UPDATE – 1:00 a.m. 

An underdog Democratic candidate stunned a former 14-year commissioner Tuesday to take the highest elected office in Hays County. 

Ruben Becerra, a San Marcos business owner, defeated Will Conley by 2,649 votes, according to unofficial, final results. All results will be canvassed by the Hays County Commissioners Court at a later date. 

Becerra, who unsuccessfully ran for the San Marcos CISD board of trustees and Mayor of San Marcos in previous years, won his first e...