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Lakeway Mayor Sandy Cox will leave office on Monday after serving in the role for three years and winning back-to-back elections in 2018 and 2019 when the city changed term lengths for local officials. Cox said she first ran to try to bring people together as the city underwent rapid growth and a shifting demographic.
“I m a planner,” she said. “I really thought we needed some tools in place for the city to get much more sophisticated about how we approach economic development, plan for the future and bring the voices of the people in. . How do we encourage people to participate? How do we really hear what they want?”
All results are unofficial until certified and canvassed by the county clerk.
Bee Cave
The makeup of Bee Cave City Council will remain unchanged following the May 1 local election. Incumbents Andrew Clark, Kevin Hight and Andrea Willott will hold onto their seats after receiving a majority of votes.
Bee Cave voters also approved a special election to reauthorize the local sales and use tax along with eight ballot propositions focused on updating the city’s charter.
Read more about the election results
Eanes ISD
Incumbents Jennifer Champagne and James Spradley will retain their seats on the Eanes ISD board of trustees after beating out their challengers.
Changes coming to Pflugerville, Lake Travis school boards
For Travis County election results and vote count totals, please visit our election results page.
Champagne, Spradley keep seats on Eanes school board
Incumbents Jennifer Champagne, Place 5, and James Spradley, Place 4, will keep their seats on the Eanes school board after a very contentious and expensive election.
Final results from the county show Champagne with 54.5% of the votes in her race against opponent Jennifer Stevens. Spradley led challenger Nigel Stout with 55.5% of the vote.
About 10,400 votes were cast in each race, including about 7,400 early ballots cast in person. These numbers are significantly higher than previous spring elections in Eanes in 2019 closer to 2,700 people voted for school board races in May.
As a growing number of community volunteers descend on the MaineHealth COVID-19 clinics in Knox and Waldo counties, a common theme has emerged. Volunteers see the clinics as the largest – and most important – community events that Knox and Waldo counties have ever experienced.
And they want to be a part of it.
“It absolutely feels like a community event where everyone is pulling together for the sake of the town,” said volunteer Sandy Cox, in a MaineHealth news release. Cox is a Camden resident who volunteered after hearing about the opportunity during a meeting of West Bay Rotary.
“This is an all hands on deck situation for our community,” said Lori Van Dusen, a Camden resident who has volunteered at both clinics. “Volunteering isn’t some big, heroic thing – but it is important. We’re never going to get herd immunity if people don’t get this shot.”