Lewisville, Flower Mound and Highland Village May 5 elections yield runoff races

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By Sherelle Black | 3:35 AM May 6, 2018 CDT

After the May 5 elections, there are several races that will require a runoff election. Here are the races in Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland Village and Lewisville ISD that will have runoffs on June 16:

Lewisville City Council Place 2
•Ronni Cade

•R Neil Ferguson

Flower Mound Mayor
•Steve Dixon

•Cathy A. Strathmann

Highland Village City Council Place 2
• Jon Kixmiller

• Jim Archibald

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By Sherelle Black

Sherelle joined Community Impact Newspaper in July 2014 as a reporter for the Grapevine/Colleyville/Southlake edition. She was promoted in 2015 to editor of the GCS edition. In August 2017, Sherelle became the editor of the Lewisville/Flower Mound/Highland Village edition. Sherelle covers transportation, economic development, education and features.

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