Gleason, Baca headed to runoff for city council place 5

With Hays County reporting all precincts in, a runoff will be needed for San Marcos City Council Place 5. 

The race for the one-year term between Mark Gleason, Omar Baca and Zach Sambrano remained tight throughout the night with the candidates all receiving at least 30% of the vote. 

Gleason and Baca are unofficially headed to a run after earning the two highest total of votes by slim margins. 

Gleason received 6,674 votes — 35.36%. Baca narrowly edged out Sambrano by 101 votes for second. Baca garnered 6,150 votes, while Sambrano received 6,049. 

The runoff election will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 8. 

This story was updated once the city announced that the runoff election was moved.