Incumbents are back in office following Saturday’s low voter turnout in area local elections.

Elections were held Saturday for the Kingsville City Commission, trustee positions with the Kingsville Independent School District Board, a bond issue to build new H.M. King High School, a bond issue to build new schools in Riviera, creation of an emergency ambulance district with taxing authority for the Cities of Bishop and Driscoll and the surrounding area, and three positions on the Bishop City Council.

The turnout for the Kingsville city election was only 7.8 percent with 1,112 out of 14,102 voters bothering to cast a ballot.

In the City of Kingsville City Commission race, all four incumbent commissioners and the Mayor were elected to serve another two-year term.

Unopposed Mayor Sam Fugate accumulated 867 votes.

The city commission vote totals were as follows:

Incumbent Al Garcia, 622 votes; incumbent Charlie Wilson, 609 votes; Tomas R. Sanchez, 479; incumbent Arturo Pecos, 541; and incumbent Stanley Laskowski, 569.

In the KISD school trustee race, three seats were up for election with two incumbents securing their spot.

Newcomer Melissa Dawson Windham won her seat in Place 1 out of the six candidates vying for the spot.

Candidates for Place included Johnny Sandoval, 302 votes; Windham, 621; Ruben G. Soliz, 60 votes; Marty A. Ontiveros, 10

Elections votes; John Edward Moreno, 60 votes; and Alberto Ruiz, 602 votes.

In Place 2, incumbent Annabelle M. Garza, with 822 votes, defeated Rudy Macareno, with 715 votes.

In Place 3, challenger Luis “LG” Canales, with 661 votes, lost to incumbent Joe R. Trevino, with 800 votes.

A $40 million bond issue to build a new H.M King High School was easily approved Saturday by voters residing within the Kingsville Independent School District boundaries.

The vote was 970 in favor and 612 against.

School officials said more than 40 percent of the cost of the bonds could be funded by a state school infrastructure grant.

In contrast to KISD voters, Riviera Independent School District voters overwhelmingly were against a proposition authorizing $18.5 million worth of bonds for new school buildings and a proposition that would have raised the cap on taxes for maintenance and operations of the school district.

On proposition 1 to raise the tax cap, the vote was 50 in favor and 439 against.

On proposition 2 to authorize $18.5 million worth of bonds, the vote was 43 in favor and 450 against.

In the City of Bishop City Council race, three positions were up for election.

In the mayoral race, incumbent mayor Victor Ramos received 292 votes and write in candidate Antonio “Tony” Garcia received 178 votes.

In Place 2, unopposed Rafaelita Cardenas received 399 votes.

In Place 4, Benito Reyes Jr., 221 votes, fell just shy of incumbent LeeRoy Kieshchnick with 278 votes.

The vote was almost unanimous to create Emergency District 6 with taxing power, which would provide much needed ambulance service for Bishop, Driscoll and Petronila.

A total of 411 votes were cast in favor of the proposition and 5 votes were against it.