Runoff election results show candidate Lorenzo Gonzalez now leading in the runoff race for San Marcos City Council, Place 5, with 50.72%, of votes, or 424 ballots.
His opponent, Roland Saucedo, is trailing behind with 49.28% of votes, or 412 ballots.
Early voting results previously showed candidate Roland Saucedo leading in the runoff race for San Marcos City Council, Place 5, with 50.37% of votes, or 273 ballots.
His opponent, Lorenzo 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 enter into a 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. Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.
