After 994 Austin County early voters cast their ballots in five of the seven contested races in the General Election, the rest of eligible voters were to finalize the races on Saturday’s Election Day.

Candidates were vying for seats on city councils in Sealy, San Felipe, Wallis and Bellville as well as school boards in Sealy and Bellville. Also, a tax rate proposition for Austin County Emergency Services District No. 1 was on the ballot for voters in the district that covers the Frydek, Brazos Country, San Felipe areas to determine whether or not to authorize a maximum ad valorem tax rate of ten cents on each $100 of taxable value of property.

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General Election breakdown

According to data posted at the Hill Center, 505 Sealy-area voters cast a ballot in the city council and school board races when the polls were open between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Early voting breakdown

In seven days of early voting across five 9-hour days and two 12-hour days, the Sealy School Board race received the highest number of early votes with 338. Voters for that race set the one-day high with 122 ballots cast the last day the polls were open for 12 hours, April 27. On the same day, the Sealy City Council race saw 78 early votes to serve as the one-day high.

Austin County residents in ESD No. 1 cast the most ballots for the tax rate proposition on the penultimate day of early voting (35 votes on April 26) and also cast seven ballots Saturday, April 24, and had three mail-in ballots.

Residents voting in the Bellville City Council and School Board races also registered a one-day high on April 26 with 37 and 21 votes for each respective race.

Total early votes for each race

Sealy School Board: 338

Sealy City: 233

ESD #1: 186

Bellville City: 144

Bellville School Board: 93

San Felipe City: No early voting data available

Wallis City: No early voting data available

Total early votes: 994

General Election Results will start to arrive after 7 p.m. Saturday:

Sealy City Council: 1,334 total votes

Councilmember Position 2

Chris Noack: 275

Lee Wiley: 168

Councilmember Position 4

Yvonne Johnson: 237

Roxanna Saldana: 207

Councilmember Position 5

Sandra Lee: 138

Edward Zapalac: 309

Sealy Independent School District: 961 total votes

School Trustee Place 6

John Sodolak: 475

Ralph Bond: 123

Bradley A. Miller: 355

School Trustee Place 7

Claribel Barrera: 270

Joe Mike Young: 611

Monique Clinton: 47

ESD #1

Proposition A: Tax Rate

For

Against

City of Wallis: 626 total votes

Mayor

Belinda Halfin: 85

Dennis L. Diggs: 136

City Council (two open seats)

Bernadette Parr: 100

Dennis Kulhanek: 86

Darren Mikeska: 41

Donna Hoffman: 36

Melissa McFarland: 142

San Felipe City Council

Mayor

Bobby Byars

Kent McCallister

Alderman Position (2 open seats)

Jeffrey Davidson

Sandy Brooks

Larry Gentry

Bellville City Council: 733 total votes

Mayor

James Harrison (unopposed): 216

Alderman Position 2

Arlie D. Kendrick (unopposed): 239

Alderman Position 4

Clay Kistler: 159

Paul C. Looney: 119

Bellville Independent School District

School Trustee Position 3

Jim Batson (unopposed)

School Trustee Position 4

Grant Lischka

Nahida Saker