In a local race that saw record-breaking numbers of registered voters flocked to Travis County polls to cast early ballots, incumbent Austin City Council Member Greg Casar retained his seat on the dais.
With early voting returns in, Casar has earned 67.73% of the vote from District 4 residents. Louis C. Herrin III, a local environmental engineer, earned 24.12% of votes cast in the District 4 election. Massage therapist and driver Ramesses II Setepenre gathered 8.16% of the votes. Austin City Council’s District 4 covers a portion of North and Central Austin.
"Austin has the opportunity to be a model for what progressive and inclusive governments can achieve," Casar told Community Impact Newspaper Nov. 3. "Voters have expressed a mandate for a continued progressive agenda in our city."
The 15,691 early votes cast for the District 4 race outpaced the total number of votes cast for the City Council seat throughout the entire 2016 election. Casar that year outpaced challengers Herrin and Gonzalo Comacho with 60.89% of the more than 12,000 votes in the District 4 race.
