Carolyn Vaughn

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Carolyn Vaughn

Nonpartisan

Corpus Christi City Council At-large

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

0

Prior offices

Corpus Christi City Council District 1

Successor: Everett Roy

Predecessor: Kelley Allen

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Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Successor: Robert Hernandez

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Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Carolyn Vaughn is an at-large member of the Corpus Christi City Council in Texas. She assumed office on January 10, 2025. Her current term ends in 2026.

Vaughn ran for election for an at-large seat of the Corpus Christi City Council in Texas. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Carolyn Vaughn lives in Calallen. Vaughn's career experience includes working at her family-owned energy services company.

Elections

2024

See also: City elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (2024)

General election

General election for Corpus Christi City Council At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Corpus Christi City Council At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Vaughn (Nonpartisan)	17.2	32,974
✔		Mark Scott (Nonpartisan)	16.3	31,336
✔		Roland Barrera (Nonpartisan)	12.8	24,450
	Submit photo	Jim Klein (Nonpartisan)	12.2	23,327
	Submit photo	Larry Elizondo (Nonpartisan)	10.3	19,717
	Submit photo	Rachel Caballero (Nonpartisan)	9.4	18,048
		Jennifer Gracia (Nonpartisan)	8.3	15,973
	Submit photo	Sylvia Tryon (Nonpartisan)	4.8	9,110
	Submit photo	Jahvid Motaghi (Nonpartisan)	4.6	8,760
		Robert Reyna (Nonpartisan)	4.2	7,987

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 191,682
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Vaughn in this election.

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 34

Incumbent Abel Herrero defeated Carolyn Vaughn in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 34 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abel Herrero (D)	57.6	22,231
		Carolyn Vaughn (R)	42.4	16,333

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,564
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 34

Incumbent Abel Herrero advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 34 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abel Herrero	100.0	6,515

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,515
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 34

Carolyn Vaughn defeated James Hernandez in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 34 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Vaughn	72.3	4,835
		James Hernandez	27.7	1,857

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,692
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2020

Nueces County Commissioners Court

See also: Municipal elections in Nueces County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Robert Hernandez defeated Bill Kelly in the general election for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert Hernandez (D)	89.5	16,189
	Submit photo	Bill Kelly (Independent) (Write-in)	10.5	1,901

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,090
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Carolyn Vaughn (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Robert Hernandez advanced from the Democratic primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert Hernandez	100.0	3,204

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,204
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Incumbent Carolyn Vaughn advanced from the Republican primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Vaughn	100.0	2,910

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,910
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Mayor of Corpus Christi

See also: Mayoral election in Corpus Christi, Texas (2020)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Corpus Christi

Paulette Guajardo defeated incumbent Joe McComb in the general runoff election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on December 15, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan)	56.1	15,889
		Joe McComb (Nonpartisan)	43.9	12,453

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,342
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General election

General election for Mayor of Corpus Christi

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Corpus Christi on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joe McComb (Nonpartisan)	33.0	34,118
✔		Paulette Guajardo (Nonpartisan)	32.2	33,366
		Carolyn Vaughn (Nonpartisan)	16.6	17,198
		Priscilla Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)	5.2	5,427
		Eric Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)	4.2	4,330
		Ray Madrigal De Pancho Villa (Nonpartisan)	3.1	3,213
	Submit photo	Joe Michael Perez (Nonpartisan)	2.7	2,793
	Submit photo	John Medina (Nonpartisan)	2.7	2,775
	Submit photo	Roberto Seidner (Nonpartisan)	0.3	284

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,504
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Nueces County, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Incumbent Carolyn Vaughn defeated Robert Hernandez in the general election for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Vaughn (R)	54.9	10,192
	Submit photo	Robert Hernandez (D)	45.1	8,379

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,571
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Robert Hernandez advanced from the Democratic primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert Hernandez	100.0	2,014

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,014
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1

Incumbent Carolyn Vaughn advanced from the Republican primary for Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Vaughn	100.0	2,207

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,207
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2016

See also: Municipal elections in Corpus Christi, Texas (2016)

The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 22, 2016. All eight city council seats were up for election. Incumbent Carolyn Vaughn defeated Ryan Schroeder in the Corpus Christi City Council District 1 general election.

Corpus Christi City Council, District 1, General Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Carolyn Vaughn Incumbent	75.83%	8,273
Ryan Schroeder	24.17%	2,637
Total Votes		10,910
Source: "Nueces County Elections", "Nueces County 2016 General Election", accessed November 8, 2016

2014

See also: Corpus Christi, Texas municipal elections, 2014.

The city of Corpus Christi, Texas held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Eight council seats - three at-large and districts one through five - were up for election. In District 1, the candidates were Carolyn Vaughn, incumbent Kelley Allen, Carrie Robertson Meyer, John Garcia, Frank F. Schlegel and Tom Watson. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the general election, the top two vote-getters - Vaughn and Allen - faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014. Vaughn was the winner.

Corpus Christi City Council, District 1, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kelley Allen Incumbent	24.7%	1,545
Carolyn Vaughn	34.3%	2,148
Carrie Robertson Meyer	11%	687
John Garcia	16.8%	1,054
Frank F. Schlegel	2.7%	167
Tom Watson	10.6%	665
Total Votes		5,601
Source: Nueces County Clerk's Office - Official 2014 Election Results

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Carolyn Vaughn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Carolyn Vaughn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Carolyn Vaughn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

On her campaign website, Vaughn highlighted the following issues:

• High taxes
• Utilities
• Infrastructure
• Public safety

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Preceded by -	Corpus Christi City Council At-large 2025-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Nueces County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 2018-2020	Succeeded by Robert Hernandez (D)
Preceded by Kelley Allen	Corpus Christi City Council District 1 2015-2018	Succeeded by Everett Roy