With the Saturday, May 6, General Election, the cities of Granite Shoals and Burnet have new mayors.
Carl Brugger was re-elected mayor of Granite Shoals by 228 votes (61.68 percent) of 368 votes cast to Mike Steenbergen’s 141 votes (38.32 percent). Of those numbers, Brugger received 98 early votes and Steenbergen 54 votes.
In a closer race, Crista Goble Bromley will be mayor of Burnet. She received 268 votes (55.37 percent) of 484 votes cast to Philip Thurman’s 216 votes (44.63 percent).
Three council members were unopposed: Anita Hisey in Place 1 (266 votes), Jim Davant in Place 3 (264 votes), and Todd Holland in Place 5 (268 votes).
Burnet
In the Burnet City Council race, 1,043 votes were cast. The top three candidates, to become council members, were Tres Clinton with 323 votes (30.97 percent); Paul farmer, 314 votes (30.11 percent), and Cindia Talamantez, 207 votes (19.85 percent).
