Roughly 1,300 votes separated Frank Ward from Paige Ellis in Austin City Council District 8. Ellis is now declared the winner of Ellen Troxclair's council seat -- the last conservative outpost on the Austin City Council dais.
The more conservative of two Runoff candidates for Austin Community College District 8, Sarah Mills, was also bested by a decidedly liberal opponent.
Meanwhile in San Marcos, two conservatives there, Shane Scott and Rick Henderson, appear to have failed in their bids for City Council.
We'll have more analysis in the days ahead.