Ernest Lynch will join McKinney City Council after securing the At Large 1 seat in a runoff race.
The gist
With all 15 vote centers reporting, Lynch secured 62.64% of the votes cast, totaling 11,852 votes.
Opponent Jim Garrison received 7,070 votes, representing 37.36% of votes cast, according to unofficial voting results from Collin County.
The race saw 18,922 votes cast overall. In Collin County, 29,374 voters turned out to vote in a runoff election. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
What they’re saying
Lynch, a retired health care administration professional who served as the CEO of Medical City McKinney for over 20 years, said he is looking forward to joining the council.
“I’m absolutely delighted at the voter turnout, and I'm appreciative of all my supporters and everything for all the hard work [on] my campaign,” Lynch said. “I want to commend my opponent for running good race, Mr. Garrison, and I look forward to serving the people of the city of McKinney.”
Updated 9:30 p.m., June 7
Ernest Lynch is holding the lead in the runoff race for the At Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council, unofficial voting results show.
The details
With 14 of 15 vote centers reporting, Lynch has received 11,852 votes, representing 62.64% of votes cast. Candidate Jim Garrison has received 7,070 votes, representing 37.36% of votes cast, according to Collin County election results.
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released.
Updated 9 p.m., June 7
Ernest Lynch is holding the lead in the runoff race for the At Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council, unofficial voting results show.
The details
With 12 of 15 vote centers reporting, Lynch has received 11,367 votes, representing 62.95% of votes cast. Candidate Jim Garrison has received 6,689 votes, representing 37.05% of votes cast, according to Collin County election results.
Updated 8:30 p.m., June 7
Ernest Lynch is leading in the runoff race for the At Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council, unofficial voting results show.
The details
With 4 of 15 vote centers reporting, Lynch has received 9,755 votes, representing 62.78% of votes cast. Candidate Jim Garrison has received 5,783 votes, representing 37.22% of votes cast, according to Collin County election results.
Posted 7:15 p.m., June 7
Early voting results from Collin County show an early lead for Ernest Lynch in the runoff race to fill the At Large 1 seat on McKinney City Council.
What you need to know
In the runoff race, Lynch has received 9,228 votes, which represents about 62.94% of the 14,662 votes cast in the race during early voting.
Candidate Jim Garrison follows with 5,434 votes, representing 37.06% of votes cast, according to early voting results from Collin County.
The context
The race went to a runoff after the May 3 election results determined that one candidate did not receive more than 50% of the votes cast, the threshold required to win the race, Collin County Elections Administration Kaleb Breaux said.
Votes cast in the At Large 1 race during the May 3 election include:
- Brian J. Magnuson: 3,257 votes, which represents about 19% of votes cast
- Derrick Tarver: 3,072 votes, which represents about 17.92% of votes cast
- Ernest Lynch: 5.027 votes, which represents about 19.33% of votes cast
- Taha Ansari: 2,361 votes, which represents about 13.78% of votes cast
- Jim Garrison: 3,422 votes, which represents about 19.97% of votes cast
Totals from ballots cast June 7 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
