In a statement, Coppoletta congratulated Thomason on his victory and said she would continue to be a presence at council meetings. "While not on council, you can bet your taxpayer's dollar that I will watch the council's every move," she said. "Together we will fight to make sure that development will not destroy our beautiful city. […]

The room went into a congratulatory roar and applause for the new councilmember. The happiness felt in the room was briefly interrupted after Mashburn said only 1,138 (3.93 percent) of 28,954 San Marcos registered voters cast ballots, prompting Narvaiz to yell to Thomason, “Who cares? You won!” […]

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Coppoletta said she has focused much attention to issues facing veterans. “(My proposals) are getting the ears of city officials,” Coppoletta said. “I’m also an activist in preserving the San Marcos River, and in making sure that graduating college students get good paying jobs in our community.” […]

"Good friend of the show, Lisa Marie Coppoletta, is in the midst of a run off for Place 5 on the San Marcos City Council." […]

Homebuilder Ryan Thomason and academic adviser Lisa Marie Coppoletta will face each other in a Dec. 15 run-off election for San Marcos City Council Place 5 after late-arriving ballots failed to push Thomason over the top. […]

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In a public statement on her campaign Web site, Coppoletta, who came in second with 26 percent of the votes, said she, too, is up for the challenge. “I received nearly 5,000 votes just a year ago,” Coppoletta said in the statement. “I am confident in my chances of winning this runoff election as I pledge to continue to fight for people of San Marcos.” […]

Thomason could ask for a recount with hopes of finding those three votes. If a recount doesn’t change the election, or if a recount doesn’t occur, then Thomason would go into a run-off election against academic advisor Lisa Marie Coppoletta, who finished second in the election with 504 votes. Small business owner Shaune Maycock finished third with 460 votes. […]

Coppoletta declined to comment on Tuesday’s results. “I believe the most professional way to proceed is to wait for Ms. Cowan to do her job as elections admisitrator before commenting,” Coppoletta said. […]

Meanwhile, home builder Ryan Thomas appears likely to face Lisa Marie Coppoletta in a run-off after falling three votes short of winning an outright majority in the Place 5 race. He won 960 votes, or 49.9 percent, against Coppoletta’s 504 votes (26.2 percent) and Shaune C. Maycock’s 460 votes (23.9 percent). […]

Both Coppoletta and Thomason are back on their campaign trail. […]

If not, the race will probably go to a runoff, with runner-up Lisa Marie Coppoletta, as she gained 26 percent of the vote. […]

Coppoletta is an academic adviser at Texas State University and arts commissioner for San Marcos. […]

Coppoletta initially said she would not have a watch party due to a 20-year family tradition of watching the results at home. Plans were changed when supporters showed interest in hosting her first election watch party. She joined supporters at a private watch party at Wake The Dead off Ranch Road 12. Coppoletta said the runoff gives her further opportunity […]