"We pulled it off in a very difficult runoff environment," Siegel said. "I'm really proud of my team (and) excited to get to work on City Council." Bledsoe, a well-known civil rights attorney and advocate,

After a month of runoff campaigning that sometimes got contentious, the election came down to a winning margin of 206 votes. On a drizzly night in Central Texas, Mike Siegel edged out his opponent, Gary Bledsoe,

Travis County voters returned to the polls Saturday (and in early voting) to settle a few races that didn't get called last month.