2023 election results: Abilene, Buffalo Gap, Merkel and Tuscola results
Here are the results of all contested races in Taylor, decided Saturday.
In uncontested races, the winners were:
Wylie ISD, Place 4 - Brad Hill
Merkel City Council, Place 4 - Brady Rutledge
Merkel City Council, Place 5 - Keith Darby
Merkel ISD board of trustees, Place 5 - Britt Pursley
Merkel ISD board of trustees, Place 7 - Matt Travis
Tuscola mayor - Joe Quick
Tuscola residents overwhelmingly approved Proposition A, by a 67-8 margin, unofficially. Prop. A read: "The authorization of the local sales and use tax in the city of Tuscola at the rate of one-quarter of 1% to continue providing revenue for maintenance and repair of the municipal streets. The tax expires on the fourth anniversary of the date of this election unless the imposition of the tax is reauthorized."
All election totals are not official until canvassed.
Abilene City Council
Mayor | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Chad Clark (write-in) | 31 | 22 | 53 |
Ryan Goodwin | 1,105 | 941 | 2,046 |
Weldon Hurt ✔ (66%) | 3,587 | 1,287 | 5,824 |
Dasi Reddy | 462 | 423 | 885 |
Council, Place 3 | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Cynthia Alvidrez | 319 | 236 | 555 |
Shawnte Fleming | 721 | 587 | 1,308 |
Blaise Regan ✔ (56%) | 3,056 | 1,835 | 4,891 |
James Sargent | 1,067 | 937 | 2,004 |
Council, Place 4 | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Scott Beard | 1,726 | 1,353 | 3,079 |
Brian Yates ✔ (65%) | 3,413 | 2,238 | 5,651 |
Wylie ISD board
Place 1 (unexpired) | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Jud Beall | 278 | 228 | 506 |
Laura Donaway ✔ (77%) | 994 | 664 | 1,658 |
Place 5 | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Blaise Herberg | 284 | 228 | 512 |
Megan Stephenson ✔ (75%) | 911 | 618 | 1,529 |
City of Merkel
Mayor | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Deana Conklin | 63 | 49 | 112 |
Mary Schrampfer ✔ (53%) | 54 | 71 | 125 |
Merkel ISD board
Place 6 | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Todd Yaddow | 74 | 81 | 155 |
Joe Salas ✔ (59%) | 128 | 94 | 222 |
City of Tuscola
City Council | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Steve Neeley ✔ (29%) | 28 | 26 | 54 |
David Bogart ✔ (25%) | 28 | 18 | 46 |
Wendi Quintanilla | 15 | 16 | 31 |
Britt Thornhill ✔ (31%) | 27 | 31 | 58 |
Prop. A | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
For ✔ (85%) | 35 | 32 | 67 |
Against | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Jim Ned CISD board
Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total | |
Jonathan Davis ✔ (20%) | 142 | 170 | 312 |
Michael A. Hull | 130 | 137 | 267 |
Shawn Sullivan | 49 | 48 | 97 |
Ryan Clift | 26 | 59 | 85 |
Heather D. Zambrano | 31 | 36 | 67 |
Eric Dodd | 99 | 121 | 220 |
Belinda Southall ✔ (34%) | 247 | 286 | 533 |
City of Buffalo Gap
Alderman | Early/absentee voting | Election Day | Total |
Linda McCulloch Curtis | 25 | 45 | 70 |
Clyde Mabes ✔ (25%) | 40 | 57 | 97 |
Mickey Stewart ✔ (29%) | 40 | 73 | 113 |
Dana Sowell ✔ (27%) | 31 | 73 | 104 |
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: 2023 election results: Abilene, Buffalo Gap, Merkel, Tuscola results
