Local, educational board, and borrowing selections took place all over North Texas on Saturday, and the number of people who voted was relatively small.
In Dallas County, just 5.6% of registered voters took part in the voting process through early and in-person voting. Similarly, only 6.52% of Tarrant County voters participated.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Dallas’ entire $1.25 billion bond package was approved in the election, with fewer more than 40,000 voters agreeing to the taxpayer spending.
Unofficial election results show that bond proposals were successful across the metroplex. Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, Hutchins, and Rowlett all had their bond packages approved by voters.
In Irving, voters rejected the city’s single bond proposition by a large margin, and in Lewisville, voters approved two out of four bond items presented by city officials. Apart from that, voters in Dallas County agreed to take on billions of dollars in taxpayer debt to fund the various projects listed in their municipal bond packages. Cedar Hill ISD voters also approved two bond propositions.
Outside of Dallas County, bond packages promising facility improvements, security upgrades, and more were approved in Castleberry ISD, Everman ISD, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Lewisville ISD, and Mansfield ISD. However, voters in Mansfield ISD turned down three out of the five bond propositions presented by their school board. passed In Tarrant County, it seemed that the support of Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare made a significant impact on several races.
“The results are in for Tarrant County. Congratulations to our 3 new [Tarrant Appraisal District] Board members: Eric Morris, Callie Rigney for TAD Board of Directors, PL 2, and Matt Bryant. Congratulations to [North Richland Hills] Mayor-Elect Jack McCarty, Councilmen-Elect Ricky Rodriguez for North Richland Hills City Council, Place 2, and Russ Mitchell. Congratulations to Keller ISD Trustees Dr. Charles Randklev, Keller ISD Board of Trustees, Place 6, and Heather Washington, Keller ISD Board of Trustees Pl. 7 on their re-elections, Shannon Braun for [Grapevine-Colleyville ISD] School Board Place 1 on her re-election, Greg Will for Keller on his win for Keller City Council and Tim Raine for his win for Colleyville City Council,” O’Hare
on Facebook. wrote “All but 1 of the 12 candidates I endorsed won their races. Congratulations to all. It was a great day for conservatives in Tarrant County!” he added.
Elsewhere in North Texas, Frisco residents voted against adopting a civil service and allowing firefighters to bargain collectively, The Dallas Morning News
. The news outlet also reported that Anna ISD voters reporteda proposal for a new high school stadium with a price tag of $100 million. shot down In McKinney, voters approved bond spending for street repairs and improvements and parks but declined to support the establishment of a new municipal court, per KERA News.
