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John Nichols wins re-election for City Council Place-5 seat in College Station
and last updated 2020-12-17 11:59:53-05
COLLEGE STATION, TX â On Dec 17. the Brazos County Elections Administrator certified that John Nichols had been re-elected to his Place-5 seat and will be sworn into office on Tuesday, Dec 29. at 4 p.m.
Nichols term will last through 2024, this re-election comes after a runoff against Craig Regan.
The unofficial tabulation is as follows:
Craig Regan: 512 (20.49%)
John Nichol: 1,987 (79.51%)
On Dec 16. the Brazos County Elections Administrator notified the City of College Station that only three (of 1,097) mail ballots were received by the 5 p.m. deadline.
ELECTION 2020 UPDATE: John Nichols re-elected to College Station Place 5
The race was too close to call in November and in the runoff between incumbent John Nichols and Craig Regan.
Credit: John Nichols for College Station City Council Author: Erin Wencl (KAGS), Tristan Lewis (KAGS) Published: 8:17 PM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 10:29 AM CST December 17, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
John Nichols will remain in his seat for College Station City Council Place 5.
This is according to Jay Socol, who is the director of communications for the City of College Station.
While after the runoff election on Tuesday declared no winner due to the amount of mail-in ballots and military ballots still out, only three of the possible 1,097 mail-in ballots were received by the Wednesday deadline. John Nichols was in the lead by 1,475 votes. With not enough mail-in votes received, Craig Regan will not be able to overcome Nichols lead.
College Station runoff election sees low voter turnout compared to historic turnout in November
and last updated 2020-12-15 17:15:28-05
COLLEGE STATION, TX â The runoff election for College Station City Council Place 5 has seen low voter turnout since early voting began two weeks ago.
âWe only had a thousand people vote early, 1011. We voted almost 900 by mail, so it s a really low turnout,â said Trudy Hancock, Brazos County Elections Administrator.
With roughly 59,000 voters in College Station alone, Hancock says after such a large turnout in the general election, itâs important that voters come out one more time for the two candidates on the ballot
The Tuesday runoff election day to determine the College Station City Council Place 5 seat winner is quickly approaching.Â
Early voting ended Friday, with 1,011 in-person votes and 883 mail-in ballots cast, according to Brazos County Elections Administrator Trudy Hancock.
The candidates on the ballot are incumbent John Nichols and one of his two challengers, Craig Regan. They are competing for a four-year term. In November, Nichols received 12,990 votes, or 45.7%, while Regan got 10,633, or 37.4%.
On Tuesday, voters can go to the College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility on 1603 Graham Road or the Bob & Wanda Meyer Senior & Community Center at 2275 Dartmouth St. to cast a ballot. Both locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.