In what has undoubtedly been an historic 2020 general election, record numbers showed up in Kaufman County, with 47,894 voting early according to the Texas Secretary of State’s website. While only unofficial election results have been released at the time of press, the outcomes are not expected to change with the canvassing of the final numbers. At the time of press, the results of the race for the office of the President of the United States are still too close to declare a victory.
According to unofficial results, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (REP) held his position, beating out Mary “MJ” Hegar (DEM) as well as Libertarian and Green party candidates, Kerry Douglas McKennon and David B. Collins. District 5’s United States Representative is, again, Lance Gooden (REP).
In State races, James “Jim” Wright won the position of Railroad Commissioner. The Texas Supreme Court now has Nathan Hecht sitting as Chief Justice, and Jane Bland, Jeff Boyd, and Brett Busby occupying Places 6, 7, and 8 respectively. Forney resident, Keith Bell, was re-elected to his second term as the State Representative for District 4, beating out his opponent K. Nicole Sprabary.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Forney’s general election, usually held in May of each year, was postponed and scheduled to be held in conjunction with this November 3 general election. Though three council seats were up for election, only one was a contested race. DeCarlo Coleman, a board member for Forney’s Economic Development Corporation, challenged incumbent Derald Cooper, who was appointed to the Forney City Council in June of 2019 to fill a vacancy. According to results available at the time of press, Cooper has retained his position as Council Member, Place 5, with 4,600 early votes to Coleman’s 2,097. In the two uncontested races for the Forney City Council, Mike Thomas was unopposed for the position of Council Member, Place 1, and Robbie Powers ran unopposed for Place 3.
The City of Forney also had a Special Election on the ballot. Propositions A through U suggested various changes to the City’s Charter, the majority of which were pertaining to wording clarifications. Also among the propositions were changes to the requirements for the number of signatures for initiative or referendum petitions. The unofficial results indicated that the voters of Forney passed each of the 21 propositions.
For full official election results and voter information, visit the Kaufman County website at www.kaufmancounty.net/elections or the Texas Secretary of State’s website at https://results.texas-election.com/races.
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