Pflugerville City Council Candidates Head To Runoff Election After Special Election

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- Two candidates vying for the Pflugerville City Council Place 2 seat are headed to a runoff election after securing the most votes in a four-way race in a special election on Saturday.

Jeff Marsh and Jim McDonald received 370 votes (42 percent) and McDonald got 261 (30 percent), respectively, according to city officials. The other two candidates trailed behind -- Victor Johnson getting 138 votes and Victor To securing 100 votes.

Given that neither March nor McDonald got more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election between the two men is now scheduled for Sept. 6. The final votes were yet unofficial as of late Saturday, but will be canvassed Aug. 15, officials said.

A total of 869 votes were cast in the election, 561 of those during early voting and the other 308 of them cast during election day. Additionally, there were 29 outstanding mail ballots and two provisional ones, city officials said in an advisory.

Marsh operates a family-run construction company based in Pflugerville, while McDonald is an IT director who serves as vice-chair for the city's Parks and Recreation Commission.

Saturday's special election was called in May to fill an unexpired term left vacant after former council member Brad Marshall stepped down to run for mayor. The mayoral race is scheduled in November.

An unofficial tabulation of the election results were provided by Pflugerville officials:

• Victor To - 100 (early Voting -59, Election Day-41).
• Victor Johnson - 138 (early Voting -91, Election Day-47)
• Jeff Marsh - 370 (early Voting-250, Election Day-120)
• Jim McDonald - 261 (early Voting-161, Election Day-100)