EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Business owner and former restaurant owner Alejandra "Ale" Chavez is the apparent winner in the runoff race for El Paso’s City Council District 1, according to the unofficial final results released at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Chavez, Reyes headed to runoff in District 1 Chavez appears to have won with 4,756 votes or 63.27 percent. Monica Reyes, executive director of student support services with Canutillo ISD, trailed with 2,761 votes or 36.73 percent. Chavez and Reyes ran against two other candidates in the general election on Nov. 5, vying to fill the unexpired term of Brian Kennedy in District 1. Kennedy had to resign his seat representing parts of the West Side and the Upper Valley to run for mayor. Since no one received more than 50 percent of the votes, that triggered a runoff between Chavez and Reyes. In District 3, Deanna Maldonado-Rocha appears to have won the runoff race after the unofficial final results were released at 10 p.m. Maldonado-Rocha has 3,025 votes or 63.74 percent, followed by Jose Rodriguez with 1,721 votes or 36.26 percent. Maldonado is a capacity analyst in the health-care industry, while Jose Rodriguez is a real-estate agent. The candidates are vying to succeed Cassandra Hernandez, who has served two terms and ran for mayor in the general election on Nov. 5. District 3 includes the area around El Paso International Airport down to the border and parts of the Lower Valley.