Voters in Marfa elected two new city council members in Saturday's municipal elections, while Fort Stockton voters chose a new school board member.
Below are the results for the May 2 elections in the two towns.
An asterisk indicates an incumbent. Bold indicates a winner.
Marfa City Council
Marfa voters ousted two incumbent city council members — Eddie Pallarez and Mark Morrison — and chose two new council members — Emily Kolb and Katy Kowal. Incumbent Mark Cash was reelected.
| Eddie Pallarez* | 177 |
| Mark Cash* | 197 |
| Sal Tornabene | 91 |
| Katy Kowal | 203 |
| Christopher Johnson | 152 |
| Mark Morrison* | 181 |
| Emily Kolb | 217 |
Fort Stockton ISD school board
Fort Stockton voters chose Rahul Boinpally to replace incumbent Ward 7 school board trustee Jennifer Gonzales.
| Alex Trejo | 21 |
| Jennifer Gonzales* | 17 |
| Rahul Boinpally | 56 |
Local elections were few in number this May across West Texas. Some local government entities hold elections during the November general election, while others — like Presidio's city council and Alpine ISD's school board — canceled elections this year after only unopposed candidates ran for office.
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