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Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a comment from the candidate.
Updated May 2, 9:56 p.m.
Unofficial voting results in Williamson County show 20,113 people—or 7.2% of registered voters—cast a ballot in the May 2 local election.
The results
In Georgetown, incumbent Jake French secured the seat for City Council District 6, with 202 votes, or 65.16% of the vote. Challenger Emily Kaye Kipp finished with 108 votes, or 34.84%.
"I feel like this election was very validating of the work that I've done to date [and] the level of engagement that I've had with my constituents," French told Community Impact. "My plan is to work on road infrastructure, and work on ... offering the citizens a transportation bond in the near future, [and] continue to work on long-term water supply solutions."
Voters also approved a ballot proposition to sell the majority of the city’s water service area to local municipalities and a third-party water provider. The proposition received 4,796 votes in support, amounting to 82.66% of the votes cast.
Posted May 2, 7:38 p.m.
Unofficial early voting results in Williamson County show 14,200 out of 280,459 registered voters, or 5.06%, cast their ballots early or by mail for the May 2 local election.
The results
In Georgetown, incumbent Jake French is leading the race for City Council District 6 against challenger Emily Kaye Kipp. French has received 130 votes, or 64.04%, with Kipp at 73 votes, or 35.96%.
Voters are also favoring a ballot proposition to sell the majority of the city’s water service area to local municipalities and third-party water provider National Utility Infrastructure. There are 3,791 early votes in favor of the proposition, or 82.61%, and 798, or 17.39%, against.
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District 6 is the only contested Georgetown City Council race. District 6 generally encompasses the area of Georgetown between I-35 and Hwy. 130 from their northern intersection to Hwy. 29.
Both the race for mayor and District 2 are uncontested. Georgetown Mayor Josh Schroeder and newcomer Doug Noble ran unopposed for those seats, respectively.
If approved, National Utility Infrastructure plans to buy the portion of Georgetown’s water service territory within Salado, Florence and Liberty Hill. The cities of Killeen and Jarrell also decided to move forward with purchasing their water territories.
By selling the water territory outside of city limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city can reduce risk from outside development, decrease the burden on Georgetown taxpayers, and better account for growing water demand, officials have previously said.
Stay tuned
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 to see results from all contested local elections in your community.
