With all 59 vote centers in Collin County reporting, the race for the At-Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council is going to a runoff election.
The specifics
Candidate Ernest Lynch received the most votes but did not receive more than 50% of total votes cast, which is the threshold required to win the five-candidate race.
Votes cast in the race include:
- Ernest Lynch received 5,025 votes, representing 29.34% of votes cast
- Jim Garrison received 3,422 votes, representing 19.98% of votes cast
- Brian J. Magnuson received 3,256 votes, representing 19.01% of votes cast
- Derrick Tarver received 3,068 votes, representing 17.91% of votes cast
- Taha Ansari received 2,358 votes, representing 13.77% of votes cast
What’s next?
The election day for runoff races is scheduled for June 7, with early voting being held May 27-31 as well as June 2-3. Voting locations, sample ballots and voting hours will be available on the Collin County Elections website.
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Posted 10:10 p.m. May 3
With 36 of 59 vote centers reporting, Ernest Lynch is holding on to the lead in the race for the At-Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council.
The specifics
Lynch has received 4,936 votes, representing 29.42% of votes cast, according to Collin County election results. It will require one candidate receiving more than 50% of votes cast to win the five-candidate race. Votes cast for other candidates in the race include:
- Jim Garrison received 3,364 votes, representing 20.05% of votes cast
- Brian J. Magnuson received 3,202 votes, representing 19.09% of votes cast
- Derrick Tarver received 3,005 votes, representing 17.91% of votes cast
- Taha Ansari received 2,268 votes, representing 13.52% of votes cast
With 22 of 59 vote centers reporting, Ernest Lynch is maintaining his lead in the race for the At-Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council.
Lynch has received 4,113 votes, representing 30.07% of votes cast, according to Collin County election results. It will require one candidate receiving more than 50% of votes cast to win the five-candidate race.
Votes cast for other candidates in the race include:
- Jim Garrison received 2,800 votes, representing 20.47% of votes cast
- Brian J. Magnuson received 2,600 votes, representing 19.01% of votes cast
- Derrick Tarver received 2,353 votes, representing 17.2% of votes cast
- Taha Ansari received 1,813 votes, representing 13.25% of votes cast
Early voting results from Collin County show an early lead for Ernest Lynch in a five-candidate race to serve in the At-Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council.
What you need to know
In the race, Lynch has received 3,709 votes which represents about 31.09% of votes, according to early voting results. Candidate Jim Garrison follows with 2,420 votes, representing 20.29% of votes cast, according to early voting results.
Other early voting results for race include:
- Brian J. Magnuson received 2,291 votes, which represents about 19.21% of votes cast
- Derrick Tarver received 1,975 votes, which represents about 16.56% of votes cast
- Taha Ansari received 1,503 votes, which represents about 12.85% of votes cast
In early voting, there were 54,401 ballots cast countywide, which represents 7.35% of Collin County’s 740,482 registered voters.
Totals from ballots cast May 3 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.
