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Posted Nov. 3, 7:16 p.m.
Sunny Busby is leading the race for the District 1 seat on Denton City Council, according to early voting results from Denton County.
What you need to know
Denton County released early voting totals showing Busby is in the lead to represent District 1 on Denton City Council with 1,777 votes or 42.65% of early votes cast.
Busby is running against challengers Ward Franz, Michael Herron and Kris Cox. Herron received 855 early votes, or 20.52% of early votes cast. Cox has received 783 early votes, or 18.8% of early votes cast. Franz received 751 early votes, or 18% of early votes cast.
Both Cox and Herron ran for the District 1 seat earlier this year and lost in the May 2 election to Jordan Villarreal, according to previous reporting. A special election for the seat was called after Villarreal announced he was stepping down from the position July 30.
The context
In the early voting period from Oct. 19-30, 317,698 Denton County residents voted, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website. This includes the 6,815 ballots mailed in. There are 688,032 registered voters across Denton County, according to data from the Texas Secretary of State's website.
In the first week of early voting from Oct. 19 to the end of day Oct. 25, 197,201 ballots were cast in the county, according to previous reporting.
Stay tuned
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Visit www.communityimpact.com/voter-guide/ to see results from all local elections in your community.
