The results are in!
It was an exciting night of watching returns last night. Congrats to all the candidates — y’all ran great races. We need good people to run.
Mayor
Not because of the mayor’s race though, which Al Zapanta won as expected. Zhanae Jackson was a surprise vote getter, netting 18% citywide and coming in second place.
In last year’s citywide race 11,054 ballots were cast, so this is a drop of 19%.
Congrats to our mayor elect, Al Zapanta!
District 5
This one was also not surprising, as councilman Mark Cronenwett was unopposed.
District 6 Special Election
The special election in District 6 to fill the last year of Al Zapanta’s term was tight, with Dana Collins giving Fahad Ahmed a run for his money.
If Ahmed had lost just 18 votes, this would have gone to a runoff.
We might see a rematch of this race in a year.
District 3
This one was thrilling. Tammam Alwan had the lead after early voting:
But then when election day results came in, incumbent councilman Abdul Khabeer passed him to take first place
As the night went on, it Kejal Patel was fading and it looked like she was not going to advance to the runoff:
…until the midnight drop, when she gained 104 votes and Alwan gained only 8:
Check out this Jose Biden-level late-night comeback:
No word year on whether Alwan will be requesting a recount. The deadline for that is 5:00pm Wednesday.
As the second-place finisher, Patel will now get the chance to unseat the incumbent Khabeer in the runoff election.
The runoff is Saturday, June 13 — early voting will run Monday, June 1 - Tuesday, June 9.
Irving ISD School Board District 1
This district covers the area around University Park and Irving Heights:
Irving ISD School Board District 2
This district covers the area around Northgate and north of N. O’Connor:
DART Withdrawal Elections
Of the three referendums to leave DART only Highland Park voted to leave:
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