Council, CCISD trustee races decided, runoff for mayor

In Copperas Cove, there will be two new councilmembers and a runoff for the mayoral race.

Joann Courtland has been elected to Copperas Cove City Council place 1, and Fred Chavez has been elected to Copperas Cove City Council place 2. There will be a runoff between incumbent Frank Seffrood and Azeita Taylor for mayor. For the CCISD board of trustees, Inez Faison will keep her place 1 position, and S. Ann Davis has been elected to place 2.

Final unofficial resullts as received from the Coryell County Election Administrator, Justin Carothers:

Mayor

Azeita Taylor 43.26%, 2,380

Frank Seffrood 47.26%, 2,600

Joey Acfalle 9.49%, 522

City council place 1

Joann Courtland 54.55%, 2,753

Cheryl Meredith 45.44%, 2,293

City council place 2

Fred Chavez 54.58%, 2,830

James Pierce Jr 45.42%, 2,355

CCISD Board of Trustees

Place 1

Inez Faison 52.2%, 3,056

John Gallen 47.8%, 2,798

Place 2

S. Ann Davis 39.64%,, 2,316

Jeff Gorres 19.58%, 1,144

Joseph Leary 19.14%, 1,118

Harry Byrd 21.64%, 1,264

Throughout Coryell County, the Republican party dominated in the polls in national and statewide races:

United States Senate

Ted Cruz 67.03%

Beto O'Rourke 31.9%

U.S. House of Representatives

Roger Williams 67.66%

Julie Oliver 30.64% . 

Governor

Gregg Abbott 70.86%

Lupe Valdez' 27.53%

Lt Governor

Dan Patrick 66.69%

Mike Collier 30.87%

Attorney General

Ken Paxton 66.12%

Justin Nelson 31.10%

Comptroller of Public Accounts

Glenn Hegar 67.9%

Joi Chevalier 28.68%

Land Commissioner 

George P. Bush 68.01%

Miguel Suazo 28.41%

Agriculture Commissioner 

Sid Miller 65.96%

Kim Olson 31.23%

in Coryell County, 16,103 voters, or 42.3% of its 38,067 voters turned out for the midterm elections.