue focusing on job creation and economic growth, improvements in animal management and welfare, funding our first responders, street repairs, and improving high-speed internet access for all citizens.

The Next Term

Ginger Nelson is committed to continuing to be a leading voice in the midst of COVID-19 in Amarillo and to finding solutions for our community to improve economically. Her focus for the next term are on Animal Management and Welfare improvements, creating jobs and economic plans, implementing a neighborhood safety plan, focusing on increasing police funding and staffing, and street and road improvements.

Latest News

COVID-19 Vaccine

As Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson walked through the city’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic Monday afternoon, she told members of the media this clinic, giving members of the Phase 1B community the opportunity to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, was “history in the making.” Nearly 300 days after the first individual contracted [...]

City to revisit equality-focused task force

During Tuesday’s virtual regular session, the Amarillo City Council is expected to receive an update regarding the progression of a citizen-based group targeting enhanced race relations, unity and equality here. Mayor Ginger Nelson previously indicated the Task Force for Greatness would work to meet the city’s mission to create the [...]

(VIDEO) Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine Achieves Historic Milestone

After carefully considering the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine's detailed plan to meet the Standards of Accreditation, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE) has issued the school a Letter of Reasonable Assurance. This historic milestone allows the school to begin the application process to [...]

‘We’ve been hit hard’: How this mayor is battling a rare form of cancer and a Covid-19 surge in her city at the same time

Full CNN Video Here   (CNN)Mayor Ginger Nelson thought her year would be defined by a punch-in-the-gut cancer diagnosis in January. Then the pandemic came. Now the mayor of Amarillo, Texas, is battling a rare form of blood cancer while coordinating her city's response to Covid-19, cases of which spiked [...]