votebuttonFinal election results are in from area races with a new mayor elected for Brownwood and a runoff in one council race.  Although voter turnout was much lower than expected overall, many of the results were definitive.

Stephen Haynes was elected as Brownwood’s new mayor taking over 57% of the vote.   H.D. Jones won the race against Steven McCrane for the Ward 1 council seat.  Ward 2 will see a runoff election on June 12th between Ed McMillian and Eddie Watson who each took 43% of the vote.  1,679 ballots were cast in the city election out of 11,838 voters that were eligible.

Incumbents won in the Brown County Water Improvement District races with Mark Campbell & Ted Simpson coming out on top.  1,100 ballots were cast out of the 7,089 eligible voters.

Incumbent Ray Bertrand kept his seat on the Early ISD school board winning over 64% of the votes. 340 ballots were cast from 2,675 eligible voters.

Three council seats were available in the City of Bangs race with Eric Bishop, Richard Perez, and Carrol Wells securing those spots. 236 ballots were cast out of the 1,219 eligible voters.

Eric Lykins & Dennis Sanchez secure the spots on the Bangs ISD School board.  377 ballots were cast out of the 4,895 eligible voters.

May voted down its proposed bond with 157 against and 105 for.

See detailed totals for all of these elections below.

Brownwood Mayor # of Votes Percentage
Stephen Haynes 958 57.54
Dennis Graham 549 32.97
Fred Spencer 130 7.81
Gary Maas 28 1.68
City Council Ward 1
H D Jones 952 57.35
Steven McCrane 708 42.65
City Council Ward 2
Eddie Watson 681 43.46
Ed McMillian 677 43.2
Richard Ashton 209 13.34
City Council Ward 4
Draco Miller 1357 100
Brown County Water Improvement District # of Votes Percentage
Mark Campbell 837 45.37
Ted Simpson 705 38.21
Thomas “Tommy” Davis 303 16.42
City of Bangs, City Council Members
Eric Bishop 180 27.44
Richard Perez 128 19.51
Carrol Wells 101 15.40
Linda Erler 82 12.50
Steve Whittenberg 74 11.28
Katrina Breedlove 58 8.84
Marisa Craddock 33 5.03
Bangs ISD
Eric Lykins 198 28.17
Dennis Sanchez 169 24.04
Clint Dodson 130 18.49
Seth Pittman 112 15.93
Pam Bryant 94 13.37
Early ISD, Board of Trustees
Ray Bertrand 219 64.41
Brian Smith 121 35.59
May ISD Bond Proposition
FOR 105 40.08
AGAINST 157 59.92