Texas election tie broken with the pull of a ping pong ball
Texas election tie broken with a ping pong ball
By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | January 8, 2021 at 6:21 AM CST - Updated January 18 at 4:57 PM
DICKINSON, Texas (WAFF) - What is the craziest way you have won a contest in the past?
The new Mayor of Dickinson, Texas has a unique answer to that question on Thursday.
After the November elections, candidates Jennifer Lawrence and Sean Skipworth advanced to a December runoff, which ended in a tie. Both got exactly half of the 2,020 votes cast in the December election.
That tie was broken with a draw out of a top hat.