Pretty much all of the election day vote is in, and these are roughly the percentages.
There's a lot to say about this, but most importantly: it's a blowout. This might make city councils think twice in the future about voting to leave DART, especially Plano, Farmers Branch, Irving, etc.
Along with this victory, Howard Freed and Trish Stuart lost their election bid for Addison city council. These two were endorsing each other, and were by far the most vocal about leaving DART. They're both gone now.
In an ideal world, Randy Smith should be the next to go in next year's election. We'll see...
This means the winners of the city council election are:
Chris DeFrancisco (Pro DART)
Schnell Blanton (Pro DART)
Darren Gardner (Skeptical of DART, voted for the election to be held, but has said he'll honor whatever the voters decide. We'll see... but he's not been nearly as vocal as Freed and Stuart for leaving)
One of the things that drove this victory was higher turnout this election compared to previous ones, almost double the vote from previous years. Based on the numbers, there were also a decent handful of voters that voted for DART and didn't vote for city council or on many of the other propositions as well. A few single issue voters that only voted on the DART proposition.
Again, this will make other city councils (especially with larger populations) think twice about holding these leave DART elections, because doing so could get them voted out like it did with Freed.