Five people threw their hats in the ring for a single council seat in the South Texas city. That level of interest kicked off ...

Corpus Christi rolled out an unconventional tie-breaker to decide the fate of its District 1 City Council seat — rolling dice ...

After a casting of lots, incumbent City Councilman Everett Roy bested former councilman Billy Lerma for the District 1 seat.

Dist. 1 incumbent Everett Roy led former Dist. 1 councilman Billy Lerma by two votes with all 15 voting centers reporting. Dist. 1 includes North Beach, Downtown, parts of Uptown, Annaville and ...

Candidates in the District 1 runoff election are incumbent City Councilman Everett Roy and former councilman Billy Lerma. Each candidate received 1,916 votes, according to the runoff election ...

A manual recount intended to determine the ultimate winner of Corpus Christi City Council’s District 1 race is expected to get underway Monday and Tuesday, according to city officials.

Two candidates --Billy Lerma and Everett Roy-- tied for a second time during a recount following the runoff elections back in December. On Tuesday, it will all come down to a coin toss.

It all started when the Nueces County Clerk announced the top vote-getters in the Nov. 5 election were incumbent Everett Roy and former city councilman Billy Lerma. That led the two to go head to ...

Incumbent candidate Everett Roy and his opposing candidate Billy Lerma faced off in a final match up at City Hall on Tuesday ...

Up to chance: a tie in the Corpus Christi District 1 City Council race was a tie even after two recounts. That left incumbent Everett Roy and Challenger Billy Lerma to draw numbered beads to determine ...

As KRIS 6 News first reported, votes were tied at 1,916 votes following a runoff between incumbent Everett Roy and former City Councilor Billy Lerma this month. According to state law, that tie ...

An electronic recount was automatically triggered after District 1 candidates Everett Roy and Billy Lerma were found in a canvass of the Dec. 14 runoff election to have tied, with 1,916 votes each ...