Unofficial election results from the Denton County elections department show that Chris Watts is ahead in the Denton mayoral race with 6,390 votes, or 50.35%, against Brian Beck, who has secured 6,302 votes, or 49.65%.
Background
Watts and Beck forced a runoff when neither candidate secured more than 50% of the vote in the May 2 election. Former District 2 City Council member Beck and former Denton Mayor Chris Watts earned the most votes of the four candidates who ran in the May election.
Watts secured 44.22% with 5,389 votes cast for him and Beck received 34.02% of the vote with 4,146 votes. Angela Brewer finished the race with 17.31% of the votes, or 2,110 ballots cast in her name. Shannon Childs secured 543 votes, or 4.46%, in the May election.
Current Mayor Gerard Hudspeth has served three terms as Denton’s mayor, the maximum number of terms allowed by city policy.
What’s Next
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Original reporting: Community Impact — Denton — read the source article.
