Cantwell, Broun to run off for Place 4

From Hill Country News, May 14, 2009...

Michell Cantwell won nearly 47 percent of the vote in her bid for reelection for Place 4, but she was only five percentage points ahead of challenger Cathy Broun. The two will run off against each other on June 13.

“Certainly, I would have preferred that my reelection could have been confirmed on May 9, rather than the continuation of the campaign and another election on June 13,” Cantwell said. “I was greatly disappointed in the low voter turnout of approximately 1,100 voters overall in a city with over 12,000 registered voters.”

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