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League City Council unanimously canvasses May 3 special election returns and administers oath
Summary
The League City Council on May 13 adopted a resolution canvassing returns from the May 3 special election for Council Position 5, then administered an oath of office; city staff reported 5,328 ballots cast, a 6.55% turnout.
The City Council of League City on May 13 adopted a resolution canvassing the returns of the May 3, 2025, special election for Council Position 5 and instructed the mayor to certify the results to state and federal officials, the council recorded. The motion passed on a 6-0 vote. City staff reported that 5,328 ballots were cast, representing 6.55% of registered voters.
City staff reported the votes for the named candidates as follows: Aaron Avalos, 179 votes (3.46%); Scott Higginbotham, 2,595 votes (50.18%); Kirsten Garcia, 1,827 votes (35.33%); and Tim Peltier, 555 votes (6.87%). Those figures were presented on the meeting screen and read into the record by city staff. The council did not record any additional vote totals or write-in counts during the canvass discussion that appear in the meeting transcript.
After the canvass resolution passed, the council proceeded to administer the oath of office. The transcript records an oath being administered and the meeting host asking a spouse to join the person receiving the oath; the person receiving the oath is not clearly identified in the meeting transcript. The meeting adjourned at 5:35 p.m.
The session contained no public comments and consisted principally of the canvass and the subsequent oath administration. No other policy actions or agenda items were discussed during the roughly five-minute meeting.
