With 45 of 57 Williamson County polling sites reporting, Mel Kirkland, Eric Boyce and Heather Jefts are still leading in their Cedar Park City Council races.
If these leads are maintained, Kirkland would retain his seat, Boyce would fill the open Place 4 seat and Jefts would unseat incumbent Chavez in Place 6.
This article will be updated as more results are released. Results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted: 7:39 p.m. Nov. 3
Early-voting results show Mel Kirkland, Eric Boyce and Heather Jefts in the lead of the places 2, 4 and 6 Cedar Park City Council races, respectively, according to Travis and Williamson county election offices.
Incumbent Mel Kirkland and Bob Cornelius are running for Place 2. Eric Boyce and Jim Penniman-Morin are running for the open Place 4 seat. Incumbent Dorian Chavez and Heather Jefts are running for Place 6.
Cedar Park council members are elected at large and hold two-year terms.
Place 2
Kirkland has 13,457, or about 62%, of total votes. Cornelius has 8,365, or about 38%, of votes.
Kirkland was elected to Place 2 in 2018 with about 55% of votes. Cornelius ran for the mayoral seat unsuccessfully in 2018.
Learn more about each Place 2 candidate here.
Place 4
Boyce has 12,784, or about 61%, of total votes. Penniman-Morin has 8,281, or about 39.31%, of votes.
Boyce, a small-business owner, and Penniman-Morin, an attorney, are first-time council candidates. Mike Guevara previously held the seat and is running as a Republican in the Texas House District 136.
Learn more about each Place 4 candidate here.
Place 6
Chavez has 9,115, or about 39%, of total votes. Jefts has 14,147, or 60.1%, of votes.
Chavez was elected to Place 6 in 2018 with 54.15% of votes. Jefts previously served on council in Place 5 from 2017 to 2019.
Learn more about each Place 6 candidate here.
Ballots are still being counted. Results are updated as of 7:20 p.m. and are unofficial until they are canvassed and certified by the county clerk. Under Texas election law, the clerk accepts and counts mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Nov. 4 if they were sent from inside the U.S. or Nov. 9 if they were sent from outside the U.S.
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