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Collin County, Texas 2026

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One practical guide to the people, races, and voting resources on the Collin County ballot.

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37candidates to explore
5race categories
1official starting point

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DFW Progressives recommends

Ballot measures
& bonds.

DFW Progressives graded 90 local propositions on the November 3 ballot. These are DFW Progressives recommendations, not election-office material.

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How to read the grades

  • AStrong supportVote yes.
  • BSupport, watch itVote yes, and stay engaged.
  • CQualified supportNot perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.
  • NoOpposeVote no.
  • NeutralNo positionReview the details and make an informed decision.

Collin County

Measures grouped for your county.

DFW Progressives’ recommendation and short rationale for each listed measure.

No

Collin County

Prop A: $296.5M courts, jail, probation

Vote no.

Adds about 550 jail beds alongside needed courthouse repairs, with no diversion plan attached.

B

Collin County

Prop B: $475M non-tolled roads

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Toll-free roads for a fast-growing county where families lose hours in traffic. Push for sidewalks, safety and transit next.

A

Collin County

Prop C: $6M parks and open space

Vote yes.

Parks and land, including joint projects with cities.

A

Collin County

Prop D: $40M elections and records facility

Vote yes.

Election infrastructure is democracy infrastructure. County-owned space replaces about $650,000 a year in leases.

A

Collin College

Prop A: $600M

Vote yes.

Workforce and career training, with new campuses in fast-growing east Collin. The college expects no rate increase.

B

City of Anna

Prop A: $60M streets

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

A fast-growing city needs streets. Watch which neighborhoods get them first.

A

Bland ISD

Prop A: school tax rate

Vote yes.

Operating money for a small public school district.

A

McKinney ISD

Props A and B: school tax rate, $430.95M facilities

Vote yes.

Teacher pay, new schools and safety. The total rate still drops about 3.8 cents.

B

McKinney ISD

Prop C: $62M technology

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Needed equipment. Devices wear out fast, so the district should pay these bonds off quickly.

C

McKinney ISD

Props D and E: $4.5M pool, $2.55M stadium

Not perfect, but the need is serious enough to justify a yes.

Repairs to athletic facilities that serve some students, not all. Small, but lower priority.

No

Lavon Municipal Development District

Prop 1: new 0.50% sales tax district

Vote no.

A new sales tax, which hits low-income shoppers hardest, for development projects no one has named.

B

Blue Meadow MUD No. 2 and No. 4

Prop G: fire plan

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Fire protection for the people who live there.

No

Blue Meadow MUD No. 2, No. 4, The Preserve MUD

Confirmation, bond and tax props

Vote no.

Developer-created district debt that future homeowners repay. See the full guide’s utility-district-bonds explanation.

Also in the DFW ballot guideRegional city measures—only if your city measure appears on your personal ballot.
No

City of Dallas

Prop A: $443M public safety bonds

Vote no.

Most of it, about $381M, builds evidence storage, a crime lab and training facilities, mainly for police. The language is broad enough that critics call it a blank check.

A

City of Garland

Prop A: $0.6799 tax rate

Vote yes.

Core city services and public worker pay: police, fire, 911 and parks staffing and roads. The rate is still below last year’s.

No

City of Plano

Prop A: Stars arena and venue taxes

Vote no.

Up to $700M in public taxes for a private team’s arena, with no financing plan, site plan or traffic study yet.

A

City of Wylie

Props A, B, D, E: streets, parks, public works, animal shelter

Vote yes.

Basic city infrastructure with named projects.

B

City of Wylie

Prop C: $25M public safety facilities

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Real need, but the ballot names no specific facility.

B

Town of Flower Mound

Prop A: renew 0.25% street sales tax

Vote yes, and stay engaged.

Keeps an existing rate for street repair. Sales tax hits working families hardest, so every dollar should be accounted for.

Source: DFW Progressives 2026 Ballot Grades, updated October 19, 2026. Political advertising paid for by DFW Progressives.

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Federal

Federal races

4 candidates

Statewide

Statewide races

7 candidates

Courts

Courts races

13 candidates
Courts

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Place 3

Okey Anyiam

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Courts

15th Court of Appeals — Chief Justice

Jerry Zimmerer

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Courts

15th Court of Appeals — Place 2

Thomas Baker

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Listed as Tom Baker on the printable slate card.

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Courts

15th Court of Appeals — Place 3

Marc Meyer

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Legislature

Legislature races

7 candidates

County

County races

6 candidates
County

Collin County Judge

John R. Buster Brown

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County

Collin County Clerk

John J. Russell

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