Updated Nov. 3 at 9:08 p.m.

With all precincts reporting, Scott Gregson and Melissa Derrick have won the races for San Marcos City Council places 5 and 6, respectively. Gregson had 62.59 percent of the vote—for a total of 1,889 votes—and his opponent, Frank Arredondo, had 34.82 percent of the vote, or 1,051 votes. Stephen Herrera, who dropped out of the Place 5 race in September, received 2.58 percent, or 78 total votes. Derrick garnered 67.21 percent of the vote, or 2,023 total votes, and her opponent, Place 6 incumbent Shane Scott, got 32.79 percent, or 987 total votes. Gregson said now that the campaign is over, the work of leading begins. "I feel great," Gregson said. "This is a major win. Now we need to listen, and we need to make the effort to lead." Gregson said he personally made more than 400 phone calls to San Marcos voters the day before Election Day. Derrick said her first priority on council will be to ensure victims of the Oct. 30-31 floods have their needs met. "I never ran for myself," she said. "I ran for us—the people of San Marcos." All results are unofficial until canvassed.

Posted Nov. 3 at 7:14 p.m.

According to unofficial early voting returns Nov. 3, Scott Gregson and Melissa Derrick are leading the races for places 5 and 6, respectively, on San Marcos City Council. Gregson has 62.54 percent of the vote, and his opponent, Frank Arredondo, has 35.58 percent. Stephen Herrera, who dropped out of the race in September, has 1.89 percent of the vote. Derrick has 65.85 percent of the vote. Shane Scott, the Place 6 incumbent, has secured 34.15 percent of the vote. Gregson has received 995 votes, and Arredondo has received 566 votes. Gregson said he wants to make “good growth” a priority if he is elected to the council. The city is at a turning point, he said, where it can either maintain what he called its “unique charm,” or it can lose its character and blend in with the rest of the I-35 corridor. "I wouldn't want to speak too soon, but certainly I'm encouraged," Gregson said. "We ran a great campaign. There is nothing we did to create a self-inflicting wound in the process. I have a great group of supporters." Arredondo, a former mayor of San Marcos, said he would make economic development a priority if he was elected to council. The contract negotiations between the city and the Greater San Marcos Partnership, the entity responsible for economic development in the city, were one of the main reasons Arredondo said he decided to run for former Council Member Ryan Thomason's seat. Derrick has received 1,043 votes, and Scott has received 541 votes. "I feel really confident," Derrick said. "I have a lot of support from the citizens of San Marcos, and I will support the citizens of San Marcos. They're the ones who will put me in office if I win this election." Derrick said she was running because she believes the city should more closely inspect where and how multifamily developments are built throughout the city. The 2013 council decision to allow construction of the Woods, a student-oriented apartment complex near the Blanco Gardens neighborhood was a mistake, she said. Scott, who has served on the council since 2010, said he hopes to finish some of the work he started while on council. His priorities include fixing what he sees as an anti-development reputation associated with the city. A negative mentality like that could scare away developers, he said. All results are unofficial until canvassed.