The special election for Lubbock City Council’s District 4 representative is headed to a runoff between candidates Gary Boren and Tim Green.
This is separate from the regular Lubbock municipal elections earlier this summer, which saw races for Lubbock Mayor, and City Council representatives for Districts 1, 3, and 5.
Lubbock City Council District 4 covers portions of South Lubbock, largely between Slide Road and University Avenue.
The special election was initiated due to the resignation of current representative Brayden Rose, who announced he would be stepping down for personal reasons in March.
Rose took office in May 2024. Whoever is elected to take his position will serve out the remainder of his term and a regularly scheduled election will take place in 2028.
The initial election took place on June 27.
There were five candidates on the ballot: Gary Boren, Stephanie Ferran, Tim Green, Bill Curnow, and Boyd Goodloe.
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After votes were counted on Saturday, candidates Tim Green received 47% of the vote and Gary Boren took 38%.
Only voters in District 4 were able to cast a ballot for this election. Overall, 2,611 people from District 4 cast a ballot in the special election, about 7.3% of the registered voters in the district, according to the Lubbock elections office.
Candidate Bill Kurnow, who received 7% of the vote, issued a statement after the election endorsing Tim Green. Fellow candidates Stephanie Ferran took 4.6% and Boyd Goodloe took 2.7%.
The special election runoff will be held in August.