With all precincts reporting, election results for the Dec. 14 runoff election show candidate Lorenzo Gonzalez now leading in the race for San Marcos City Council, Place 5 with 50.72% of votes, or 424 ballots.
His opponent, Roland Saucedo, fell behind with 49.28% of votes, or 412 ballots.
Early voting results previously showed candidate Saucedo leading in the runoff race for the city council seat with 50.37% of votes, or 273 ballots.
His opponent, Gonzalez, trailed behind him with 46.93% of votes, or 269 ballots.
How we got here
Runoff elections are held when candidates do not meet the majority vote requirement of 50% plus one vote.
In the Nov. 5 general election, two other candidates were vying for San Marcos City Council, Place 5—Griffin Spell and Atom Von Arndt. Spell received 24.24% of the votes and Arndt received 17.04% of the votes.
Gonzalez led with 32.43%, or 6,414 of the votes, according to official results and Saucedo trailed behind with 26.29% of the vote. Since Gonzalez and Saucedo secured the majority of votes they qualified to take part in the Dec. 14 runoff election.
Stay tuned
Polls closed at 7 p.m., although voters who were in line at 7 p.m. were still able to cast ballots. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
