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City Council certifies Eagle Pass mayoral runoff after recount, approves canvass unanimously
Summary
The City of Eagle Pass City Council on June 16 formally canvassed and approved the June 7, 2025 mayoral runoff results after a recount petition, recording corrected overvote/undervote totals and declaring the vote totals official.
The City of Eagle Pass City Council on June 16, 2025 read corrected vote totals from the June 7 runoff for mayor and unanimously approved a resolution to accept the canvas, finalizing the election results after a recount petition.
The canvass followed a petition for recount filed by former councilwoman Monica J. Cruz. Council members recorded totals showing Monica J. Cruz received 2,600 total votes and Aaron Valdez received 2,615 total votes in the runoff. The meeting record shows 3,933 early votes and 1,308 election-day votes for a combined 5,241 ballots cast. An earlier transcription error about overvotes and undervotes was corrected in the record: the tally on the record is 12 overvotes and 14 undervotes.
Mayor Romas Salinas read the official numbers into the record before the council acted to accept them. Councilman Elias Diaz moved to approve the canvass; Councilman Garcia seconded. The council voted unanimously to adopt the resolution accepting the canvass, and the mayor declared the numbers official.
The canvass completes the formal local validation of the June 7 runoff and records the result in the city minutes. The council did not take additional action beyond approving the canvas during the item.
Details of the canvass, including the recount petition by Monica J. Cruz and the corrected overvote/undervote counts, are contained in the official meeting record.
