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âWhen people asked if I needed an umbrella I just told them that it didnât bother me â Iâm an old retired Army guy,â said Spradley, who defeated Joy Harvey by 47 votes to win in his first try at elective office.
Others scoring big wins Saturday included District 3 Council Member Harry Bowers, who coasted to an easy reelection victory, Steve Minus, who will succeed four-term retiring incumbent Sherry Harrison as New Braunfels ISDâs District 5 trustee, and Courtney Biasatti, who defeated District 2 Trustee and Comal ISD board President David Drastata, who was seeking a fifth term.
All 18 city charter propositions also passed in unofficial election totals, which indicated 3,269 voters, or 3.89% of 84,034 eligible, participated in at least one of Comal Countyâs five elections, which also included city council races in Garden Ridge and Bulverde.
Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley captured races for New Braunfels city council, and all of proposed city charter amendments passed in unofficial election totals Saturday evening.
With all nine of the countyâs polling locations in, Bowers, the District 3 city council incumbent, defeated challenger Kevin Robles, with 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Roblesâ 192 votes (15.75%).
In the District 4 race, Spradley defeated Joy Harvey, 522 votes to 475, or 52.36% to 47.64%.
Winning Comal ISD trustees races were Courtney Biasatti defeated four-term District 2 incumbent and board President David Drastata, 708 votes to 502 (58.51% to 41.49%). District 1 incumbent and board Treasurer Tim Hennessee, tallied 298 votes (60.57%) to defeat 19-year-old college student Brittany Soto (129 votes; 26.22%) and businessman Jerry Sauceda (65 votes; 13.21%). In April the Comal ISD board declared Place 5 incumbent Michelle Ann Ross, running unopposed, as the winner for a second three-year term.
The largest field of candidates and issues since 2003 await New Braunfels voters, who on Saturday will select city council and charter amendments and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district trustees.
Comal County elections include mayoral and city council races in Garden Ridge and Bulverde, with Guadalupe County voters selecting city council members in Marion and school district trustees in LaVernia, San Marcos and Prairie Lea, which also features a bond measure.
Despite 14 candidates on local ballots, early voting was slow between April 19 and Tuesday. Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua said just 3,295 votes were cast at six county polling sites and 343 received through the mail as of Thursday.
Candidates apparently spent more time campaigning than fundraising for spots on school boards and New Braunfels City Council, according to reports for the period leading up to Saturdayâs general election.
Thirteen of 14 candidates vying for city council and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district boards reported Monday as required by the Texas Election Code, covering the March 23-April 23 filing period.Â
Brittany Soto, the 19-year-old McQueeney resident and college student seeking a spot on the CISD board tallied the most donations â 54 totaling $2,655 â and council candidates Harry Bowers and Joy Harvey again outraised and outspent opponents in city council races.Â
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