Gatesville lists runoff voting sites, Saturday events ahead of election day
Three Republican runoffs will decide Coryell County's next county judge and commissioners, while Gatesville also hosts a garage sale, vintage market and benefit car show.
Runoff voting sites and hours
Voters in Coryell County have one clear deadline left: runoff Election Day on Tuesday, May 26. The countywide voting setup means residents do not have to hunt for a precinct-specific stop if they need a more convenient location, which matters in a county where Gatesville and Copperas Cove anchor daily life and travel patterns.
Election day
Polling will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Coryell County. Election-day vote centers listed for the runoff include the Gatesville Civic Center, 303 Veterans Memorial Loop; Gatesville Tax Office, 800 East Main Street, Suite B; Copperas Cove Civic Center, 1206 West Avenue B; and Copperas Cove Tax Office, 809 South Main Street. Because Coryell County uses countywide vote centers, registered voters may cast a ballot at any election-day location in the county.
That flexibility is useful in a holiday week, especially with Memorial Day falling on Monday, May 25. It reduces the risk of showing up at the wrong place at the wrong time, and it gives voters one last clean path to the ballot box before the runoff is settled.
Early voting locations
The county also identified early-voting sites at the Copperas Cove Early Voting Center, 809 S. Main St., and the Gatesville Annex, 800 E. Main St., Ste. B. Those sites were part of the official runoff setup and help explain where the county's vote totals were being built before Election Day arrived.
What is on the ballot
Three Republican races moved to runoff after the March 3 primary, and all three will shape county government. In the county judge race, incumbent Roger Miller finished with 2,748 votes, or 44.93 percent, while Rob Erwin led with 3,066 votes and 49.76 percent. Latisha Walton also remained in the race with 395 votes, or 6.36 percent.
Precinct 2 commissioner also advanced to a runoff. Scott Weddle led there with 633 votes and 49.7 percent, followed by Tully Meyer with 266 votes and 20.91 percent. Precinct 4 produced the widest field, with Ray Ashby leading at 578 votes and 37.68 percent, Justin Smith at 335 votes and 21.84 percent, incumbent Keith Taylor at 318 votes and 20.73 percent, and Carroll Starkey at 303 votes and 19.75 percent.
There were no Democratic candidates on the ballot for elected Coryell County offices, so the Republican runoff winners will be the ones who take office on January 1, 2027. In a county of 83,093 people, according to the 2020 census, these are not abstract party contests. They decide who will sit in countywide offices and help steer local government for the next term.
What the early vote already shows
The county had already logged 1,742 votes from Monday, May 18 through Wednesday, May 20. Gatesville accounted for 1,138 of those ballots, while Copperas Cove recorded 604. The split is a reminder that the county's two largest population centers remain the main engines of turnout when local offices are on the line.
Party registration in the runoff also shaped the numbers. Of the ballots counted in that early stretch, 1,643 were Republican and 99 were Democratic. That pattern fits a ballot where only Republican county races were being decided, and it underscores why a few hundred late voters can matter in a relatively small electorate.
Saturday in Gatesville
The weekend calendar is not only about voting. Gatesville is also giving residents two public events that fit easily around errands, shopping and holiday-weekend planning.
At 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 23, the City of Gatesville and the Gatesville Civic Center were set to host a Vintage Market and Citywide Garage Sale at the Civic Center, 301 Veterans Memorial Loop. The city’s events calendar also listed the same event for May 23 and noted that city offices would be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. For anyone planning a weekend trip downtown, that means the city is packaging shopping, browsing and the holiday schedule into one short window.
A second Saturday gathering carries a more charitable purpose. A car show benefiting Disabled American Veterans is scheduled at Bare Bones BBQ, 4305 South Highway 36, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is $25, and all years and models are welcome. The event gives car owners a place to show off a ride while putting the day’s proceeds toward a veterans-focused cause.
What residents need to do next
The sequence is simple. Saturday brings the market, garage sale and car show. Monday brings the Memorial Day closure at city offices. Tuesday brings the runoff. For voters, that means the only date that cannot slip is May 26, and the countywide vote-center system gives plenty of options as long as people use them within the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. window.
Coryell County’s civic calendar is tight, practical and local in the best sense: a runoff that decides county offices, a holiday that closes city hall, and a weekend of events that still leaves time to cast a ballot. The final tally will decide who takes the courthouse seats, but the deadline is already fixed.
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