City of San Benito General Election:
Place 3
Bill Elliott (I): 795
JD Penny: 828
Place 4
Joe D. Gonzalez: 1,023
Gavino Sotelo: 624
16 of the 17 city charter amendments were approved. Voters opted not to adopt the amendment which would have allowed elected officials to not have to be current on their city taxes in order to be eligible to hold office.
San Benito CISD School Board General Election:
Place 1
Bob Tumberlinson (I): 1277
Fatima Huerta: 1477
Place 2
Anna Cruz: 1603
Anna Llanes: 1130
Place 3
Yliana G. Rodriguez (I): 1633
Wilma Garza Smetter: 1101
City of Rio Hondo General Election:
Place 1
Gustavo Olivares (I): 167
Ray Bustamante: 128
Place 3
Gerald Hartzog (I): 162
Brianna Ortega: 138
Place 5
Kitter Huerta (I): 149
Joe Lopez: 150
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Editor, thank you! Was not questioning your integrity in reporting, just knew you would diligently work to report the facts. Thanks!
Regarding the charter amendments, another local newspaper is reporting that all 17 proposed amendments were defeated, conflicting with what is reported here.
Also, there is a discrepancy of 100 votes reported here for Gavino Sotelo as opposed to what is reported in the same daily referred to above. Which is correct?
Editor, this is confusing for us readers. Can you please confirm that what is reported in your paper is accurate? And can you please publish the vote tally for each charter amendment? Thank you!
Author
Mark, we are correct about charter amendment no. 1 being the only one of 17 not approved, and we were mistaken about Mr. Sotelo’s vote count, which is 624. I’ve edited the results here to reflect as much.
Hope this clears it up. I apologize for the error.
As far as a breakdown of the vote tally on each amendment, we’ll be reporting that information soon.
Hm. Interesting.