Election
BY SHAWN ARRAJJ, HANNAH BROL & JAKE MAGEE
Fred Flickinger to represent Kingwood on Houston City Council
With all 701 voting centers reporting Election Day results, Fred Flickinger has won the race for Houston City Council District E. Flickinger garnered 14,880 votes, or 57.02% of votes, while challenger Martina Lemond Dixon garnered 11,217 votes, or 42.98% of votes, according to results published to the Harris County Clerk’s Office website. District E encompasses Kingwood and Lake Houston in Houston’s northeast area as well as Clear Lake in Houston’s southeast area. The background Flickinger is the owner of Flickinger Machine and has more than 35 years of business experience, while Lemond Dixon is the CEO of a small company and serves as an Humble ISD trustee. “Hiring additional police officers and firefighters, implementing more community policing programs, increasing police presence, additional funding for forensic processing, and ensuring first responders
have the resources to do their jobs are of the utmost priority,” Flinckinger said in his Q&A with Community Impact . The context First elected in 2012, current District E council member Dave Martin has reached his term limit and is unable to run for re-election. Instead, Martin ran for Houston city controller in the Nov. 7 election; however he only garnered 15.6% of votes. Challengers Chris Hollins and Orlando Sanchez will head to a runoff election for the position on Dec. 9, after receiving 44.81% and 27.28% of votes on Nov. 7, respectively. In other news In Houston’s mayoral race, candidates John Whit- mire and Sheila Jackson Lee are also set to compete in the the Dec. 9 runoff election after garnering 43.06% and 34.81% of all votes, respectively. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Results breakdown
Winner
Headed to runoff
Houston City Council
District E
57.02% Fred Flickinger 42.98% Martina Lemond Dixon
Houston city controller
44.81% Chris Hollins 27.28% Orlando Sanchez 15.6% Dave Martin 12.31% Shannan Nobles
SOURCE: HARRIS COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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