Candidate David Aguirre is the official winner of the May 1 election for Place 1 on the Pflugerville ISD board of trustees.
The school district officially canvassed the vote totals from Travis and Williamson counties on May 11, which found Aguirre won by fewer than a handful of votes against challenger Marc Garcia. In the end, Aguirre collected 2,968 total votes while Garcia collected 2,965 total votes.
“We realized in this election that every vote counts,” said Vernagene Mott, president of the PfISD board of trustees, on May 11 when the board canvassed the official results from the counties.
In the state of Texas, a candidate can legally call for a recount if the difference between the number of votes between the candidates is less than 10% of the number of votes received by the person elected. In this race, that would mean 10% of the 2,968 votes received by Aguirre so far. That comes to 296 votes far more than the gap recorded between the two candidates.
Tim Hennessee, Courtney Biasatti, Eric Bergquist and Steve Minus have won their respective seats on the CISD or NBISD boards of trustees, according to unofficial final results.
Updated 10:55 p.m.
With all 53 Fort Bend County vote centers reporting results, Sugar Land City Council District 4 incumbent Carol McCutcheon has won re-election with 81% of the vote.
In the Position 1 race, Suzanne Whatley leads Donna Batten Molho by six votes. Whatley has received 707 votes or 50.21% to Molho s 701 votes.
Results are unofficial until they are canvassed and certified.
Updated 8:45 p.m.
As election day results begin to come in, Donna Batten Molho and Suzanne Whatley are tied in the race for Sugar Land City Council s District 1 seat.
Molho and Whatley have each received 554 votes.
District 4 incumbent Carol McCutcheon continues to lead her challenger, Sakki Joseph, with 83.05% of the vote.
May 1 was the last day to vote in the school board election. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
May 1 was the last day to vote in the school board election. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
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