Georgetown City Council runoff election to be held Dec. 15

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By Sally Grace Holtgrieve | 12:43 PM Nov 5, 2020 CST | Updated 12:43 PM Nov 5, 2020 CST

Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote Nov. 3 in the District 2 Georgetown City Council race, there will be a runoff election for the two candidates with the most votes–Shawn Hood and Lisa King.

The runoff with Hood and King will be Dec. 15, the city announced. The early voting period will be Dec. 3-11. Polling locations and times will be announced after they are determined.

With 100% of Williamson County Nov. 3 Election Day polling places reporting, King had 46.6% of votes, and Hood had 41.38%

In other Georgetown races Nov. 3, Josh Schroeder won the election for mayor, and Rachel Jonrowe was re-elected to District 6 on the council. Votes will be canvassed, and new council members will be sworn in at a special city council meeting at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17.

By Sally Grace Holtgrieve

Sally Grace Holtgrieve solidified her passion for news during her time as Editor-in-Chief of Christopher Newport University's student newspaper, The Captain's Log. She started her professional career at The Virginia Gazette and moved to Texas in 2015 to cover government and politics at The Temple Daily Telegram. She started working at Community Impact Newspaper in February 2018 as the Lake Travis-Westlake reporter and moved into the role of Georgetown editor in June 2019, and in addition, editor of Leander-Cedar Park in August 2020.

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