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Hallettsville voters keep Summers as mayor

  • Alice Jo Summers will stay as mayor, voters decided Saturday.
    Alice Jo Summers will stay as mayor, voters decided Saturday.

    Alice Jo Summers will retain her role as mayor of Hallettsville, voters decided Saturday.

    Summers faced a three-way race for the city’s top elected position, with challenges coming from councilwoman and mayor pro-tem Cindy Renken and Hallettsville resident Gordon C. Clark. Summers won the votes 179-79-27, respectively, according to unofficial election night returns.

    Summers won 62.81% of the votes, unofficial results showed, with 110 cast early, 17 by way of absentee voters and 52 on election day.

    Renken won 27.72% of the votes, with 44 coming from early voters, 14 by absentee voters and 21 on election day, while Clark got 9.547% of the votes, with 15 cast early, 5 from absentee voters and 7 on election day.

    Two other uncontested seats were also on the ballots: Place 2 held by Audrey Vaclavik Barrera, collecting 218 votes, and Place 5 (Renken’s current seat) went to Billy Barrera with 210 votes, according to unofficial election night returns.