It appears that voters have decided that ‘Getting Teague Back on Track’ is the order of the day, as election results posted this evening show Jerry Ballew, Bridget Gauntt, and Timothy Campbell winning over their ‘Teague Team for Responsible Government’ opponents.

 

Here are the results posted by the Freestone County Election Administrator for the City of Teague election:

 

Alderman Place 2 

  231 – Jerry Ballew

  167 – Sara Trevino

 

Alderman Place 4

  256 – Bridget Gauntt

  144 – Jamie West

 

Alderman Place 5

  233 – Timothy Campbell

  166 – Asa Scott Adami

 

Jerry Ballew is a former Teague Alderman who lost his Place 1 position to Alderman Garlan Steed in 2022. Ballew is set to take over Place 2 from Alderman Rhonda Jones, who declined to run for re-election.

 

Bridget Gauntt looks to take over Place 4 from incumbent Jamie West. West was appointed to that position in January when Chris Nickleberry stepped down.

 

Timothy Campbell is set to take over Place 5 for Alderman Ryan Mathison, who declined to run for re-election.

 

With a matter of just a couple votes, City of Wortham votes chose to return one incumbent and one new candidate to serve on City Council.

 

Two at-large City Council positions were at stake with four hopefuls in the running. The top two contestants were Councilman Scott Batts and Candidate Patrick Evans.

 

Results posted on the Elections page of the Freestone County website are as follows:

 

  33 – Scott Batts

  33 – Patrick Evans

  31 – Cliff NeSmith

  24 – Cal Johnson (write-in)  

 

No word at press time whether a recount will be requested in this race.

 

Mayor Pellie Goolsby ran unopposed and will return to her position.

 

Freestone County voters of Fairfield ISD School Board cast their ballots to return their incumbents to the Board of Trustees.

 

Two at-large positions were sought by four candidates. Unofficial results are as follows:

 

  517 – Kevin Benedict

  460 – John T. Fryer

  205 – Cleo McElroy

  150 – Toni Abram

 

Currently, Benedict serves as Board President and Fryer serves as Vice-President.

 

Finally, Wortham ISD School Board had three places up for election this year, with only Place 6 with opposing candidates.

 

Preliminary results for Freestone County voters are as follows:

 

Place 5

  108 – Michael Dunn (incumbent)

 

Place 6

   34 – Jennifer R. Evans

   88 – Brett Duke

 

Place 7

  104 – Jeff Jones (incumbent)

 

Candidate Brett Duke looks to take over for Place 6 Board member Russell Black, who declined to run for re-election.

 

Elections results listed include Absentee ballots, as well as ballots received during Early Voting and on Election Day. They were filed around 8:30 p.m. by Freestone County Election Administrator Renee McBay.

 

Click here to view results for all the elections held in Freestone County, Texas.

 

The results are considered unofficial until officially canvassed by the governing entity.