Final unofficial totals showed Nash with 820 votes, or 51.7% to 766 votes or 48.3% for Delano.
Votes will be canvassed at a special City Council meeting on Dec. 29.
After her swearing in next month, Nash will become the first African American woman to serve on the Harker Heights City Council.
âAlmost everyone we talked to today said they had come out to support me," Nash said Saturday night after the results were announced.
âMy dad was the last person to vote today â he came out at 6:58. He was so proud of me and my mom would have been so proud of me, too.â