COLLEGE STATION, Texas — UPDATE: December 17, 2020
John Nichols will remain in his seat for College Station City Council Place 5.
This is according to Jay Socol, who is the director of communications for the City of College Station.
While after the runoff election on Tuesday declared no winner due to the amount of mail-in ballots and military ballots still out, only three of the possible 1,097 mail-in ballots were received by the Wednesday deadline. John Nichols was in the lead by 1,475 votes. With not enough mail-in votes received, Craig Regan will not be able to overcome Nichols' lead.
The final tally will be done on Monday December 21 after military and the three mail-in ballots are officially counted.
Nichols will receive the oath of office on Tuesday, December 29 at 4 p.m.
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It may have been too close to call back in November, and at the end of the runoff election Tuesday, we still don't have a winner for College Station City Council Place 5.
The race between incumbent John Nichols and Craig Regan won't likely be decided until December 21. That's the last day military ballots will be accepted and the final vote will be counted.
As of Tuesday night, Nichols has a lead with nearly 80 percent of the vote with 1,987 votes. Regan has a little more than 20 percent of the vote with 512 votes. However, according to the City of College Station, there are still 1,097 mail-in ballots and 499 military ballots that are still out.
The City of College Station said mail-in ballots must be received by Wednesday, December 16 by 5 p.m. Military ballots will be accepted until Monday, December 21. Once the winner is determined on December 21, the oath of office will be issued on Tuesday, December 29.
It's not over yet, folks.
