After the dust had settled last Saturday following May 1’s General Election, some incumbents and some newly elected candidates were deemed unofficial winners of races. All votes will become official after being canvassed by the local entity.

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.

In Sealy, one incumbent won a seat on the city council and school board where two new faces join the council and one will join the school board.

Chris Noack (incumbent), Yvonne Johnson and Edward Zapalac held unofficial leads in the city council race at the end of the night and Joe Mike Young (incumbent) and John Sodolak were in the same position in the school board race.

For the mayoral races in Wallis and San Felipe, both incumbents won although the latter race had five provisional ballots yet to be counted as of Election Day. For Wallis, Dennis L. Diggs maintained his position with a 136-85 advantage. In San Felipe, Bobby Byars received 116 votes and challenger Kent McCallister received 111 and a winner had yet to be determined as of press time.

The tax rate proposal for EST #1, which failed in the November 2020 election, failed again with 343 votes against and 166 votes for.

Sealy City Council

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

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: 166

Against: 343

City of Wallis

Mayor

Belinda Halfin: 85

Dennis L. Diggs: 136

City Council (2 open seats)

Bernadette Parr: 100

Dennis Kulhanek: 86

Darren Mikeska: 41

Donna Hoffman: 36

Melissa McFarland: 142

San Felipe City Council

Mayor

Bobby Byars: 116

Kent McCallister: 111

Alderman Position (2 open seats)

Jeffrey Davidson: 78

Sandy Brooks: 106

Larry Gentry: 135

Bellville City Council

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): 249

School Trustee Position 4

Grant Lischka: 244

Nahida Saker: 32