At least one incumbent was ousted during Saturday’s City and School Elections.
Keith Daniels won a place on Fairfield City Council, beating his closest opponent, Place 3 incumbent, Davie Steward, by 11 votes.
Incumbents Landis Bayless and Kenneth Hughes retained their seats.
Bayless received 56% of the vote, securing Place 4 with 24 votes.
Kenneth Hughes kept Place #5 with just 6 votes.
Official canvassing of the votes is set for the Tuesday, May 9, 2017 during a regular session of Fairfield City Council. New council members are expected to be officially sworn in during this meeting.
In the Teague Council election, incumbent Marilyn Michaud (Place 3) garnered 62% of the vote to retain her seat. Fellow incumbents, Ron Rasbeary (Place 2) and Chris Nickleberry (Place 4), were unopposed.
The official canvassing of the Teague Council Election will be conducted on Monday, May 15, 2017.
Russell Black swept into Place 6 on Wortham ISD Board of Trustees with 98 votes to opponent mike Gargis’ 9 votes.
Incumbents Michael Dunn (Place 5) and Jeff Jones (Place 7) were unopposed.
Below is a breakdown of election results for May 6, 2017. All three of the Elections show zero (0) mail-in ballots.
FAIRFIELD CITY COUNCIL
Early Voting Election Day Totals
Place #3
David Steward 44 30 74
Kevin Childers 31 33 64
Keith Daniels 42 43 85
Place #4
Landis Bayless 63 55 118
Jason Bosley 46 48 94
Place #5
Kenneth Hughes 55 52 107
William “Bill” Brown 56 45 101
TEAGUE CITY COUNCIL
Early Voting Election Day Totals
Place #2
Ron Rasbeary 59 16 75
Place #4
Chris Nickleberry 61 17 78
Place #5
Marilyn Michaud 45 16 61
Jack Hansel 31 7 38
WORTHAM ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EV ED-Wortham ED-Kirvin Totals
Place #6
Russell Black 47 43 11 98
Michael Gargis 2 6 1 9
Place #5
Michael Dunn 45 48 10 99
Place #7
Jeff Jones 43 46 8 93
