Prosper - Celina Edition | September 2024

Election

BY SAMANTHA DOUTY

Voter Guide

2024

Dates to know

Where to vote

Oct. 21: First day of early voting Oct. 25: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked) Nov. 1: Last day of early voting Nov. 5: Election Day and the last day to receive ballot by mail (or Nov. 6 if carrier envelope is postmarked by 7 p.m. at location of election on Election Day)

Denton County residents can cast their ballots at any polling location during early voting; however, election day locations are by precinct. Visit www.votedenton.gov for polling locations. Collin County residents can vote at any polling location during early voting or on election day. Visit www.collincountytx.gov/elections for polling locations.

Election

KEY: D Democrat G Green L Libertarian R Republican *Incumbent

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, presiding judge R David J. Schenck D Holly Taylor Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7 R Gina Parker D Nancy Mulder Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 R Lee Finley D Chika Anyiam State Senator, District 8 R Angela Paxton* D Rachel Mello L Ed Kless State Senator, District 30 R Brent Hagenbuch D Dale Frey State Board of Education, District 12

Denton County Constable, Precinct 6 R Richard Bachus* D Ransom Funches Collin County Collin County Tax Assessor Collector R Scott Grigg D Stephanie Cooksey Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 3 R Darrel Hale* D Yvette Johnson Collin County Constable, precinct 3 R Sammy Knapp* D Cesar Avila

Sample ballot

Federal elections President

R Donald Trump D Kamala Harris L Chase Oliver G Jill Stein U.S. Senate R Ted Cruz* D Colin Allred L Ted Brown U.S. Representative, District 3 R Keith Self* D Sandeep Srivastava L Christopher Claytor U.S. Representative, District 4 R Pat Fallon* D Simon Cardell State elections Texas Railroad Commissioner

Celina ISD Celina ISD tax rate election

R Pam Little* D George King State Representative, District 61 R Keresa Richardson D Tony Adams State Representative, District 66 R Matt Shaheen* D David W. Carstens State Representative, District 106 R Jared Patterson* D Hava Johnston

Ratifying the ad valorem tax rate of 1.2358 in Celina Independent School District for the current year, a rate that will result in an increase of 37.64 percent in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the district for the current year as compared to the preceding year, which is an additional $10,539,090.

R Christi Craddick* D Katherine Culbert L Hawk Dunlap G Eddie Espinoza Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 2 R Jimmy Blacklock* D DaSean Jones Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 4 R John Devine* D Christine Vinh Weems Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 6 R Jane Bland* D Bonnie Lee Goldstein L J. David Roberson

Denton County Denton County Sheriff

R Tracy Murphree* D Frederick Bishop Denton County Commissioner, Precinct 1

R Ryan Williams* D Tommy Bedford

SOURCES: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS, DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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