A special election is set for Wednesday, Aug. 10 to select a new mayor for the city of Palmhurst.

The incumbent - the late Mayor Ramiro Rodriguez - won the mayoral election last month.

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Rodriguez died less than a month before Election Day, and there was not enough time to remove his name from the ballot.

Candidate applications can be filed through Thursday, June 16.