Bedford's mayor will resign to run for the Texas House of Representatives, the city announced Tuesday.
Mayor Jim Griffin, who was elected in May 2012, will run for the State House in District 92, which will be vacated by Jonathan Stickland (R-Bedford), who informed supporters in June he would not seek reelection.
Griffin will serve as mayor through a special election on Nov. 5.
Griffin was reelected mayor twice -- in 2015 and 2018 -- and served on the Bedford City Council from 2000-06 and 2010-12.
