Javier Joven elected mayor of Odessa
After neither Dewey Bryant nor Javier Joven received the necessary votes in the November election, Joven secured the majority in the runoff.
Author: Jonathan Polasek (News West9)
Published: 4:58 AM CST December 16, 2020
Updated: 4:58 AM CST December 16, 2020
ODESSA, Texas — The city of Odessa has a new mayor. That much was a guarantee when David Turner's term was up. In steps Javier Joven, a former city council member who defeated another former council member in Dewey Bryant in this year's runoff election.
After a November election in which Bryant and Joven were separated by only three points, Joven ran away with the runoff election, securing just over 63 percent of the vote.