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Tim Hennessee “When people asked if I needed an umbrella I just told them that it didn’t bother me — I’m an old retired Army guy,” said Spradley, who defeated Joy Harvey by 47 votes to win in his first try at elective office. Others scoring big wins Saturday included District 3 Council Member Harry Bowers, who coasted to an easy reelection victory, Steve Minus, who will succeed four-term retiring incumbent Sherry Harrison as New Braunfels ISD’s District 5 trustee, ...

Tim Hennessee, Courtney Biasatti, Eric Bergquist and Steve Minus have won their respective seats on the CISD or NBISD boards of trustees, according to unofficial final results.

Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley captured races for New Braunfels city council, and all of proposed city charter amendments passed in unofficial election totals Saturday evening. With all nine of the county’s polling locations in, Bowers, the District 3 city council incumbent, defeated challenger Kevin Robles, with 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Robles’ 192 votes (15.75%). In the District 4 race, Spradley defeated Joy Harvey, 522 votes to 475, or 52.36% to 47.64%. Winning Comal ISD trustee...

The largest field of candidates and issues since 2003 await New Braunfels voters, who on Saturday will select city council and charter amendments and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district trustees. Comal County elections include mayoral and city council races in Garden Ridge and Bulverde, with Guadalupe County voters selecting city council members in Marion and school district trustees in LaVernia, San Marcos and Prairie Lea, which also features a bond measure. Despite 14 candidat...

Candidates apparently spent more time campaigning than fundraising for spots on school boards and New Braunfels City Council, according to reports for the period leading up to Saturday’s general election. Thirteen of 14 candidates vying for city council and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district boards reported Monday as required by the Texas Election Code, covering the March 23-April 23 filing period.  Brittany Soto, the 19-year-old McQueeney resident and college student s...

Intermittent downpours might have kept many registered voters from casting ballots for candidates and issues in five May 1 elections, but officials are expecting many more during the final three days of early voting. “This is the city’s first contested (May) election since 2012 — without them, it would really be slow,” Comal County Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua said of the 1,722 votes cast at polls and through the mail since the nine-day early voting period began Mon...

New Braunfels and Comal County residents will consider new candidates’ promising new voices this spring — with May 1 election outcomes possibly shaping future courses for city councils and school districts. Political action committees and donations from long-time city and county politicos are backing candidates facing challenges from citizens who packed city council and school board meetings the past several months, some threatening to sideline incumbents opposed to their views. It co...

A 19-year-old student garnered the highest number of grass-roots donations, while two political action committees and prominent contributors are fueling candidates in New Braunfels City Council races and school district trustees elections, according to public records. A total of 14 candidates are on the May 1 ballot, seeking two positions each on the New Braunfels City Council and New Braunfels and Comal independent school districts – the most since 11 vied for council and Comal ISD slots ...

Thursday, April 1, is the final day to register to vote in the May 1 elections, when voters will head to the polls to select two New Braunfels City Council members, two school board trustees in the New Braunfels Independent School District and two Comal ISD trustees positions. All seats are for three-year terms. New Braunfels residents will decide 18 proposed amendments to the city’s charter. Those seeking to register can submit completed applications from the Texas Secretary of State website...

City Charter Amendment A City Charter Amendment B City Charter Amendment C Prohibits any councilperson from intentionally resigning their position in order to circumvent term limit rules. Offenders would be prohibited from running in future city elections. City Charter Amendment D Clarifies the role of the Mayor during an emergency or disaster. The Mayor would be given access to all of the abilities granted by state law in order to keep the peace, respond to the situation and appoint additional...