Two candidates are running for Cedar Park City Council Place 4 in the May 2 election.

Community Impact conducted Q&As with both candidates, Michael Endres and Kevin O'Bryan.

Current Place 4 City Council member Eric Boyce is not seeking reelection. He was first elected to City Council in 2020.

Dig deeper: The positions of mayor and City Council places 2 and 6 will also be on the ballot, as well as several proposed amendments to the city's charter.

All City Council positions and the mayor are elected at-large, meaning they serve the entire city and everyone living within the city can vote in all races.

Early voting for the May 2 election runs from April 20-28.

In their own words: Candidates were asked to keep responses within 50 words, answer the questions provided and avoid attacking opponents. Answers may have been edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity.

Williamson County is fully reporting unofficial results from all 178 voting precincts for both the Democratic and Republican primary elections as of 12:56 p.m. March 4.

The county processed 33,173 election day ballots, according to the elections result tracker.

The results: The two candidates with the most votes for the Williamson County Precinct 2 commissioner in the Republican primary are David McDonald and Jeff Mayes. McDonald won 45.13% of the votes, amounting to 5,819 ballots cast, and Mayes received 29.46% of votes, or 3,716 ballots cast. No Democratic candidates ran for the position. 

Because neither candidates earned more than 50% of votes, they will face off in the May 26 runoff. 

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3. New shopping center, flex campus planned for Pflugerville neighborhoods

4. Bee Cave advances shifts to The Village at Spanish Oaks

5. First Watch debuts breakfast favorites in Bastrop March 16

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Texas attracts dozens of company headquarters to the state annually, with at least 314 businesses moving their main office to Texas from other states between 2015-2024, data from the governor’s office shows.

Zooming in: At least 24 companies moved their headquarters to Texas in 2024, with more than half landing in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Two companies relocated from other countries, with data center developer Hive Digital Technologies bringing its home base from Canada to San Antonio and pharmaceutical company IntraBio Inc. moving its headquarters from the United Kingdom to Austin.

How we got here: State officials and experts said Texas’ economic incentives and light regulatory environment are key reasons why companies brought their operations to the state in recent years.

“Texas wants companies to move here, and [company leaders] know that,” Megan Mauro, interim president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, told Community Impact. “Our legislative policy is really impacted by the voices of employers here.”