It’s time to celebrate the people, pickleball courts, pastries, pet boarders, paletas, cheesemongers, kids bookstores, barbershops, and plenty more that do Dallas proud.
More than 12% of Richardson’s registered voters took part in the city’s May 1 election, according to city officials.
Voters selected City Council members, Richardson ISD board members and approved the school district’s $750 million bond package.
Collin County saw 14.71% of registered voters in the county cast ballots in the spring election, while Dallas County had 9.63% voter turnout, according to data from the two counties. Richardson Deputy City Manager Don Magner said the city’s combined turnout for the two counties was 12.52%.
“We always want as many people to take part as they can, but for a local election it is a good turnout,” Magner said.
One Richardson City Council race heading to runoff, Place 4 council incumbent defeated
Five city council races were uncontested.
The city of Richardson is pictured in this file photo.(Video screenshot by City of Richardson)
Richardson City Council candidates Arefin Shamsul and Marilyn Frederick are headed to a June 5 runoff election.
Shamsul received 40.5% of the votes for the Place 6 race and Frederick had 30%. Candidates must earn at least 50% of votes to avoid going to a runoff.
The May 1 election also saw Joe Corcoran defeat incumbent Kyle Kepner for the Place 4 council seat. Corcoran received 53.4% of the votes and Kepner, who was seeking a second term, secured 46.6%.
Our recommendations in all May 1 elections
We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race.
Your friends at The Dallas Morning News editorial board have provided for you a way to research candidates in May 1 election races that matter to you. Read our Voter Guide at voterguide.dallasnews.com.(Eric Gay / The Associated Press)
District 6: Michael Wood (R)
Michael Wood, 34, set himself apart in a huge field of 23 candidates that will likely result in a runoff to fill the seat of late Congressman Ron Wright, who died of COVID-19 in February. Wood is a Fort Worth businessman and military veteran who we think embodies key conservative principles of limited government, low taxes, reducing debt, reforming entitlement programs, religious liberty, free trade and support of Second Amendment rights. But what sets him apart from other Republicans is his willingness to tackle hard truths about his own party. Wood said the GOP has become a “cult of personalit
City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas
City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas Election Day is May 1.
Courtesy photo In this week s roundup of Dallas news, city council races are getting spicy. Fair Park is commissioning a study on traffic. There s a free seminar on how to handle your money, and a new DART train station in Irving. Here s what happened in Dallas this week:
City Council dust-up #1 May 1 is Election Day, when Dallas and other cities will vote in a new crop of city council members. So far, outside of the Reform Dallas page on Facebook, the election has been quiet.