Griffin wins mayor, Palmer & Flowers win council re-election

Bandera residents have elected Denise Griffin as the new mayor with 53.81% of the vote, while incumbent City Council members Lynn Palmer and Jeff Flowers were re-elected with 32.92% and 25.39% of the vote, respectively.

The elections office noted that some absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be counted, but all precincts are reporting. 

Full uncertified election results for Bandera County are as follows: 

City of Bandera Council Member (Top Two Win)

• Lynn Palmer: 32.92% (188 votes)
• Jeff Flowers: 25.39% (145 votes)
• Josie Evans: 25.22% (144 votes)
• Jen Endresen: 16.46% (94 votes)

Bandera Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees

• Trustee, Place 3

  • Tiffany Kanatani Jones: 65.35% (5,263 votes)
  • Robert W. Sanderson III: 34.65% (2,791 votes)

• Trustee, Place 4

  • Bo Mansfield: 100% (8,060 votes, uncontested)

Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District

• Director, Precinct 1 (Top two selected)

  • Ernest DeWinne: 41.53% (1,214 votes)
  • John Benedict: 34.69% (1,014 votes)
  • Patrick McLean: 23.78% (695 votes)

• Director, Precinct 2

  • Don Sloan: 100% (2,170 votes, uncontested)

• Director, Precinct 3

  • Melissa Checkovage: 100% (2,181 votes, uncontested)

• Director, Precinct 4

  • Jada Jo Smith: 100% (2,499 votes, uncontested)

Additional County Races

• District Attorney, 198th Judicial District

  • Stephen Harpold (R): 100% (11,391 votes, uncontested)

• County Attorney

  • Janna Lindig (R): 100% (11,373 votes, uncontested)

• Sheriff

  • Josh Teitge (R): 100% (11,345 votes, uncontested)

• County Tax Assessor-Collector

  • Andrea K. Jankoski (R): 100% (11,493 votes, uncontested)

• County Commissioner, Precinct 1

  • Troy W. Konvicka (R): 100% (3,041 votes, uncontested)

• County Commissioner, Precinct 3

  • Jack U. Moseley (R): 100% (2,761 votes, uncontested)

• Constables

  • Precinct 1: Phillip P. Tobin (R): 100% (3,060 votes, uncontested)
  • Precinct 2: Greg Spengler (R): 100% (2,561 votes, uncontested)
  • Precinct 3: Don Walters (R): 100% (2,814 votes, uncontested)
  • Precinct 4: Rod Chalmers (R): 100% (3,069 votes, uncontested)

State and Federal Races

• United States President and Vice President

  • Donald J. Trump / JD Vance (R): 80.44% (10,913 votes)
  • Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz (D): 18.61% (2,524 votes)
  • Chase Oliver / Mike ter Maat (L): 0.56% (76 votes)
  • Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware (G): 0.33% (45 votes)

• United States Senator

  • Ted Cruz (R): 77.42% (10,448 votes)
  • Colin Allred (D): 20.21% (2,727 votes)
  • Ted Brown (L): 2.35% (317 votes)

• U.S. Representative, District 21

  • Chip Roy (R): 79.99% (10,735 votes)
  • Kristin Hook (D): 17.82% (2,392 votes)
  • Bob King (L): 2.18% (293 votes)

• Railroad Commissioner

  • Christi Craddick (R): 79.51% (10,544 votes)
  • Katherine Culbert (D): 16.48% (2,185 votes)
  • Hawk Dunlap (L): 2.91% (386 votes)
  • Eddie Espinoza (G): 1.07% (142 votes)