Saturday, several cities and schoolboards hosted elections. Until the votes are canvassed by the appropriate boards or councils the total is unofficial. Here are the results that were available at presstime:
City of Gainesville
In the city election, Glenn Loch won the popular vote with 524 votes to Michael Stockwell’s 167 votes in Stockwell’s first attempt to take the city mayoral seat.
The incumbent City Councilmen Carolyn Hendricks, Beverly Snuggs and Jim Goldsworthy had no opponents. Hendricks, in Ward No. 1, got 29 votes. Snuggs in Ward No. 2 received 45 votes and Goldsworthy earned 81 votes in Ward No. 4.
Gainesville ISD
The Gainesville Independent School District Board of Trustees race between incumbent Lisa Bellows and challenger Mike Schmitz for Place 4 found Bellows received 374 votes and Schmitz won with 425 votes. Phil Adams ran unopposed for Place 5. He received 587 votes. In the Place 6 unexpired term contest, David Moore received 504 votes to Wray Westbrook’s 278 votes.
Whitesboro ISD
The school board at two at-large positions open with four candidates running. The incumbants swept the election.
Davis Bertino garnered 130 votes, B.B. Reedy, Jr., received 129 of the votes to win the seats. The challengers Anita Morales with 71 votes and Don Rogers with 21 votes lost.
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Cities and school districts that have canceled elections are:
North Texas Medical Center, Muenster Hospital District, city of Lindsay, city of Callisburg, city of Muenster, city of Valley View, Lindsay Independent School District and Valley View Independent School District.
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The following entities were not hosting elections May 9:
• Sivells Bend ISD
• Walnut Bend ISD
• North Central Texas College
Look for later results of Saturdays elections in Monday’s paper.
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