After a hard-fought election season, incumbents Robin Elackatt and Lynn Clouser as well as new Council Member Sonya Brown-Marshall were sworn into office at a packed ceremony Nov. 21 at the Missouri City Community Center.
Prior to the swearing-in ceremony, the Missouri City City Council canvassed the Nov. 8 election results. According to the official results, Elackatt won with 13,709 votes, or 54.28% of votes cast for mayor; his opponent, Yolanda Ford, lost by a margin of 2,163 votes with 11,546 votes, or 45.72% of votes cast.
Brown-Marshall won her election for at-large Position 1 with 13,847 votes, or 60.1%. She defeated incumbent Vashaundra Edwards' 9,193 votes, or 39.9%, by a margin of 4,654 votes.
Clouser, who is the incumbent for at-large Position 2, obtained 18,098 votes, or 78.81% of the votes, cast for her race. She defeated Bruce Zaborowski by a margin of 13,231 votes to his 4,867, or 21.19% of votes.
