Coldspring-area incumbents largely keep seats; Shepherd mayor race decided by four votes

Most local candidates in the San Jacinto County area kept their seats in Tuesday's general election, according to unofficial totals reported by the San Jacinto News-Times. One of the few contested local races was for Shepherd mayor. William "Billy" Lacoste received 265 votes and incumbent Charles Minton received 261, giving Lacoste a four-vote lead.

In county races, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Donny Marrs received 1,509 votes and Precinct 4 incumbent Mark Nettuno received 2,968. Both easily defeated their write-in challengers. In the Willis ISD Board of Trustees election, Nikita Lagway ran unopposed for Position 1. Gary Granger, Keith Miller and Tim Burke won Positions 3, 4 and 5, filling seats previously held by Scott Carson, Kyle Hoegemeyer and Cliff Williams.

For state offices, incumbents Janis Holt (House District 18), Charles Schwertner (Senate District 5) and Audrey Young (State Board of Education District 8) each kept their seats, according to the paper. In the U.S. Senate race, Ken Paxton received 7,666 votes in San Jacinto County to James Talarico's 2,447. Statewide, Talarico received 5,410,057 votes to Paxton's 4,228,924, the paper reported.