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I have heard people say, “Why should I vote? One vote won’t make a difference,” and, “They (whoever ‘they’ are) have already decided who will win.”
As I write this, I have just learned that all of the votes for Bastrop’s only contested City Council seat have been counted. Out of the 1,228 votes cast, only four votes separate the two contestants. Jimmy Crouch received 616 votes and Cheryl Lee garnered 612.
There was also a contested race for a Bastrop school district seat along with two very important school bond proposals. That race and the two bonds were settled by a much larger margin.
Moore about Bastrop: Every vote counts. Only four votes separated the two candidates for a council seat Debbie Moore
I have heard people say, “Why should I vote? One vote won’t make a difference,” and, “They (whoever ‘they’ are) have already decided who will win.”
As I write this, I have just learned that all of the votes for Bastrop’s only contested City Council seat have been counted. Out of the 1,228 votes cast, only four votes separate the two contestants. Jimmy Crouch received 616 votes and Cheryl Lee garnered 612.
There was also a contested race for a Bastrop school district seat along with two very important school bond proposals. That race and the two bonds were settled by a much larger margin.
Elgin council: three contested seats
$183.7M Bastrop school bond, council seats to be decided
For Bastrop County election results and vote count totals, please visit our election results page.
Gibson, Maldonado, Callahan elected to Elgin City Council
Three seats were up for grabs in the Elgin City Council with Arthur Gibson III, Skyler Maldonado and Matthew Callahan winning those elections, according to the unofficial results Saturday night.
In the race for one of the Ward 1 positions, Arthur Gibson III defeated Sarah Gudenkauf. Gibson received 66 votes compared to Gudenkauf s 47.
Gibson, a third-generation resident of Ward 1, unsuccessfully ran for election to a Ward 1 seat in November against Elgin Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Bega.
For the third time, an appeal hearing for death row inmate Rodney Reed has been rescheduled in the 21st District Court in Bastrop County.
After initially being moved from September to February, and then from February to May, Reed’s evidentiary hearing has now been rescheduled to July 19, according to court records.
Reed, who was convicted of capital murder in 1998 for the strangulation death of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County two years earlier, has maintained his innocence and is seeking to overturn his conviction.
This appeal hearing was originally granted for Reed after he received a stay of execution in November 2019.