(Seguin) – One incumbent and two newcomers will be taking their seats on the Seguin City Council. Voters on Tuesday elected council members for Districts 2, 4 and 6.
Elected to represent District 2 was newcomer David Eveld. Eveld defeated challenger Mario Hernandez for the position. Eveld received 443 of the votes cast while Hernandez received 394 votes.
Eveld assumes the seat left vacant following the death of Councilwoman Sonia Mendez earlier this year. Eveld says he is honored by the support shown at the polls.
“I just really appreciate the support. It’s the first time I’ve run for a city council seat, and I enjoyed getting to meet people and a lot of people were very helpful. I just really appreciate the support that people gave me. I’m really looking forward to representing District 2,” said Eveld.
There will also be a new face representing the constituents of District 4. John Carlsson defeated Ileen Rangel who was unsuccessful of following in the footsteps of her husband Chris Rangel who up to this point served the position but due to term limits was ineligible to run for re-election. Carlsson, who was unavailable for comment last night, received 514 of the votes cast while Rangel fell short with 488 votes.
Returning to the Seguin City Council will be Incumbent Monica Carter in District 6. Carter, who faced two challengers, was the top vote getter with 813 of the votes cast. Wrapping up the results were Felix Moreno with 415 votes and Suzanne Wynn with 298 votes.
Carter says she is thrilled to be returning to the council and looks forward to even more great things happening.
“I can honestly say that I am happy that this election is over, but I’m truly mostly humbled and honored to have been elected to serve my city and community that I love for another four years. By far, I want to thank Seguin. I want to thank District 6 for their enormous amount of encouragement and support. I’ll continue to do my best to be the representative they voted for and have asked me to be. I’d like to thank Mr. Moreno and Mrs. Wynn who were both candidates that tried equally as hard.
So yeah, I think we ran a good race and I’m just happy to have it behind me. I’m ready to get back to work and get going,” said Carter.
The newly elected candidates are scheduled to be sworn into office during the next regular council meeting.