Port Aransas
Updated Unofficial Election Results
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Mayor
Gregory Chittum – 66, early and absentee voting; 30, Election Day; 96, final. 7.04%
**Wendy Moore – 725, early and absentee voting; 176, Election Day; 901 final. 66.06%
Marty Phalen -261, early and absentee voting; 106, Election Day; 367, final. 26.91%
Total votes cast: 1,364
Place 2
Tina Mott – 321, early and absentee voting; 133, Election Day; 454, final. 33.93%
**Kelly Owens – 711, early and absentee voting; 173, Election Day; 884, final. 66.07%
Total votes cast: 1,338
Place 4
**Tanya Chambers – 721, early and absentee voting; 168, Election Day; 889, final. 66.74%
Gary Klepperich – 313, early and absentee voting; 130, Election Day; 443, final. 32.26%
Total voting: 1,332
Place 6
*Dale T. Christianson – 258, early and absentee voting, 62 Election Day; 320, final. 24.24%
Carl “Corky” Moore – 155, early and absentee voting; 47, Election Day; 202, final. 15.30%
*Edwin Myers – 237, early and absentee voting; 65, Election Day; 302, final. 22.88%
Paul Ruff – 197, early and absentee voting; 73, Election Day; 270, final. 20.45%
Leslie Smith – 175, early and absentee voting; 51, Election Day; 226, final. 17.12%
Total votes cast: 1,320
*Run-off
** Winners
If no single candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, plus one more vote, a run-off election will be scheduled between the top-two vote getters.
It will be up to the city council to decide when a runoff election would be held.
State law imposes guidelines on how a run-off must be scheduled.
“A run-off election shall be held not earlier than the 20th or later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed,” according to the Texas Election Code.
Nueces County results
Proposition 1
For: 8,249; 85.67%
Against: 1,380; 14.33%
Proposition 1 would authorize the legislature to reduce the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled.
Proposition 2
For: 8,374; 87.46%
Against: 1,201; 12.54%
Proposition 2 would increase the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes.
Alright, the election is finally over! Congrats to the Winners. Too bad, so sad for the Losers. And, best wishes to the run-off Candidates.
Hopefully, the run-off election can be held within the next 2 weeks so we can put this fully behind us.
I would hope that ALL Candidates (Winners & Losers) will remove ALL their election signs by close of business on Monday to rid the town of this blight on the landscape.
I realize the run-off Candidates signs will continue to plague us until the City Council puts an end to the pain with a final election.