While the official city voting results will not be ready until after press time this week, The Reporter feels comfortable with declaring the winners of the contested races based on the unofficial results provided by the City of Rockdale on Saturday night.
There are 92 countywide mail-in ballots that have been requested but had not been received by Saturday, when they had to be postmarked. One vote came in the mail on Monday which was the deadline.
CITY ELECTIONS— The only contested race that might be affected by these mailin ballots is the Rockdale mayor’s race which, as of Saturday, stands at 271 votes for Brett Boren and 251 votes for incumbent Mayor John King, a difference of only 20 votes.
In the city council East Ward seat, Esmeralda “Esme” Ruelas-Olivares will win her seat over Michelle Larkin who has become ineligible since the race started. The voting was 79 votes for Olivares to Larkin’s 23.
Kyle Walker handily beat Braden Wallis 266 to 138, so the mail-in ballots will not have any effect on that race.
An uncontested race was won by Brad Caffey for the remaining two years left on Brett Boren’s term as city council member. Boren had to “resign to run” for mayor. Caffey received 375 votes.
SCHOOL BOARD— In the School Board Place 5 race Lindsey Lillard won with 420 votes to Braden Byrd’s 327 in another race which won’t be affected by the mail-in ballots.
In the uncontested races for school board Amy Ogea Casas and Charles Miles will keep their seats. Casas received 678 votes and Miles received 655 votes.
STATE PROPOSITIONS—The State of Texas Propositions 1 and 2 both passed by wide margins. They were both about ad valorem tax relief for the elderly and both easily passed statewide.
The school board races will be made official at the Board of Trustees meeting on May 16. Swearing in for the mayor and city council races will take place at the regular council meeting on June 13.
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