Pharr Forward lands 3 seats on commission, but still lacks majority - Monitor
Political newcomer Dr. Ambrosio “Amos” Hernandez defeated Mayor Pro Tem Adan Farias by only 182 votes — 51. 3 percent of the 6,656 ballots cast, according to preliminary results released by the city. In the end, the preliminary final results showed Pharr Forward won three of the four City Commission seats Saturday evening. And though Saturday’s razor-thin margins appeared to be a defeat for incumbent candidate slate Pharr First, it retains the four-seat majority on the commission. Mario Bracamontes, principal at Buell Central High School, defeated Dr. Ramiro Caballero, by 73 votes — 50. 5 percent of the 6,589 ballots in the race. “Nothing’s changed,” said Bracamontes, who said he plans on receiving his doctorate to serve as a superintendent next May. Valley View schoolteacher Eleazar Guajardo defeated Place 1 Commissioner Arturo Cortez by only 14 votes — 50. 1 percent of the 6,544 ballots cast. “Whether it’s one or 14 or whatever votes I won by, it was the decision of the voters,” Guajardo said. “And I’m very confident that’s the way it’s going to stay (once official results are in). ”. Bracamontes said before all the ballots were counted Saturday that he would be willing to work with the Pharr Forward candidates who won — as long as it... Source: www.themonitor.com
