Bastrop to hold runoff June 7 in mayoral election

Early voting for Bastrop mayor draws 8.5% turnout, election day June 7

Election day voting will happen on June 7 in the lower-level conference room inside the Bastrop County Courthouse Annex, 804 Pecan St., Bastrop.

Bastrop to hold runoff June 7 in mayoral election

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Bastrop will hold a runoff election June 7 to elect a new mayor. Voters will decide between Ishmael Harris and Willie DeLaRosa after neither of the two candidates received a majority in the May 3 special election. Harris enters the runoff after falling just shy of a majority — 48.6% — to DeLaRosa's’ 34.3%, in the first round of voting. Harris previously served on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, but left his…