The Kyle Report

The Kyle Report

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Mitchell holds substantial lead in early voting

Challenger Travis Mitchell collected 55 percent of the early voting totals, according to results of the Place 1 Kyle City Council runoff election announced tonight, and appears well on his way to unseating incumbent Diane Hervol.

Hervol would have to have seen a lot of her supporters wait until today to vote to pull out a victory and in the May election just the opposite occurred: She led after early voting totals were announced and Mitchell pulled into the tie that resulted in today’s runoff because of his election-day totals.

"I’m not willing to say the election is over right now," Mitchell said after the early voting results were announced. "Everyone knows what happened the last time (in May). I’m just thankful for all the voters who supported me."

Hervol said "she was a little surprised we’re so far behind" after the early totals were announced. However, she added "We worked pretty hard today" to get her supporters to the polls and she was not prepared to concede the election at this point. "I want to wait until the final results are in."

The early voting totals were 461 for Mitchell to 371 for Hervol.

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