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Local Elections – May 3, 2025


Forums hosted by LWV Collin County - videos available in April

Each forum will have a Q&A using questions collected in advance. Please send your questions to lwvcollin.forum@gmail.com by March 22.

All forums hosted by LWV-CC will be recorded in Zoom and posted on LWV-CC’s YouTube channel for later viewing.

All candidates were invited and are listed in alphabetical order.

 ^ indicates no response or not participating.

Collin College Trustee, Place 4

Tamara Thomas, Staci L Weaver

McKinney Mayor

Bill Cox, Matt "Doc" Rostami, Scott Sanford, Taylor Willingham

McKinney City Council

At Large 1: Taha Ansari, Jim Garrison, Ernest Lynch, ^Brian J. Magnuson, Derrick Tarver

District 3: Gere' Feltus, Tammy Warren

McKinney ISD Trustee

Place 2: ^Deborah Klosky, Kenneth Ussery

Place 3: Chad Green, Corey Homer

Plano City Council

Place 2: Bob Kehr, Douglas Reeves, Carson K. Underwood

Place 4: Christene “Chris” Krupa Downs, Cody Weaver

Place 8: Hayden Padgett, Vidal Quintanilla

Plano ISD Trustee

Place 2: Sam Johnson, Xiomar Pierre

Place 3: Nancy C. Humphrey, Harper Weaver

Place 6: Elisa Klein, Andrew Rettke, Dash Weerasinghe


Forums assisted by LWV Collin County

Parker City Council

April 17, 7:00 p.m., at Victory Church, 6301 Parker Rd, Parker, TX 75002

Candidate meet-and-greet at 6:30.

Hosted by Parker Women’s Club. Moderated by LWV Collin County.


Forums hosted by LWV Richardson

All forums are free and open to the public.

Questions may be submitted in advance to VoterService@lwvrichardson.org, or by the audience. All questions will be screened according to LWV guidelines.

Visit www.lwvrichardson.org for more information about the forums and elections, and to see the video after each forum.

Richardson ISD Single-Member District 5

Saturday, April 5, 2025 1:00 pm

RISD Administration Building Auditorium, 400 South Greenville Avenue, Richardson, TX 75081

Candidates, listed in ballot order, are: Cristina Angelina Neria, Rachel McGowan

Richardson ISD Single-Member District 2

Saturday, April 5, 2025 2:30 pm

RISD Administration Building Auditorium, 400 South Greenville Avenue, Richardson, TX 75081

Candidates, listed in ballot order, are: Elaine Bonavita, Vanessa Pacheco, Pamela Hughes

City of Richardson Mayor and City Council

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 7:00 pm

Eisemann Center for the Arts, Bank of America Theatre, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, TX 75082

(Parking will be validated)

Candidates in contested races, listed in ballot order, are:

Mayor (Place 7): Alan C. North, Amir Omar, Bob Dubey

Place 6: Arefin Shamsul, Lisa Marie Kupfer