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City elections in Plano, Texas (2026)
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| Filing deadline: December 1, 2025 |
| General election: January 31, 2026 Runoff election: April 4, 2026 |
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| Offices up: City council |
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The city of Plano, Texas, is holding general elections for city council on January 31, 2026. A runoff election is scheduled for April 4, 2026. The filing deadline for this election was December 1, 2025.
Elections
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City council
Place 7
General election
The general election will occur on January 31, 2026.
Special general election for Plano City Council Place 7
Colleen Aguilar-Epstein and Shun Thomas are running in the special general election for Plano City Council Place 7 on January 31, 2026.
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 | Colleen Aguilar-Epstein (Nonpartisan) | |
| Shun Thomas (Nonpartisan) | ||
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About the city
- See also: Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in Collin County and Denton County, Texas. As of 2020, its population was 285,494.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Plano uses a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1][2]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Plano, Texas | ||
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| Plano | Texas | |
| Population | 285,494 | 29,145,505 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 71 | 261,267 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 61.7% | 69.2% |
| Black/African American | 8.6% | 12.1% |
| Asian | 21.8% | 4.9% |
| Native American | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 1.7% | 6.2% |
| Multiple | 5.6% | 7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 15% | 39.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 93.7% | 84.4% |
| College graduation rate | 57.6% | 30.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $96,348 | $63,826 |
| Persons below poverty level | 6.3% | 14.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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