Incumbent Keresa Richardson wins District 61 Republican primary race

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Updated March 3, 9:45 p.m.

With 37 of 86 vote centers reporting, Collin County officials have released updated voting totals showing Keresa Richardson is still in the lead to be the Republican candidate for the District 61 race with 9,826 votes, or 69.28% of votes cast.

Richardson is running against challenger Frederick Frazier, who has received 4,356 votes, or 30.72% of votes cast, according to Collin County voting results.

What’s next

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.

Updated March 3, 9:45 p.m.

With 4 of 86 vote centers reporting, Collin County officials have released updated voting totals showing Keresa Richardson is still in the lead to be the Republican candidate for the District 61 race with 9,216 votes, or 69.71% of votes cast.

Richardson is running against challenger Frederick Frazier, who has received 4,004 votes, or 30.29% of votes cast, according to Collin County voting results.

Posted 7:34 p.m.

Incumbent Keresa Richardson is leading the race for the Republican bid in the Texas House District 61 election, according to early voting results from Collin County.

What you need to know

Collin County has released early voting totals showing Richardson is in the lead to be the Republican candidate for District 61. Richardson is running against challenger Frederick Frazier.

Richardson is in the lead with 9,078 votes, or 69.98% of early votes cast. Frazier has earned 3,895 early votes, or 30.02% of votes cast.

The winner will appear again on the November ballot against the winner of the Democratic primary, which features candidates Jackie Bescherer and Brittany Black. Cities the district represents include McKinney, Frisco and Celina.

The context

Nearly 10% of Collin County's 752,502 registered voters cast a ballot in the primary election during early voting, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website.

Early voting for the 2026 primary election started Feb. 17 and ended Feb. 27 across the state, and unofficial results show 72,657 ballots were cast in-person or by mail, totaling about 9.66% of registered Collin County voters, ahead of the March 3 primary elections.