Runoff Elections

Pro-Airport Expansion Candidate To Win McKinney Mayor’s Race

By Charles Grand / June 9, 2025 /

The mayoral race in McKinney was decided in a runoff election on Saturday, with commercial real estate executive and current zoning commissioner Bill Cox coming out on top over local pastor and former state lawmaker Scott Sanford. Unofficial results show 52.55% of McKinney voters supported Cox in the runoff, which actually saw more turnout than…

City Hall Roundup: Runoffs, High-Speed Rail, Police Academy

By Charles Grand / June 8, 2025 /

Two more new faces will be joining council members at the horseshoe in Dallas City Hall after runoff elections were held on Saturday. As of 10 p.m. last night, District 8 candidate Lorie Blair and District 11 candidate Bill Roth were leading their respective races by significant margins. Blair was clocking about 56.2% of the…

Last Day of Early Voting for Dallas City Council Runoffs

By Charles Grand / June 3, 2025 /

Today is the last day of early voting in the runoffs for Dallas City Council Districts 8 and 11, the last bits of unresolved May election business for the Big D. Council members will certainly have their work cut out for them heading into the summer, with a projected budget shortfall and questions over the…

City Hall Roundup: Election Results, Permit Ruling, DallasNow

By Charles Grand / May 4, 2025 /

There’s going to be some new faces at City Hall next month after Saturday’s election, but a couple of Dallas City Council races have yet to be decided. Runoff elections are scheduled for June 7 in District 8 and District 11, everything else about the city council’s makeup has been decided by voters, barring some…

Dallas City Council District 3: Zarin Gracey Is Your New Council Member

By April Towery / June 11, 2023 /

When term-limited District 3 Dallas City Council Member Casey Thomas announced in December, “He’s got next” in a photo with longtime public servant and pastor Zarin Gracey, he wasn’t wrong. It just took a while. With all precincts reporting around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Gracey claimed the D3 seat in the City Council’s only runoff, earning…