Bob Yancy won the race for College Station mayor, while Democrat Janet Dudding's 315-vote lead over Republican state Rep. Paul Dyson in Texas House District 14 remains unofficial as Brazos County works through its last mail and provisional ballots.
*Figures as of Wednesday night, Nov. 4. Totals come from WTAW's posting of the county's final election-night results and from KBTX. Brazos County's own results site could not be reached for this update. All results are unofficial until they are canvassed.*
House District 14
Dudding had 30,780 votes (49.0%), Dyson had 30,465 (48.5%) and Libertarian Jeff Miller had 1,568 (2.5%), with an estimated 99% of the vote in, according to KBTX's results, which draw on The Associated Press. Those numbers had not changed by Wednesday night, and KBTX's AP results still listed the contest as not called. WTAW's results list marks Dudding as the winner.
Trudy Hancock, the county's elections administrator, told KBTX election staff are still reviewing 164 mail ballots plus roughly 150 provisional ballots. Military and overseas ballots will be accepted through 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, she said.
"Just to let people know that, yes, there are still ballots that legally qualify that we are still looking at," Hancock told KBTX. "It's something we do every election. It's just the timeline for the way things work."
The final count is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, with the county canvass to follow Nov. 13, Hancock said. Texas requires only a plurality in a November general election, so Dudding would take the seat outright if her lead holds, KBTX has reported.
As of KBTX's Thursday report, no candidate had asked for a recount. A tie would trigger one automatically; otherwise a candidate has to request a recount and pay the fee that comes with it, the station reported.
Dyson, first elected in 2024, had not conceded on election night and turned down KBTX's interview request at his Bryan campaign gathering. Dudding is a certified public accountant who was the Democratic nominee for state comptroller in 2022 and ran for this House seat in 2020.
College Station
- Mayor: Bob Yancy, 59.1% (18,365 votes); Elizabeth Cunha, 40.9% (12,691 votes)
- Council Place 1 (runoff): Mark Smith, 39.3% (10,159 votes); Howard Mayne, 38.3% (9,903 votes); Roy May, 22.4% (5,795 votes)
- Council Place 2: Chandler Arden, 62.2% (15,274 votes); Michael Kidd, 37.4% (9,111 votes)
- Council Place 5, unexpired term (runoff): Tre Watson, 47.7% (12,156 votes); Padon Holt, 35.0% (8,912 votes); Valen Cepak, 17.3% (4,399 votes)
