According to unofficial results with all voting centers reporting, three candidates hold a more than 50% lead for the three seats up for election on the Tarrant Appraisal District board of directors.
What you need to know
According to unofficial voting results, here are how the votes stand:
Place 1
- Eric Morris won with 39,164 votes, or 53.97%
- Sayeda Bilquees Syed received 17,894 votes, or 24.66%
- Trae Fowler received 15,507 votes, or 21.37%
- Callie Rigney won with 44,234 votes, or 62.15%
- Eric B. Crile received 26,937 votes, or 37.85%
- Matt Bryant won with 35.771 votes, or 50.50%
- Lee Henderson received 21,915 votes, or 30.94%
- Chuck Kelley received 13,149 votes, or 18.56%
Morris noted that to have candidates win by margins like this without heading to a runoff election sends a "very clear message" to the Tarrant Appraisal District and other taxing entities. He reiterated that his goals are to set strict appraisal limits, fix the district's website and go to a three-year appraisal system.
"It's important for voters to continue to get involved," Morris said. "They need to show up to the board meetings and they need to reiterate to the board and to their city councils and school boards where they want the direction of TAD to go, because we can't do it alone. We need to continue to have voter support."
Messages to Rigney and Bryant for comment were not immediately returned.
What else?
Tarrant County shows 83,161 ballots were cast countywide, which represents 6.52% of Tarrant County's 1.28 million voters.
Updated 10:13 p.m.
According to unofficial results with 133 of 180 voting centers reporting, two leaders are holding a more than 50% lead for the three seats up for election on the Tarrant Appraisal District board of directors.
What you need to know
There are a total of eight candidates in the running for the three open board seats.
According to unofficial early voting results, here are how the votes stand:
Place 1
- Eric Morris leads with 32,015 votes, or 53.35%
- Sayeda Bilquees Syed has 14,968 votes, or 24.94%
- Trae Fowler trails with 13,022 votes, or 21.70%
- Callie Rigney leads with 36,305 votes, or 61.69%
- Eric B. Crile trails with 22,544 votes, or 38.31%
- Matt Bryant leads with 29,072 votes, or 49.59%
- Lee Henderson has 18,528 votes, or 31.60%
- Chuck Kelley has 11,025 votes, or 18.81%
Tarrant County shows 68,752 ballots cast were countywide, which represents 5.39% of Tarrant County's 1.28 million voters.
Posted 7:20 p.m. May 4
The county has released early voting totals for the three seats up for election on the Tarrant Appraisal District board of directors.
What you need to know
There are a total of eight candidates in the running for the three open board seats.
According to unofficial early voting results, here are how the results stand:
Place 1
- Eric Morris leads with 26,773 votes, or 54.34%
- Sayeda Bilquees Syed has 12,019 votes, or 24.39%
- Trae Fowler trails with 10,478 votes, or 21.27%
- Callie Rigney leads with 30,392 votes, or 62.72%
- Eric B. Crile trails with 18,065 votes, or 37.28%
- Matt Bryant leads with 24,397 votes, or 50.53%
- Lee Henderson has 14,804 votes, or 30.66%
- Chuck Kelley has 9,084 votes, or 18.81%
In early voting, there were 49,972 ballots cast at locations across the county, which represents 3.91% of Tarrant County's 1.28 million registered voters.
Totals from ballots cast May 4 have yet to be released. Polls closed at 7 p.m., although voters who were in line at 7 p.m. were still able to cast ballots.
The background
Senate Bill 2 mandates that counties with a population of over 75,000 should have their boards of directors increased by three members through a majority vote, who will be elected to staggered, four-year terms.
A majority vote means that the winning candidate must receive more than 50% of the votes.
- If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, then a runoff election is required between the top two vote getters.
The five existing board members are elected by taxing entities in the county, such as school board members, city and town council members, Tarrant County commissioners and Tarrant County College's board of trustees.
What’s next?
If a runoff election is needed, it is slated for June 15. The winners of the three races will take office July 1 and serve until Dec. 31, 2026.
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.
