Election Night was a good one for most local incumbents.
Incumbent republicans held onto the U.S. House seat for Denton County, the area’s State Senate seat and two State House seats, as well as the county sheriff and Precinct 3 County Commissioner. Democrat Michelle Beckley was able to hold off challenger Kronda Thimesch in a tight race for State Rep. in District 65.
At the local level, a few incumbents didn’t fare quite as well. Ann Martin easily unseated Claudio Forest for Flower Mound Town Council Place 5, while Sandeep Sharma held on for a close victory over challenger David Johnson. Martin and Sharma took hard anti-apartment stances in their campaign platforms.
In Argyle, incumbents Bryan Livingston and Sherri Myers, along with newcomer Rick Bradford, earned seats on town council.
Voters in Northwest ISD rejected all aspects of a $986 million bond package to address growth and aging facilities and technology.
Argyle ISD board members Craig Hawkesworth and Dr. John Bitter will keep their seats.
In the race for Denton County Commissioner, Precinct 3, Bobbie Mitchell (R) fended off challenger Delia Parker-Mims (D).
One election is too close to call, even with 100% of precincts reporting. Four votes separate the yea and nay votes about whether to create a Municipal Development District in Argyle.
As of Friday, the county had received 27,772 mail-in ballots, which is more than usual but still a small percentage of the total number of votes cast. Mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Tuesday and received on Wednesday will count, and some overseas ballots can be counted if they arrive up to six days after Election Day. While the number of mail-in ballots received after Election Day is expected to be relatively small, it’s not impossible that they could impact a close local race.
An overwhelming majority of voters cast their ballots early. According to the county, 67% of registered voters voted early, so the early voting results in almost every race were indicative of the final unofficial results.
The total voter turnout in Denton County was 74.17 percent.
Listed below are the complete unofficial results for local races, starting with the local seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, then the local state senate and house seats, followed by county offices, local town council and school board seats, with all districts reporting at 100%. The unofficial numbers are courtesy of the Denton County Elections Office (and some include Tarrant and Wise County voting numbers, when applicable). The following list does not include every single race that was on Denton County ballots. If you are interested in a race not listed below, click here.
U.S. Rep., District 26
- (R) Michael Burgess (i): 257,134
- (D) Carol Iannuzzi: 158,029
State Senator, District 12
- (R) Jane Nelson (i): 206,123
- (D) Shadi Zitoon: 129,070
State Rep., District 63
- (R) Tan Parker (i): 73,114
- (D) Leslie Peeler: 35,283
State Rep., District 64
- (R) Lynn Stucky (i): 47,990
- (D) Angela Brewer: 39,389
State Rep., District 65
- (R) Kronda Thimesch: 38,065
- (D) Michelle Beckley (i): 40,416
District Judge, 431st Judicial District
- (R) Jim Johnson: 224,880
- (D) Diana Weitzel: 166,715
Sheriff
- (R) Tracy Murphree (i): 279,130
- (D) Freyja Odinsdottir (write-in): 16,743
Denton County Commissioner, Precinct 3
- (R) Bobbie Mitchell (i): 43,470
- (D) Delia Parker-Mims: 31,578
Argyle
Place 1
- Bryan Livingston (i): 1,161
- Tom Irwin: 952
Place 3
- Sherri Myers (i): 1,262
- Richard Spies: 885
Place 5
- Rick Bradford: 1,314
- CB Standridge: 886
Prop A (Creation of Municipal Development District)
- For: 1,499
- Against: 1,495
Prop B (Subject to Prop A’s approval, termination of the Argyle Economic Development Corporation)
- For: 1,456
- Against: 906
Town of Bartonville
Prop A (1/2-cent sales tax dedicated to street maintenance)
- For: 877
- Against: 144
Copper Canyon Town Council
Place 5
- Bill Castleman (i): 271
- Jeffrey Alan Mayer: 617
Prop A (Extend the Crime Control and Prevention District)
- For: 732
- Against: 192
Flower Mound Town Council
Place 2
- Sandeep Sharma (i): 19,885
- David Johnson: 17,877
Place 5
- Claudio Forest (i): 9,097
- Ann Martin: 27,245
Belmont (Harvest) Fresh Water Supply District #1
Two at-large seats
- Charles Beagle (i): 312
- Matthew Brown (i): 758
- Travis Cooper: 798
- Steven Glickman: 509
Northlake Town Council
Place 2
- James Lambert (i): 1,051
- Michael C. Ganz: 1,074
Argyle ISD
Place 1
- Craig Hawkesworth (i): 3,950
- Phyllis Clark: 3,731
Place 2
- Dr. John Bitter (i): 4,030
- Chad Gibson: 3,515
Northwest ISD
Place 6
- Lillian Rauch (i): 26,750
- Jennifer Zazula: 13,654
Place 7
- Ron Hastings (i): 15,606
- Jennifer Murphy: 24,679
Prop A ($938M for school facilities and capital improvements)
- For: 21,573
- Against: 32,123
Prop B ($24M for recreational facilities)
- For: 18,417
- Against: 35,332
Prop C ($9M for stadium renovations)
- For: 15,413
- Against: 38,138
Prop D ($16M for technology devices)
- For: 23,603
- Against: 29,950
Prop E (Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election)
- For: 18,781
- Against: 33,702
