Beyond two open council seats in Dallas, several smaller cities that are entirely or partly in Dallas County had council members 鈥� and a mayor 鈥� to elect Saturday.
Grand Prairie voters appear to have elected to the District 4 council seat. In unofficial results Saturday, Lopez, a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas administration manager, had almost 55% of the runoff vote. His runoff opponent was , a lifelong Grand Prairie resident and daycare owner.
In the Garland mayoral race, appeared headed to victory over . The current mayor, Scott LeMay, was term-limited.
Hedrick just completed his third term as a council member. A civil engineer at a local firm, Hedrick moved to Garland 10 years ago.
Morris, a writer and kids books author, is a former three-term council member who also served as deputy mayor pro tem and mayor pro tem. She moved to Garland 40 years ago.
Irving voters picked David Pfaff to be their new citywide representative in the Irving City Council Place 2 seat. Pfaff defeated Sergio Porres.
In DeSoto, Ken Waters got the most votes in the Place 3 council seat with more than 60% of ballots cast in his favor against Everett Jackson.
Questions were raised about Jackson's eligibility after a prior felony conviction. reported Jackson noted on his ballot application that he had a felony on his record, and said he provided documentation that he had discharged the sentence.
City officials told WFAA in a statement, "although the application was filled out and accepted, the proper documentation was not included."
Meanwhile, Debrah North was ahead in the race for DeSoto City Council Place 5 with almost 52% of the vote against Wil E. Adams Jr.
, a DeSoto zoning board member, most recently has been a caregiver to her mother. works in the insurance industry and became a DeSoto resident 20 years ago after earning a degree from Texas A&M.
Rowlett financial associate John P. Bowers III beat out realtor Pamela Bell for the Rowlett Place 6 council seat, with 56% of the vote.
And Lonnie E. Tipton appeared headed for victory over Joshua Chanin in the runoff race for Lewisville's Place 4 council seat, which is largely in Denton County. is a retired marketing manager who's called Lewisville home for 40 years. He's previously served on the Lewisville City Council.
Due to an error in editing, an earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the winner of the Rowlett race. It was John P. Bowers III.
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