Tim Hennessee
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.