ELECTION Candidates set for Frisco municipal races, Frisco ISD, Collin College boards
LOCAL CANDIDATE ELECTIONS
Area voters will have the chance to cast ballots items that include Frisco City Council, the Frisco ISD board of trustees and the Collin College board of trustees.
INCUMBENT
FRISCO CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Jonathan Spencer
COLLIN COLLEGE PLACE 1 Fred Moses Megan Wallace PLACE 2 Jay Saad Scott Coleman Philip Timmons
VOTER DATES
BY RILEY FARRELL
years, according to his application. Incumbent Council Member Brian Livingston, who has lived in the city for 12 years, is running uncon- tested for Place 6, according to his application. Frisco ISD Four candidates are running for FISD’s board of trustees Place 4 and Place 5. These positions are elected at-large. Incumbent Dynette Davis filed to run for re-election in Place 4. Davis is the board’s secretary. Reed Bond is also running for Place 4. Bond works as an IT project execu- tion lead, according to the application. Mark Hill, a trial attorney, filed to run for FISD’s Place 5 seat. Hill has lived in the city for 17 years, according to his application. Susan Kershaw is also vying for the Place 5 seat. Kershaw is a registered nurse and has lived in the city for 17 years, according to her application. Collin College Eight candidates filed to run for three open spots on Collin College’s board of trustees places 1, 2 and 3. The board of trustee positions are elected at-large for six-year terms. Incumbent Fred Moses is running for re-election for Place 1. Moses has lived in Collin County for 43 years and is the owner of Telecom Electric Supply Company, a Plano-based sup- ply chain management organization, according to his application. Megan Wallace is running for
Frisco’s filing period came to a close on Feb. 17 for the May 6 election. Here is everyone on the ballot for Frisco City Council, Frisco ISD’s board of trustees and the Collin College board of trustees. Frisco City Council Six candidates filed applications to run for office in the May 6 election. Three seats, which include places 5 and 6 as well as the mayor, are up for grabs this year. The council seats are at-large positions and are limited to no more than three consecutive elected three-year terms. Mayor Jeff Cheney is running for re-election. Cheney, who has been in office since May 2017, will reach his term limit if he wins re-election. Jonathan Spencer is also running for mayor. Spencer has lived in the city for a year and works in soft- ware, according to his candidacy application. Public Safety Consultant Mark Piland is running for mayor, according to his application. Piland was most recently employed as Frisco’s fire chief and emergency management coordinator. Council Member Laura Rummel is running for re-election in Place 5. Rummel, who works as a vice president with Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, she said. Anwer Azam, a certified public accountant and president of his accounting firm, is running for Place 5. Azam has lived in the city for two
Mark Piland Jeff Cheney
Voter registration deadline: April 6
PLACE 5:
Anwer Azam Laura Rummel
Apply to vote via mail deadline: April 25
PLACE 6:
PLACE 3
Brian Livingston
Stacey Donald Cathie Alexander Joe Minissale
FRISCO ISD PLACE 4
Early voting April 24-May 2
Reed Bond Dynette Davis
PLACE 5
Election day May 6
Mark Hill Susan Kershaw
SOURCES: CITY OF FRISCO, FRISCO ISD, COLLIN COLLEGE/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Place 1. Having resided in Collin County for 11 years, Wallace is a student, according to the candidate’s application to run. Incumbent Jay Saad, who serves as the board’s vice chair, is running for another term in Place 2, according to his application. A Plano resident for 18 years, Saad has participated on local and state boards for the Texas Association of Business. Scott Coleman, the dean of academ- ics for Harmony School of Innovation in Garland, filed to run for Place 2. He formerly served as a principal and human resources manager of the DFW Harmony district, Coleman said. Collin College Professor Philip Tim- mons is running for Place 2. Timmons has lived in the county for a decade and in Texas for 30 years, according to
the candidate’s application. Place 3 incumbent Stacey Donald is running again. Donald worked previously as a faculty member at Collin College but now works at DeVry University, according to her informa- tion page on Collin College’s website. She has lived in Collin County for 13 years, according to her application. Cathie Alexander is another candidate running for Place 3. Now retired, Alexander used to work in higher education and has lived in the county for 22 years, according to her application. Joe Minissale is running for Place 3. Minissale has lived in Collin County for 17 years and is a hospital president at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery in Plano, according to his application.
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