Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend. The city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday. They hope to have the results by Friday.

Which sentence has been edited into one compound-complex sentence correctly?
A.
Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend, the city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday, they hope to have the results by Friday.
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Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend the city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday and they hope to have the results by Friday.
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Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend, the city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday, and they hope to have the results by Friday.
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Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend the city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday, and they hope to have the results by Friday.

C.

Even though most people will be out of town for the holiday weekend, the city council plans to hold a vote to elect a new president on Thursday, and they hope to have the results by Friday.