Posted 9:20 p.m. Nov. 3
According to unofficial early voting results, Daniel Arizpe and incumbents Naressa MacKinnon and Cameron Dickey are leading the race for three seats on the Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 board of commissioners with 40,332 votes, 34,292 votes and 34,697 votes, respectively. Deborah Shepler has 29,336 votes. Zero of 623 precincts have reported.
All results are unofficial until canvassed.
What you need to know
Four candidates are running for the three seats on the five-member Harris County ESD9 board of commissioners: incumbents Cameron Dickey and Naressa MacKinnon, and Daniel Arizpe and Deborah Shepler. The district supports fire suppression and emergency medical services for the Cy-Fair Fire Department.
Voters could choose up to three candidates from a single nonpartisan list. The top three vote-getters win four-year terms, so no runoff is required.
The board voted in May to move the election from May 2027 to the November ballot, citing higher turnout in a midterm year.
The background
Candidates cited growth as the district's biggest challenge, including the need for more stations and staff. At its Oct. 29 meeting, the board received positive financial and HR audit results for the CFFD.
Zooming out
In Harris County, 1.08 million ballots were cast during the early voting period from Oct. 19-31 according to unofficial results.
Voting totals from Election Day have not yet been released. Polls closed at 7 p.m., although voters in line at 7 p.m. were still able to cast ballots.
What's next?
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
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All results are unofficial until canvassed.
