The dust has settled, and two of the three municipal entities that had elections will see some change. According to the Terry County Joint Elections Office, in the Brownfield ISD At-Large ( two positions), 1,044 votes were cast, and 338 undervotes were recorded. This means there were 691 ballots cast that had the BISD election on them. Undervotes occur when no vote is cast for a single-choice election. In other words, a voter can choose two but decides to choose one or skip that election altogether; however, cast a vote for another entity’s seat. Incumbent Matthew “Big Matt” Valdonado received the most votes at 325, and Incumbent Cat Gonzalez had the second most at 285 for the BISD Board of Trustees At-Large. Both retained their positions. Sara Hernandez received 224, Eric Gonzales had 144, and Rocio Gamez got 66.
In the BRMC At-Large Director (two positions), there were 1,252 total votes cast and 172 undervotes, meaning 712 ballots were cast. The BRMC election was countywide. In this election, a voter could vote for the same person twice, or split the vote with two candidates, or vote one vote. Incumbent June Cooper won back her seat with 448 votes. Candidate Kelli Mendez will be new to the BRMC Board of Directors as she has 354 votes. Incumbent Brian Paiva will not retain his seat, and he had 272, and Candidate Heather Sherill had 178 votes
In the City of Brownfield Mayors race, there were 591 total votes cast and 25 undervotes, meaning there were 616 ballots cast with the mayor election on the ballot. Eric Horton has become Mayor of the City of Brownfield with 300 votes. Councilman At-Large Leon Pope had 196 votes, and Candidate Johnny Acevedo had 95 votes. For District 2 Council Member, there were 50 total votes cast and eight undervotes; This means there were 58 ballots cast in District 2. Mary Valdonado received 38 votes, winning the election. Susano Esparza had 12 votes. In the District 3 Council Memebr race, it was the closest. There were a total of 98 votes cast and 17 undervotes, bringing the total number of ballots cast in that district to 115. Lee Gamez won the seat with 54 votes and Incumbent JC Tijerina lost his seat with 44 votes.
