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Paula Settle is Humble’s newest councilmember Written by Tom Broad
Paula Settle has prevailed in the Humble City Council election.
A recount of the 601 votes cast in the Humble City Council runoff election has verified that the original vote from the December 13 runoff did not change. Paula Settle received 301 votes while her opponent, Arliss Bentley received 300 votes.
Since the election was not overturned, there is no need to canvass the results again, according to Humble City Secretary Jenny Page.
The Position 4 election has been quite a journey for Settle and Bentley and demonstrates that every vote really does count. In the final count, just one vote separates the two candidates. Fewer than eight percent of the City of Humble’s registered voters cast ballots in the December 12 runoff election, according to statistics provided by Page.
Paula Settle prevails in Humble City Council Election Written by Tom Broad Published: 19 December 2020
One vote now separates the two candidates competing for Place 4 in the Humble City Council runoff election which was held on December 13.
Paula Settle prevailed in the election by one vote over challenger Arliss Bentley, with all 63 voting centers reporting. The official count, canvassed at Humble City Hall on Saturday morning, December 19 with the Humble City Council in attendance, was Paula Settle 301 votes (50.08 percent) and Arliss Bentley, 300 votes (49.92 percent).
The Harris County Election Administrator’s Office counted any additional military overseas, provisional and mail ballots that were received by 7 pm on election night, then delivered the certified results on Friday evening to Humble City Secretary Jenny Page.