Updated 8:50 p.m.
According to unofficial voting results released Aug. 6, Jeff Marsh and Jim McDonald will head to a special election runoff Sept. 6, as no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the Aug. 6 special election for the Pflugerville City Council Place 2 seat.
Jeff Marsh[/caption]
Marsh was the candidate with the most votes, with 370 votes, or 42.5 percent of the vote, and McDonald was in second place with 261 votes, or 30 percent of the vote. Candidate Victor Johnson received 138 votes, or 15.8 percent of the vote, and Victor To received 100 votes, or 11.5 percent of the vote. According to the city, 869 total votes were collected, with 29 mail-in ballots still outstanding.
Marsh said, if elected, his two top priorities will be public health and public safety.
"We'll keep on the path of growth the current council has put us on," he said.
McDonald said he would like to see the city plan for "innovative growth." McDonald said he believes the runoff will allow him and Marsh to further define themselves to voters.
"I think Jeff and I will be better able to state our cases," he said.
Johnson is a retired law-enforcement official. Marsh runs a Pflugerville-based construction company, and McDonald is an information technology director. To is a student at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jim McDonald[/caption]
The special election was called after former Place 2 Council Member Brad Marshall resigned his seat to run for mayor. The election for mayor will take place Nov. 8.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
The story was updated to include comments from Jim McDonald.
Jeff Marsh[/caption]
Marsh was the candidate with the most votes, with 370 votes, or 42.5 percent of the vote, and McDonald was in second place with 261 votes, or 30 percent of the vote. Candidate Victor Johnson received 138 votes, or 15.8 percent of the vote, and Victor To received 100 votes, or 11.5 percent of the vote. According to the city, 869 total votes were collected, with 29 mail-in ballots still outstanding.
Marsh said, if elected, his two top priorities will be public health and public safety.
"We'll keep on the path of growth the current council has put us on," he said.
McDonald said he would like to see the city plan for "innovative growth." McDonald said he believes the runoff will allow him and Marsh to further define themselves to voters.
"I think Jeff and I will be better able to state our cases," he said.
Johnson is a retired law-enforcement official. Marsh runs a Pflugerville-based construction company, and McDonald is an information technology director. To is a student at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jim McDonald[/caption]
The special election was called after former Place 2 Council Member Brad Marshall resigned his seat to run for mayor. The election for mayor will take place Nov. 8.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
The story was updated to include comments from Jim McDonald.
