NEWS
Springer, Luther face runoff
Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacant Texas Senate District 30 seat ended in a runoff expected between State Rep. Drew Springer and Dallas business woman Shelley Luther.
The two Republicans received the most votes among the six candidates in the race, each with about 32 percent. But neither won enough to win outright.
Luther, from Pilot Point, is a Dallas salon owner who defied Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus lockdown order by keeping her business open. She spent two days in jail. Springer has served District 68 for several years and had receive State Senator Pat Fallon’s endorsement. Fallon vacated the Senate seat.
The only Democrat in the race, Jacob Minter, finished third with 21 percent of the ballots.
The date of the runoff election has not been announced.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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