Updated at 9:11 p.m. May 7

According to unofficial results, the race for the District 1 seat on Kyle City Council has ended with an exact tie. Incumbent Diane Hervol finished the night with 510 votes, or 50 percent of the total, and challenger Travis Mitchell finished with 510 votes, or 50 percent of the total. Hays County Elections Administrator Joyce Cowan said the county will wait five days for any absentee ballots that may have been mailed from overseas to come in. If the race ends in an exact tie, a runoff election could be held, she said. The race could also be decided by a coin flip, if the candidates decide, Cowan said. “I’ve never heard of that," Hervol said. "Never. That’s crazy. That’s bizarre.” Cowan said the elections office will double check the ballots on Monday to ensure no mistakes were made. If no overseas ballots arrive by Thursday, May 12, a decision will be made how to move forward, she said. "One [ballot from] outside the country could change everything," she said. In the District 3 race, Incumbent Shane Arabie has defeated challenger Randall Lloyd. Arabie secured 533 votes, representing 57.56 percent of the total, and Lloyd received 393 votes, represent 42.44 percent of the total with all precincts reporting. "I’m really excited," Arabie said. "I’m looking forward to the next three years. I’m looking forward to pushing these projects through." Arabie said he was encouraged by the turnout for the elections. “I’m excited about the win,” Arabie said. “For Kyle those are good numbers, especially for a non-mayoral election. That’s fantastic.”

Posted at 7:23 p.m. May 7

Incumbent Diane Hervol is winning the race for the District 1 seat on Kyle City Council against challenger Travis Mitchell, according to May 7 early voting results. Hervol has secured 383 votes, representing 53.19 percent of the total, and Hervol has received 337 total votes, representing 46.81 percent of the total. Incumbent Shane Arabie is leading challenger Randall Lloyd in the race for the District 3 seat on City Council, according to early voting returns. Arabie has received 390 votes, representing 58.12 percent of the total, and Lloyd has received 281 votes representing 41.88 percent of the total. District 1 Hervol, who works for an Austin-based law firm, said she plans to make infrastructure maintenance and economic development priorities if she is elected to another term. "We were out polling voters and getting them out to vote. Hopefully they did go out and vote. Hopefully our margin will sustain or increase," she said. Hervol said her campaign "was based on block-walking," and voters discussed with her a variety of concerns they have. "There were several issues," she said. "The biggest one is the tax rate. The second one is drainage and infrastructure and the amount of services they get for the taxes they're paying." Mitchell, who owns Mitchell Motorsports in Kyle, said one of his top priorities if elected will be creating a small-business incentive program. "I think the thriving heart of Kyle is its small-business community," Mitchell said. "For a long time our small businesses have struggled to compete with larger companies for various reasons. I was hoping to change the equation for small businesses." Michell said he has been "humbled" by the support he has received from Kyle residents. District 3 Arabie was first elected to City Council in 2014. He helped the city create its transportation master plan in the mid-2000s. Arabie said if he is re-elected he will continue working to improve infrastructure as well as the city's economic base. “My priorities stay exactly the same—focusing on things we've put in place," he said. Arabie said he spent much of the last two weeks walking door-to-door talking to voters. Lloyd said he would make a priority of shifting the tax burden away from homeowners if elected. The winner of each race will serve a three-year term. All results are unofficial until canvassed.