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More than 12% of Richardson’s registered voters took part in the city’s May 1 election, according to city officials. Voters selected City Council members, Richardson ISD board members and approved the school district’s $750 million bond package. Collin County saw 14.71% of registered voters in the county cast ballots in the spring election, while Dallas County had 9.63% voter turnout, according to data from the two counties. Richardson Deputy City Manager Don Magner said the city’s c...

One Richardson City Council race heading to runoff, Place 4 council incumbent defeated Five city council races were uncontested. The city of Richardson is pictured in this file photo.(Video screenshot by City of Richardson) Richardson City Council candidates Arefin Shamsul and Marilyn Frederick are headed to a June 5 runoff election. Shamsul received 40.5% of the votes for the Place 6 race and Frederick had 30%. Candidates must earn at least 50% of votes to avoid going to a runoff. The May 1 e...

Our recommendations in all May 1 elections We interviewed candidates in 28 local elections. Here are summaries of each race. Your friends at The Dallas Morning News editorial board have provided for you a way to research candidates in May 1 election races that matter to you. Read our Voter Guide at voterguide.dallasnews.com.(Eric Gay / The Associated Press) District 6: Michael Wood (R) Michael Wood, 34, set himself apart in a huge field of 23 candidates that will likely result in a runoff to fi...

City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas City Council elections get spicy and more news around Dallas Election Day is May 1. Courtesy photo In this weeks roundup of Dallas news, city council races are getting spicy. Fair Park is commissioning a study on traffic. Theres a free seminar on how to handle your money, and a new DART train station in Irving. Heres what happened in Dallas this week: City Council dust-up #1 May 1 is Election Day, when Dallas and other cities will...