Voters across Liberty County headed to the polls Saturday to decide a slate of city and school races, selecting new leaders and weighing in on a Liberty ISD bond referendum, with early results beginning to take shape after polls closed at 7 p.m. The following are the unofficial results, which will still need to be canvassed.
City of Ames
COUNCIL POSITION 1
Dwight Durham – 22 early, 26 election day – 48 total
COUNCIL POSITION 2
Elizabeth “Liz” Hardy – 20 early and absentee, 28 election day – 48 total
COUNCIL POSITION 4
Alfred Lee Freeman Jr. – 10 early and absentee, 22 election day – 32 total
James Dugat III – 14 early and absentee, 9 election day – 23 total
City of Cleveland
COUNCIL POSITION 3
Brent McWaters – 112 early and absentee, 84 election day – 196 total
COUNCIL POSITION 4
Desiree David – 107 early and absentee, 87 election day – 194 total
COUNCIL POSITION 5
Rachel Hall – 106 early and absentee, 77 election day – 183 total
COUNCIL POSITION 6
Nick Cunningham – 56 early and absentee, 39 election day – 95 total
Tonya Clark – 81 early and absentee, 79 election day – 160 total
City of Dayton
MAYOR
Andy Conner – 240 early and absentee, 127 election day – 367 total
Martin Mudd – 80 early and absentee, 49 election day – 129 total
COUNCIL POSITION 3
Charles Whitehead – 256 early and absentee, 143 election day – 399 total
City of Liberty
MAYOR
John Hebert Jr. – 417 early and absentee, 125 election day – 542 total
Tommy Brents – 337 early and absentee, 90 election day – 427 total
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Ross Ward – 423 early and absentee, 116 election day – 539 total
Betty Wells Runkle – 282 early and absentee, 77 election day – 359 total
Ed Seymour – 340 early and absentee, 88 election day – 428 total
Cleveland ISD
TRUSTEE POSITION 6
Aaron Montesnieto – 97 early and absentee, 85 election day – 182 total
Deborah “Wendy” McNair – 92 early and absentee, 48 election day – 140 total
TRUSTEE POSITION 7
Marvin Searles Sr. – 146 early and absentee, 115 election day – 261 total
Dixie Marshall – 39 early and absentee, 32 election day – 71 total
Dayton ISD
TRUSTEE POSITION 3
Thomas Payne – 388 early and absentee, 168 election day – 556 total
Josefina Villegas – 93 early and absentee, 69 election day – 162 total
TRUSTEE POSITION 4
Bruce Woods – 409 early and absentee, 202 election day – 611 total
Devers ISD
TRUSTEE POSITION 4
Donna “Sissy” Hebert – 17 early and absentee, 40 election day – 57 total
Tiffiny Tucker – 5 early and absentee, 53 election day – 58 total
TRUSTEE POSITION 5
Seth Traywick – 11 early and absentee, 85 election day – 96 total
Hardin ISD
TRUSTEE POSITION 7
Michelle Hotaling – 405 early and absentee, 64 election day – 469 total
Joey Scheffler – 254 early and absentee, 106 election day – 360 total
Hull-Daisetta ISD
Board of Trustee Position 1
Beth Johnson – 27 early and absentee, 60 election day, 87 total
Kelvin Burks – 24 early and absentee, 61 election day – 85 total
Board of Trustee Position 2
J.T. Greak – 46 early and absentee, 112 election day – 158 total
Board of Trustee Position 6
Colby Dale Fregia – 24 early and absentee, 65 election day – 89 total
Anna Lou Warren – 26 early and absentee, 58 election day – 84 total
Liberty ISD Bond Election
The issuance of not to exceed $26,000,000 of Liberty Independent School District school building bonds for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, modernizing, upgrading, updating, acquiring and equipping school facilities, including a new multipurpose educational/gym facility at Liberty High School and other District-wide renovations, and the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the cost of any credit agreements.
For – 394 early and absentee, 109 election day – 503 total
Against – 387 early and absentee, 169 election day – 556 total
Liberty Co Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) No. 1
DIRECTORS
Leroy Hanel – 21 early and absentee, 5 election day – 26 total
Ben Warren – 21 early and absentee, 10 election day – 31 total
Scott Krzyzanowski – 7 early and absentee, 10 election day – 17 total
James Psencik – 23 early and absentee, 19 election day – 42 total
Jamie Snapp – 18 early and absentee, 13 election day – 31 total
Liberty Co Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) No. 5
DIRECTORS
David Papillion – 216 early and absentee, 93 election day – 309 total
Gary Skeet Raggio – 326 early and absentee, 118 election day – 444 total
David Richards – 245 early and absentee, 55 election day – 300 total