Brandt Rydell

Brandt Rydell was elected to the Taylor City Council in May 2012 and has served as mayor of Taylor since May 2017.

A Taylor native, he graduated from Taylor High School in 1989. He earned degrees in English and history from the University of Arkansas and received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He is employed as assistant general counsel for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), the organization that operates the electrical grid for most of the State of Texas.

He and his wife Julie have four children, who represent the sixth generation of his family to live in and around Taylor.