In an election nail-biter, Joy Donovan Brandon took the Place 2 seat on the City Council by just several votes to clinch the 50-percent-plus one majority needed to win and avoid a runoff.

She won with 50.1 percent of the vote (1,940 votes), according to the election numbers from Tarrant County, beating Jeron Liverman with 1,296 votes (33.5 percent) and Tycom “Ty” Wright with 636 votes (16.4 percent).

Her goal, once elected, is to keep Bedford’s progress moving forward,” said Joy Donovan Brandon during her campaign for City Council, Place 2.  “I want to help choose the next city manager.  Also, in the sights of the former Star-Telegram reporter and now-public relations executive, is the potential for the City in moving forward with the Bedford Commons and Campus West developments.

Donovan Brandon explained she was encouraged to run by several people and “enthusiastically agreed to step up my involvement.”  That “involvement,” she further detailed, includes “supporting our fine fire and police departments, improving streets, attracting new business and managing budgets.”  But, she added, our “wonderful community” also “involves improving our parks” along with supporting our “award-winning public library and developing Bedford’s new annual Eats and Beats festival that “showcases what Bedford has to offer to a broader community.”