Three of the nine seats on the Collin College Board of Trustees were open in the Saturday, May 3, general election.
Collin County Elections said Staci L. Weaver had 37,166 votes, or 58.20%, for Place 4, previously occupied by Trustee Greg Gomel. Tamara Thomas had 26,694 votes, or 41.80%.
Place 5 Trustee Raj Menon was unopposed and received 45,680 votes.
Place 6 incumbent Stacy Arias filed for reelection but withdrew from the race, leaving Justin Adcock unopposed. He received 45,828 votes.
In Lavon, voters in the city’s extraterritorial area approved creating a development district with a 0.5% sales tax to fund local improvement projects. Of the 240 total votes cast, 187 votes, or 77.92%, were in favor of the proposition.
Community ISD voters re-elected Jeff Pendell, who received 50.94% of the 424 votes, for Place 1 and beat challenger Kathryn Grant.
Place 3 was won by Jeff Cox with 43.39% of the total votes. He beat challengers Adam Strickland, Chelysia Renae Young and Heather Minyard.
Voters in Blue Ridge ISD went to the polls to decide one contested seat and confirm three incumbents on the district’s Board of Trustees.
Jenna Capps secured the only contested race, winning Place 4 with 68.42% of the 418 votes cast. She defeated fellow newcomer Eddie Childers to claim the seat.
Incumbents Matt Grier, Scott Cessna and John Gaulden were all unopposed and re-elected to Places 2, 6 and 7, respectively.
Blue Ridge city council also reported the election of three new council members. Voters selected from five candidates and the three receiving the most votes earned an At-Large seat.
Trenton Sissom (28.02%), Linda Braly (27.14%) and Wendy Mattingly (24.19%), all newcomers, won council seats. They defeated incumbent Tammy Crosswhite (13.27%) and Dennis Davis (7.37%).
All results become official after each municipality or district canvass the votes in upcoming meetings.
Collin County Elections said 740,482 voters were registered in the county, but just under 11% turned out for a total of 81,258 ballots cast. Early voting accounted for 53,399 votes and 26,857 voters went to the polls on Election Day, Collin County Elections said.
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