Rockdale, and the Rockdale-area, were to have gone to the polls Saturday, May 2, to decide a lot of issues, including electing new city council and school board members.
They will still go to the polls, but exactly when is dependent on when, and how, the COVID-19 situation plays out.
On Thursday afternoon, the Rockdale School Board joined the Rockdale City Council in delaying the elections, specifying only that the date not be later than the Nov. 3 general election. The council, meeting
The council, meeting March 23, also voted to delay the elections without specifying an exact date.
ISSUES—There are one city council race, one school board race and two special elections on the ballot.
Lin Perry and Monique Gebhart are vying on the city ballot to replace west ward council member Doug Calame, who did not seek re-election.
The school board election pits Michael Whited and Janice Keen in Place 6.
Special elections are to decide whether to convey Fair Park to the Rockdale Fair Association and whether to expand the Rockdale Hospital District’s boundaries to those of the RISD.
RUNOFF—Both Milam County Republicans and Democrats were supposed to head to the polls May 26 to take care of some unfinished business from the March 3 primaries but that’s already been changed.
Gov. Greg Abbott has pushed those runoffs back to July 16.
One of those runoffs involves a local race. In the March 3 GOP primary no candidate in the Precinct 1 Commissioner contest polled 50 percent.
The runoff is between challenger Henry “Hub” Hubnik and incumbent Richard “Opey” Watkins.
Hubnik almost won the race outright on March 3, polling 577 votes, amounting to 48.9 percent, only 1.1 percent shy of a majority.
Watkins drew 456 votes and Ricky McCall placed third with 147.
Milam Republicans will also help choose a nominee for District 17 U. S. Representative. Runoff candidates are Renee Swann and Pete Sessions.
Democrats will help choose a U.S. Senate nominee. Candidates are M. J. Hegar and Royce West.
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