Marca Ewers-Shurtleff wins city council runoff race in Bryan

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX)- Marca Ewers-Shurtleff has won the runoff race for the Bryan City Council District 5 seat.

Ewers-Shurtleff and AJ Renold were the top two vote-getters in a three-way race in November’s midterm elections.

The early voting and December 8 Election Day totals are:

Marca Ewers-Shurtleff - 497 votes (70.3%)

Anjuli “A.J.” Renold - 210 votes (29.7%)

The city said there are 57 mail-in ballots still out, 12 of those ballots are military ballots which need to be returned within one week. The rest of the mail-in ballots need to be returned by Friday in order to be counted. However, due to the current vote tally, those ballots will not affect the outcome of the election.

District 5 encompasses much of west Bryan, an area that has seen significant growth.

Ewers-Shurtleff will be sworn in at a special city council meeting on Monday, Dec. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers.