Elections for three seats – Districts 2, 3 and 4 – on the Dallas County Community College District’s board of trustees will be held on Sat., May 7, 2016. A total of 10 candidates have filed for those seats, and several candidate forums are scheduled in late March and April. Members of the campus community – including students and employees – and the general public are invited to attend.
Four candidates are running for the District 2 seat, which includes portions of downtown and north Dallas, plus the northwest corner of Dallas County. They are Richard Morgan, Phil Ritter, J.C. Osborne and Gene Robinson. Current District 2 Trustee Bob Ferguson, who is retiring, began serving on the board in 2004.
Three candidates are running for the District 3 seat, which covers much of northeast Dallas County. Those candidates include: Dorothy Zimmermann, Frank Millsap and Tommy Reed. Trustee Jerry Prater is retiring from the board after more than 15 years of service to DCCCD.
Three candidates are running for the District 4 seat, which includes much of east and southeast Dallas County, to succeed Trustee Bill Metzger, who was elected to the board in 2010. They are: Martha Jo Talbot, Monica Lira Bravo and Brad T. Underwood.
Four forums are scheduled:
Eastfield College – Wed., March 30, 10:30 a.m., in the Performance Hall (Building F);
Brookhaven College – Thurs., April 14, noon, in the Performance Hall (Building C);
Richland College – Tues., April 19, 9:30 a.m., in the Performance Hall, Building F (Fannin Hall); and
North Lake College – Wed., April 27, 12:30 p.m., in room G104, G Building.
DCCCD trustees are elected for six-year terms.
