Election
BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
Bill Cox and Ernest Lynch are McKinney’s newest council members. Cox will serve as the city’s new mayor and Lynch will fill the At Large 1 council seat. Both races were decided in the June 7 runoff election after no candidates secured more than 50% of votes cast during the May 3 election, which is the threshold required to win the race, Collin County Elections Administration Kaleb Breaux said. The election results are expected to be canvassed by McKinney City Council during a June 17 meeting. McKinney gets new mayor, council member
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What they’re saying
McKinney voter turnout by votes cast Both the mayoral and At Large 1 races saw a higher turnout for the runoff election than during the May general election, according to Collin County data. May 3 general election June 7 runoff election
Mayor Cox said he is looking forward to working and collaborating with other council members to “move McKinney forward” while preserving the fabric of the community. “There’s some things that we need to maintain, some things we need to protect,” he said.”We need to protect downtown McKinney, we need to protect that historic district, and [we] also need to continue to be diligent in our commercial expansion. We need to begin to expand that commercial tax base with companies that fit within what McKinney is and the direction that we need to go.” Lynch, a retired health care administration professional who served as the CEO of Medical City McKinney for over 20 years, said he is looking forward to joining the council. “I’m absolutely delighted at the voter turnout, and I’m appreciative of all my supporters and everything for all the hard work [on] my campaign,” Lynch said. “I want to commend my opponent for running a good race, Mr. Garrison, and I look forward to serving the people of the city of McKinney.”
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Mayor At Large 1 SOURCE: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Cox secured nearly 47% of votes cast in the May 3 election, while his runoff opponent Scott Sanford garnered almost 41% of the 19,147 votes cast. Candidates Matt “Doc” Rostami and Taylor Willingham received just under 6% and just under 7% of votes cast, respectively. In the At Large 1 race, Lynch received just over 29% of votes cast while his runoff oppo- nent Jim Garrison garnered nearly 20% of the 17,139 votes cast in the May 3 election. Candi- dates in the At-Large 1 race that did not proceed to the runoff include Brian J. Magnuson, Derrick Tarver and Taha Ansari. The May 3 election also included the opposed race for the District 3 representative on McK- inney City Council, which was won by Geré Feltus, and the unopposed race for District 1’s council representative, won by Justin Beller.
Election results breakdown City of McKinney
Mayor
At Large 1
“We are going to be diligent about communication and listening to our constituents.” BILL COX, MCKINNEY MAYOR ELECT
Ernest Lynch (winner): 62.64% Jim Garrison: 37.36%
Bill Cox (winner): 52.55%
Scott Sanford: 47.45%
SOURCE: COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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