Incumbent Misty Songe Hart retains mayoral seat

Published 10:54 pm Saturday, May 3, 2025

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Misty Songe Hart wins another term as mayor of Vidor. The Vidor mayoral race saw the only mayoral race in Orange County. 

The results are as follows:

Misty Songe Hart with 50.63% of the vote or 364 total votes.

Nicole McGowan with 31.29% of the vote or 225 total votes 

Ken Luce with 10.01% of the vote or 72 total votes

Trevor Daughtry with 3.2% of the vote or 23 total votes 

Shawn Volkmann with 2.64% of the vote or 19 total votes

Ashley Hall with 2.23% of the votes or 16 total votes 

 

Vidor City Council seats in Ward 1 and Ward 6 were also up for grabs. Kelly Carder won Ward 1 with 55.96%, defeating Jerrod C. Nash.

 

Deborah Gatlin won Ward 6 with 50.62% of the vote, defeating incumbent Kathryn Weldon. 

 

Vidor ISD School Board Trustee seats Position 4 and Position 5 were up for election. Natalie Martinez Long won Position 4 with 50.08% of the vote. Matt McPayne won Position 5 with 60.91% of the vote.