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

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

After drawing a pebble numbered “3,” incumbent City Councilman Everett Roy bested former council member Billy Lerma for the win. During the eight-minute meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo ...

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.

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 ...

Corpus Christi rolled out an unconventional tie-breaker method to decide the fate of a City Council seat — rolling dice and drawing marbles.

Last November’s city council election resulted in a tie between incumbent Everett Roy and former councilmember Billy Lerma. Both received 1,916 votes in a runoff election, as verified by a recount.

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 ...

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 ...