With 31 out of 31 Williamson County polling locations having reported unofficial results, incumbent Dan Thornton secured another three-year term for the Place 2 Hutto City Council seat. Incumbent Dana Wilcott will head to a runoff election against Evan Porterfield for the Place 5 seat, as they were the top two vote-getters.
Thornton narrowly won the race for Place 2, receiving 473, or 51.69% of total votes. Challenger Cory Denena finished with 442, or 48.31% of the vote.
“I would like to say thank you to everyone who voted, no matter who they voted for,” Thornton said after election results came in. “We have a lot of challenges in front of us in Hutto with infrastructure and I’m eager to get back to work.”
In the highly-contested race for Place 5, Wilcott secured 304, or 32.86% of the total votes. However, the city requires a 50% majority vote in order to win the seat.
- Evan Porterfield finished with 174, or 18.81% of the vote
- Marcus Coleman finished with 153, or 16.64% of the vote
- Brandon DeLeon finished with 152, or 16.43% of the vote
- Nicole Calderone finished with 142, or 15.35% of the vote
Hutto residents also voted on several charter amendments. Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see a full list of results from all local elections in your community.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted 7:35 p.m. May 4
Early voting results are in for the May 4 election for Hutto City Council Place 3 and Place 5.
Early results show incumbent Dan Thornton with a narrow lead in his bid for Hutto City Council Place 3.
Thornton has received 320, or 55.94%, of the early votes, while challenger Cory Denena has received 44.06% of the votes with 252 ballots cast.
Meanwhile, incumbent Dana Wilcott leads the race for Hutto City Council Place 5, with 202, or 34.65% of votes. Results from challengers are as follows:
- Evan Porterfield with 110, or 18.87% of the vote
- Marcus Coleman with 97, or 16.64% of the vote
- Brandon DeLeon with 88, or 15.09% of the vote
- Nicole Calderone with 86, or 14.75% of the vote
There are also several charter amendments on the ballot:
- Proposition A has received 455, or 79.41% of votes in favor
- Proposition B has received 402, or 70.65% of votes in favor
- Proposition C has received 508, or 88.35% of votes in favor
- Proposition D has received 378, or 65.40% of votes in against
- Proposition E has received 484, or 85.36% of votes in favor
- Proposition F has received 312, or 55.12% of votes in favor
- Proposition G has received 354, or 62.54% of votes in favor
- Proposition H has received 370, or 65.95% of votes in favor
- Proposition I has received 399, or 72.68% of votes in favor
- Proposition J has received 433, or 80.04% of votes in favor
- Proposition K has received 324, or 58.70% of votes in favor
- Proposition L has received 415, or 75.05% of votes in favor
- Proposition M has received 323, or 57.58% of votes in favor
- Proposition N has received 433, or 77.46% of votes in favor
- Proposition O has received 455, or 82.43% of votes in favor
- Proposition P has received 370, or 67.52% of votes in favor
In early voting, there were 16,996 ballots cast countywide, which represents roughly 3.94% of Williamson County's 431,845 registered voters.
Prior to election day, voter statistics for Williamson County indicate a decrease in total early voter turnout, with just under 4% of registered voters participating in this year’s election.
However, totals from ballots cast May 4 have yet to be released. Polls closed at 7 p.m., although voters who were in line at 7 p.m. were still able to cast ballots.
For context during the last May election in 2023, roughly 9.22%, or a total of 33,566 people, voted county wide—including both early and election day voters—out of the 364,020 registered in the county.
What’s next?
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.
