Municipal elections in Collin County, Texas (2018)

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2018 Collin County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, District attorney, District clerk, County clerk
Total seats up: 7
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Collin County, Texas, held general elections for county commissioner, district attorney, district clerk, and county clerk on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018.


In primary races where no candidate received a majority of the vote, a primary runoff between the top two candidates was held on May 22, 2018.

Elections

County commission

General election

County commission

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
District 2

Tanner Do

Green check mark transparent.pngCheryl Williams (i)

District 3

David Azad

Green check mark transparent.pngDarrell Hale

District 4

Byron Bradford

Green check mark transparent.pngDuncan Webb (i)

Collin County Judge

Danyell Lanier

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Hill


Primary election


Other county offices

General election

Other county offices

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Collin County Clerk

David Chevalier

Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Kemp (i)

Mark Wester (Libertarian Party)

Collin County District Attorney

Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Willis (i)

Collin County District Clerk

Karmin Kirschner

Green check mark transparent.pngLynne Finley (i)


Primary election

Other county offices

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Collin County Clerk

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Chevalier

Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Kemp (i)

Collin County District Attorney

Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Willis (i)
Casey Davis

Collin County District Clerk

Green check mark transparent.pngKarmin Kirschner

Green check mark transparent.pngLynne Finley (i)


Judicial

District Courts

General elections


Primary elections


Collin County Court at Law

General election


Primary election


Collin County Probate Court

General election

Collin County Probate Court

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Collin County Probate Court

Green check mark transparent.pngWeldon S. Copeland (i)

Primary election

Collin County Probate Court

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Collin County Probate Court

Green check mark transparent.pngWeldon S. Copeland (i)


Justice of the Peace Courts

General election

Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Precinct 1

Misty Irby

Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Raleeh (i)

Precinct 2

Dian Engelman

Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Shaffer (i)

Precinct 3 Place 2

Ramona Brumfield

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Missildine

Precinct 4

Carissa Picard

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Yarbrough (i)

Primary runoff

Justice of the Peace Courts

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeDemocratic Party DemocraticRepublican Party RepublicanOther
Precinct 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Shaffer (i)
Mike McCandless


Primary election


Additional elections on the ballot

See also:Texas elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by theUnited States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Collin County, Texas
Collin CountyTexas
Population782,34125,145,561
Land area (sq mi)841261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White69.2%74%
Black/African American9.7%12.1%
Asian15.1%4.8%
Native American0.5%0.5%
Pacific Islander0.1%0.1%
Other (single race)2.3%5.8%
Multiple3.1%2.7%
Hispanic/Latino15.3%39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate93.8%83.7%
College graduation rate52.3%29.9%
Income
Median household income$96,913$61,874
Persons below poverty level6.3%14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.


Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is aPivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
CountyTrump margin of victory in 2016Obama margin of victory in 2012Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas0.48%1.61%2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.
2016 presidential results by state House district
DistrictObamaRomney2012 MarginClintonTrump2016 MarginParty Control
126.82%72.17%R+45.322.76%75.13%R+52.4R
220.93%77.91%R+5717.59%79.78%R+62.2R
322.26%76.65%R+54.421.37%75.80%R+54.4R
425.04%73.93%R+48.922.70%74.70%R+52R
523.75%75.33%R+51.620.20%77.72%R+57.5R
628.44%70.49%R+4228.89%67.98%R+39.1R
727.14%71.97%R+44.824.48%73.09%R+48.6R
824.96%74.07%R+49.121.12%76.63%R+55.5R
927.47%71.73%R+44.322.23%76.13%R+53.9R
1025.56%73.21%R+47.725.20%71.62%R+46.4R
1126.75%72.23%R+45.524.48%72.79%R+48.3R
1236.06%62.67%R+26.632.54%64.35%R+31.8R
1322.71%76.25%R+53.520.47%77.18%R+56.7R
1434.77%62.91%R+28.138.79%54.03%R+15.2R
1521.79%76.77%R+5528.86%66.69%R+37.8R
1618.22%80.76%R+62.518.80%78.35%R+59.5R
1737.30%60.79%R+23.533.92%62.02%R+28.1R
1827.18%71.69%R+44.523.96%73.47%R+49.5R
1922.22%76.79%R+54.617.21%81.00%R+63.8R
2026.22%72.13%R+45.925.81%70.27%R+44.5R
2123.92%74.97%R+51.121.50%76.09%R+54.6R
2266.82%32.57%D+34.365.95%31.80%D+34.1D
2344.24%54.56%R+10.340.89%55.86%R+15R
2425.11%73.48%R+48.427.42%68.20%R+40.8R
2528.74%69.92%R+41.227.55%69.14%R+41.6R
2635.86%62.95%R+27.145.81%50.71%R+4.9R
2768.80%30.44%D+38.470.03%27.23%D+42.8D
2834.81%64.22%R+29.443.01%53.21%R+10.2R
2935.44%63.32%R+27.941.21%54.83%R+13.6R
3030.24%68.64%R+38.426.80%70.36%R+43.6R
3161.89%37.31%D+24.655.47%42.31%D+13.2D
3241.43%56.92%R+15.542.04%53.45%R+11.4R
3326.49%72.25%R+45.831.27%64.67%R+33.4R
3454.64%44.24%D+10.453.40%43.18%D+10.2D
3566.43%32.71%D+33.763.43%33.59%D+29.8D
3674.73%24.41%D+50.373.70%23.21%D+50.5D
3769.28%29.75%D+39.568.98%27.77%D+41.2D
3866.13%32.95%D+33.265.76%30.74%D+35D
3974.02%25.10%D+48.970.48%26.40%D+44.1D
4075.32%23.68%D+51.670.73%25.91%D+44.8D
4156.64%42.35%D+14.359.53%36.87%D+22.7D
4275.54%23.57%D+5273.73%23.49%D+50.2D
4346.96%52.09%R+5.143.79%53.10%R+9.3R
4430.83%67.97%R+37.130.22%65.99%R+35.8R
4541.83%55.19%R+13.444.53%49.14%R+4.6R
4676.62%20.14%D+56.578.16%16.34%D+61.8D
4739.32%58.05%R+18.746.98%47.16%R+0.2R
4856.86%39.56%D+17.365.17%28.12%D+37D
4970.19%24.89%D+45.376.63%16.65%D+60D
5057.79%38.81%D+1963.38%30.05%D+33.3D
5178.49%17.43%D+61.179.52%14.04%D+65.5D
5242.57%54.91%R+12.346.12%47.56%R+1.4R
5322.29%76.50%R+54.220.74%76.30%R+55.6R
5445.85%53.04%R+7.244.07%51.07%R+7R
5533.08%65.48%R+32.431.96%63.28%R+31.3R
5629.70%69.02%R+39.331.16%64.82%R+33.7R
5725.97%73.09%R+47.122.50%75.69%R+53.2R
5821.12%77.52%R+56.418.84%77.90%R+59.1R
5921.36%77.31%R+5619.19%77.44%R+58.2R
6015.70%83.09%R+67.413.33%84.19%R+70.9R
6116.19%82.54%R+66.314.49%82.74%R+68.3R
6224.72%73.77%R+49.120.89%76.05%R+55.2R
6326.39%72.13%R+45.730.22%65.26%R+35R
6437.33%60.30%R+2340.00%54.49%R+14.5R
6540.84%57.52%R+16.746.51%48.62%R+2.1R
6637.46%61.15%R+23.746.24%49.45%R+3.2R
6737.26%61.08%R+23.844.69%50.41%R+5.7R
6817.78%81.15%R+63.414.23%83.37%R+69.1R
6923.27%75.20%R+51.920.26%76.12%R+55.9R
7029.25%69.37%R+40.132.82%62.78%R+30R
7122.84%75.76%R+52.921.49%74.23%R+52.7R
7223.33%75.26%R+51.921.45%74.81%R+53.4R
7320.22%78.37%R+58.221.25%75.11%R+53.9R
7456.99%41.57%D+15.456.27%39.58%D+16.7D
7572.33%26.62%D+45.773.74%21.38%D+52.4D
7676.91%21.86%D+55.177.93%17.86%D+60.1D
7764.07%34.29%D+29.868.79%25.97%D+42.8D
7854.41%44.15%D+10.359.28%35.16%D+24.1D
7964.73%34.12%D+30.668.62%26.73%D+41.9D
8068.25%30.91%D+37.365.06%32.31%D+32.7D
8124.20%74.66%R+50.526.33%70.49%R+44.2R
8219.38%79.31%R+59.920.58%75.76%R+55.2R
8321.27%77.50%R+56.219.94%76.49%R+56.5R
8434.95%63.28%R+28.335.12%59.58%R+24.5R
8537.99%61.03%R+2341.09%56.10%R+15R
8616.18%82.55%R+66.416.16%80.17%R+64R
8722.12%76.56%R+54.421.74%74.43%R+52.7R
8819.06%79.89%R+60.816.48%80.59%R+64.1R
8931.79%66.67%R+34.936.08%59.03%R+23R
9073.70%25.21%D+48.574.97%21.48%D+53.5D
9130.45%67.90%R+37.532.14%63.08%R+30.9R
9237.22%61.08%R+23.940.54%54.66%R+14.1R
9338.26%60.21%R+21.940.40%54.84%R+14.4R
9438.10%60.29%R+22.240.87%54.30%R+13.4R
9576.11%22.99%D+53.174.24%22.89%D+51.4D
9640.22%58.60%R+18.442.55%53.74%R+11.2R
9738.92%59.59%R+20.742.59%52.42%R+9.8R
9823.57%75.01%R+51.428.91%66.33%R+37.4R
9930.70%67.69%R+3732.12%63.36%R+31.2R
10077.89%21.07%D+56.877.24%19.30%D+57.9D
10164.01%34.87%D+29.166.06%30.36%D+35.7D
10245.32%53.02%R+7.752.27%42.74%D+9.5R
10369.87%28.77%D+41.173.55%22.33%D+51.2D
10472.70%26.36%D+46.375.60%20.85%D+54.7D
10546.48%52.14%R+5.752.13%43.60%D+8.5R
10630.86%67.69%R+36.835.83%59.70%R+23.9R
10746.89%51.83%R+4.952.37%43.40%D+9D
10839.31%58.99%R+19.750.32%44.01%D+6.3R
10981.75%17.68%D+64.181.55%16.42%D+65.1D
11088.74%10.77%D+7886.76%11.25%D+75.5D
11177.24%22.06%D+55.277.40%20.17%D+57.2D
11243.50%55.03%R+11.548.28%47.10%D+1.2R
11346.31%52.53%R+6.249.13%47.23%D+1.9R
11443.48%55.23%R+11.752.14%43.21%D+8.9R
11543.23%55.27%R+1251.54%43.64%D+7.9R
11660.53%37.80%D+22.763.73%31.10%D+32.6D
11751.99%46.85%D+5.153.23%42.14%D+11.1D
11855.33%43.41%D+11.955.58%40.41%D+15.2D
11960.26%38.58%D+21.760.13%36.08%D+24.1D
12064.75%34.11%D+30.663.51%32.10%D+31.4D
12137.61%60.88%R+23.343.42%51.69%R+8.3R
12230.87%67.87%R+3737.75%57.87%R+20.1R
12361.36%36.80%D+24.665.02%30.27%D+34.7D
12460.94%37.65%D+23.362.19%33.04%D+29.1D
12559.11%39.59%D+19.561.62%33.69%D+27.9D
12636.72%62.08%R+25.443.00%52.94%R+9.9R
12729.60%69.21%R+39.634.90%61.23%R+26.3R
12826.59%72.37%R+45.828.77%68.15%R+39.4R
12933.88%64.47%R+30.640.06%55.33%R+15.3R
13022.81%75.91%R+53.127.96%68.06%R+40.1R
13183.65%15.69%D+6884.29%13.35%D+70.9D
13239.77%58.92%R+19.245.68%50.04%R+4.4R
13330.41%68.14%R+37.741.12%54.52%R+13.4R
13441.74%56.39%R+14.755.09%39.61%D+15.5R
13539.86%58.83%R+1946.82%48.89%R+2.1R
13641.43%55.34%R+13.947.69%45.16%D+2.5R
13763.91%34.49%D+29.467.00%28.92%D+38.1D
13839.30%59.18%R+19.947.85%47.78%D+0.1R
13975.62%23.61%D+5276.12%20.61%D+55.5D
14070.10%28.98%D+41.175.09%21.87%D+53.2D
14187.41%12.07%D+75.385.19%12.59%D+72.6D
14277.41%21.97%D+55.476.20%20.97%D+55.2D
14367.18%31.86%D+35.371.02%26.02%D+45D
14450.77%47.88%D+2.957.75%38.37%D+19.4D
14560.26%38.28%D+2266.92%28.72%D+38.2D
14678.82%20.05%D+58.879.43%17.32%D+62.1D
14778.07%20.30%D+57.878.99%16.78%D+62.2D
14856.59%41.08%D+15.563.82%30.50%D+33.3D
14958.76%40.12%D+18.664.25%32.50%D+31.8D
15030.28%68.55%R+38.336.63%59.18%R+22.6R
Total41.40%57.19%R+15.843.48%52.53%R+9.1-
Source:Daily Kos

See also

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