November 4, 2026

By Mary Beth Gahan

In Flower Mound and Denton County, voters largely decided to stay with representatives and measures that were already in place, reauthorizing a .25 percent sales tax and reelecting all state representatives and congressmen except one, possibly putting a Democrat in the seat for the first time in three decades.

Local voters also elected a Flower Mound resident to the State Board of Education.

In Denton County, more than 57 percent of registered voters showed up at the polls and nearly 399,000 were counted.

Flower Mound’s Proposition A passed with about 75 percent of the vote in favor of reauthorizing a quarter-of-a-percent sales tax that is used to fund street maintenance. The additional sales tax, which brings the total to 8.25 percent for taxable goods in Flower Mound, was first approved in 2007.

Despite a wave of Democrats elected in national and all of the state’s three highest positions, Rep. Brandon Gill was reelected to represent House District 26 with 54 of the vote, defeating Steven Shook. Rep. Ronny Jackson and Rep. Pat Fallon, whose districts include Denton County, were also reelected.

State Rep. Mitch Little, whose district touches Flower Mound and Bartonville, was reelected for a second term with 53 percent of the vote.

State Rep. Ben Bumgarner, a former town council member who was running for a third term as state representative, trailed Denise Wooten by 1,554 votes, according to unofficial results from the Texas Secretary of State. 100 percent of the ballots have been counted in Denton County, but because the margin is less than 10 percent of Wooten’s total votes, Bumgarner could ask for a recount.

Wooten, a clinical psychologist, received 54 percent of the vote.

Wooten could be the first Democrat to serve District 63 since 1995, when the district covered Cooke, Parker and Wise counties.

Bumgarner raised more than $1 million in contributions in the last weeks of the campaign, most of which were spent on mailers and text messages to voters. He also appeared on the campaign trail with Gov. Greg Abbott last week.

It wasn’t the only race that included a Bumgarner.

State Rep. Bumgarner’s wife, Mindy Bumgarner, won a seat on the State Board of Education and will serve District 14, which includes 351,000 children between 5 and 17 years old. The district spans several counties north, west and south of the Metroplex, stretching from the Red River to Waco.

“I will make sure parents have a voice and a seat at the table. I will stand behind our teachers and give them the support and respect they deserve. And I will keep our focus on what matters most: reading, writing, math, history, and science,” Mindy Bumgarner wrote on Facebook Wednesday morning. “To every family in District 14, whether you voted for me or not, I will work for you.”