Tammy Young[/caption]knowing she had done everything possible to win the Place 1 seat without a runoff. All that was left, Tammy Young said, was to cross her fingers and hope for the best.
Young said she was encouraged to see she was securely in the race when early voting results were released at 7 p.m. May 6. So she spent the evening with a group of supporters watching the results as they were tallied.
“All the way up to the last update, it seemed that a runoff was inevitable,” Young said Monday.
“As my supporters assured me they would be with me through a runoff, we calculated the percentage of votes cast at Randalls that I would need to win without a runoff. When the final votes came through and I saw 50.19 percent, it was a feeling like no other.”
Young won the race with 3,462 votes over Hollis Bone, with 2,884 votes, and Matthew Carothers, with 552. The winning candidate needed 50 percent or more of the votes to avoid a runoff election, which Young accomplished by 13 votes.
“To see all our hard work had paid off and to know that so many of the people I had talked to actually showed up and cast their vote for me was overwhelming,” Young said. “I was humbled, honored and relieved all at the same time.”
Young said during her pre-election work, she spoke with many people across the city with a variety of compliments and concerns.
“Most people love living in Round Rock and want input into the direction of the city as it grows,” Young said. “I heard repeatedly that people want to be more connected to the leadership and to have real input in the decisions being made and to know they, as citizens, are not being forgotten.”
Young said she is excited to do the job of a City Council member.
“I look forward to working with the other council members and Mayor [Craig] Morgan to increase community engagement, address concerns of the citizens, manage growth in a way that impacts the community positively and to continue the tradition of a collaborative Round Rock City Council.”
Saturday’s unofficial election results also had Morgan becoming mayor and Will Peckham retaining his seat as Place 4 council member. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
