Jennifer McCall will step onto the Kendall County Commissioner Court as new Precinct 1 commissioner when sworn in on Jan. 1, 2025, as she captured all but 73 of 5,616 votes cast in Tuesday's election.
McCall, 56, won in this, her second attempt at commission, after being defeated in her first venture in 2020 by Commissioner Christina Bergmann, whom she bested in the Republican primary this past March. She faced no Democratic challenger on Tuesday.
“I’m excited to be able to represent the constituents of Precinct 1 in an official capacity,” McCall said Tuesday, about 90 minutes after polls closed and a half-hour after early voting totals were released, showing her with 4,960 early votes, 5,543 by night's end.
“I have the confidence of the voters behind me and am excited they put their trust in me to represent them,"she said.
McCall said by the time she is sworn into office on Jan.1, she will be ready to tackle the position of a full-time basis.
“I am going to go at it full time and look forward to focusing on it as such,” she said.
McCall currently handles billing and claims for an allergist in town, a job she said she will wrap up so she can devote herself fully to the concerns of Commissioners Court.
“I have a job now (and) I will be finishing that, so I can focus on representing our precinct’s constituents,” she said.
Since prevailing in the Republican primary, McCall used the past several months to orient herself to the ongoing issues facing the court, from extra-territorial jurisdiction issues to water rights, battery storage systems, pay scales and development, to name a few. She said she intends to incorporate the opinions of her Precinct 1 residents in her decision-making process.
“If I have my ear to the ground and am communicating with them, I feel like I am going to be able to represent them well,” she said.
Early voting in Kendall County saw 62.2% of voters deposit their ballots for the early count. Election Day results mattered little except in statewide and national races, as Republicans continued their near three-to-one vote advantage in the county.
As expected, Republicans swept Kendall County races:
-- Former President Donald Trump received 77.24% of Kendall's vote for president, with Vice President Kamala Harris receiving 21.42% of the early votes cast (21,334 to 5,916).
-- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz took Kendall by a similar margin, 75.72-22.5% over challenger Collin Allred (20,819 to 6,185 votes).
-- A third major race in the area saw U.S. Rep Chip Roy take 78.3% of Kendall's vote in his re-election bid, over Democratic challenger Kristin Hook's 20.1% (a 21,310-5,443 lead).
The remainder of Kendall County races belonged to incumbents. Sheriff Al Auxier, Precinct 3 County Commissioner Richard Chapman, Tax Assessor James Hudson, and all four precinct constables -- Ted Setliff, in precinct 1, Paul Knoll in 2, Gene Serene in 3 and Brian Vaughan in 4 -- all were re-elected tonight.
Voter turnout topped 75% as nearly 30,000 voters -- 29,531 -- of the county's 38,913 eligible voters cast ballots.
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