Incumbents Vanessa Pacheco, Regina Harris and Rachel McGowan will retain their seats as the Richardson ISD board of trustees canvas the May 3 election results in a May 13 special called meeting.

Per school board documents, only two board members are required to be present to canvas the results.

The results

Initially, the Place 2 race between Pacheco and challenger Pamela Hughes was expected to go to a runoff election, which would have been held June 7 as neither candidate received 50% of the vote. However, mail-in ballots pushed Pacheco over the threshold and she received a total of 50.09% of votes cast.

In Place 5, McGowan received 87% of votes, defeating challenger Christina Angelina Neria.

Place 3 trustee Regina Harris ran opposed.

What they’re saying

“I want to thank the voters that came out in District 5,” McGowan said. “I look forward to serving on the school board for another three years.”