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.
Richardson ISD voters will decide on new members for the single-member District 1 and at-large Place 7 positions on the district’s board of trustees in the May 1 election. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The single-member District 1 seat is currently held by Jean Bono, who decided not to run for re-election. Seeking the seat are Tony Casagrande, president of Campos Engineering Inc.; Vicky Suárez, an elementary music teacher in Plano ISD; and Megan Timme, the director of administrative services at Region 10 Educational Service Center.
The at-large Place 7 position is currently held by Kim Caston, who also decided not to seek another term. Running for that seat are Amanda Clair, an educational consultant and an academic director; Nicole Foster, a teacher in Dallas ISD; Gavin Haynes, a control manager; Nicholas Frank LaGrassa, a security guard; Christopher J. Poteet, a civil engineer; Blake Sawyer, who works in technical training and support at Amped Software; and Eric Stengel