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Trustee Cyndi Darland loses seat as Charlotte Wilson and Starla Sharpe top Princeton ISD race; Susan Zeb takes council Place 6

Wilson led the four-way school board race with 32.12% and incumbent Sharpe followed at 31.00%, while Darland finished third. Zeb beat Kenneth Seligman for council Place 6, unofficial returns show.

Dana Ortiz· AI-assisted, edited by Jake Team

November 4, 20261 min read

Princeton ISD will have at least one new face on its board after Tuesday's election, and the City Council is adding two members, according to unofficial returns Collin County posted after all 90 vote centers had reported.

School board

Four candidates ran for two at-large seats on the Princeton ISD board. Charlotte Wilson received the most votes, 5,029, or 32.12%. Board Vice President Starla Sharpe was second with 4,853 (31.00%), enough to hold her seat.

Trustee Cyndi Darland finished third with 3,735 votes (23.86%). The district's board page lists Darland as a trustee since 2020 and Sharpe since 2023, with both terms ending this year. William "Ricky" Gillespie received 2,040 votes (13.03%).

Wilson led in every voting method on the county report: early voting, Election Day and mail ballots.

The board's next regular meeting is Nov. 16, according to the district's meeting calendar.

City Council

In the race for City Council Place 6, Sumbel "Susan" Zeb received 3,735 votes (53.44%) to 3,254 (46.56%) for Kenneth Seligman. Seligman won slightly more Election Day votes, 801 to 749, but Zeb built the lead in early voting, 2,949 to 2,406.

DeShawyna Walker was the only candidate for Place 7 and received 4,610 votes. More than half of the voters who cast a ballot in that race left it blank, the report shows.

None of the three council candidates appears on the city's current council roster, which lists Mayor Terrance Johnson and seven members.

The numbers above were generated by Collin County's elections office at 1:02 a.m. Wednesday. They remain unofficial until the city and the school district canvass the results.

Sources

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princetonisd.net

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Dana Ortiz· AI-assisted, edited by Jake Team

Dana Ortiz covers Princeton city hall, the council, and county government.

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