DTX-FHA: Extra Edition 11/4/2025

Early voting results released by Denton and Tarrant counties show Madison Lopez leading current Lewisville ISD trustee Michelle Alkhatib in the race to fill the unexpired term for at-large trustee, Place 6.

Lopez has garnered 7,823 votes, or 52.11% of votes cast, compared to the 7,190 votes cast for Alkhatib, representing 47.89% of votes cast.

Some context: LISD trustees approved calling a special election to fill the vacant Place 6 seat Aug. 25. The place was vacated when former trustee Buddy Bonner resigned in July to avoid a conflict with the district’s nepotism guidelines.

Also of note: In early voting, there were 59,821 ballots cast countywide, which represents 9% of Denton County's 664,921 registered voters. In Tarrant County, 114,130 early voting ballots were cast, which is 8.89% of Tarrant County’s 1.28 million registered voters.

Early voting results from Denton counties show Denton ISD voters are in favor of the district’s tax rate election. 

What's on the ballot? Voters are considering raising the tax rate to $1.2069 per $100 of assessed value.

Measuring the impact: If approved, the tax rate increase is expected to generate around $26.91 million in new revenue for the district, which would result in a projected surplus of more than $11 million. This would help address the district’s projected shortfall of $15 million and officials plan to earmark funds to support costs associated with instruction, district operations, general administration and other services.

Posted 7:07 p.m. Nov. 4
Early voting results show more voters in favor of increasing the sales tax rate in the Harvest commercial district.

Denton County released early voting totals showing 263 people, or 66.41%, in favor and 133 people, or 33.59%, opposed.

Voters were asked whether or not to increase the sales tax rate in the Harvest commercial district to match the sales tax rate within town limits.

What you need to know: If voters approve the increase, the new tax rate within the Harvest commercial district, which is in the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, will be 8.25% total, which is a 0.75 percentage point increase from what it currently is, per town documents. This is the maximum sales tax that can be collected under state law, according to the Texas Municipal League.

The sales tax collected from the Harvest commercial district will be split between the state, the town, Argyle’s Municipal Development District and the Belmont Freshwater Supply District No. 2.

Texas voters weighed in on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution during the Nov. 4 election.

The overview: Some of the state propositions on the ballot included:

• Proposition 1: new funding to support the Texas State Technical College System
• Proposition 3: tighter restrictions on when Texas judges can grant bail for felony offenses
• Proposition 4: $20 billion for water supply projects and infrastructure
• Proposition 9: a $125,000 property tax exemption for businesses
• Propositions 11 and 13: expanded property tax exemptions for Texas homeowners
• Proposition 14: $3 billion to create a state dementia research institute