Collin County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area,and a small portion of the city of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census,the county's population is 1,064,465,making it the sixth-most populous county in Texas and the 43rd-largest county by population in the United States. Its county seat is McKinney.
Allen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas,and a northern suburb in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to the 2020 U.S. census its population was 104,627,up from 84,246 in 2010. Allen is located approximately twenty miles (32 km) north of downtown Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Plano is a city in the U.S. state of Texas,located in Collin County as largest of the county. Plano is also one of the principal cities of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. With a population of 285,494 at the 2020 census,it is the ninth most-populous city in Texas,and,respectively,the 72nd most populous city in the United States.
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census,the city had a total population of 119,469. Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas and is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Collin College is a public community college district in Texas. Founded in 1985,the district has grown as the county has grown from around 5,000 students in 1986 to more than 58,800 credit and noncredit students.
Thomas Chester Edwards is an American politician who was a United States Representative from Texas,representing a district based in Waco,from 1991 to 2011. Previously,he served in the Texas Senate from 1983 to 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Edwards was on Barack Obama's vice presidential shortlist in 2008.
Texas's 3rd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the suburban areas north and northeast of Dallas. It encompasses much of Collin County,including McKinney and Allen,as well as parts of Plano,Frisco,and Prosper. Additionally,the district includes all but the southern portion of Hunt County. The district is also home to a public four-year university,Texas A&M University-Commerce,as well as Collin College.
Florence Donald Shapiro is an American politician from Texas. Her political career lasted over 30 years and coincided with Plano's growth from a bedroom community of 17,000 to a city of almost 300,000 residents. After moving to Plano in 1972,she served on the Plano City Council from 1979 to 1990 and served as the city's first female and Jewish elected mayor from 1990 to 1992.
Thomas Russell Craddick is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 82nd district. Craddick was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from January 2003 to January 2009. He was the first Republican to serve as Speaker since Reconstruction.
Nicholas Van Campen Taylor,known as Van Taylor,is an American businessman and Republican politician from Plano,Texas. He was the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district from 2019 to 2023,and was first elected in 2018.
Kelly Gene Hancock is an American businessman and Republican State Senator for District 9,which encompasses portions of Tarrant and Dallas counties,including all or part of the following communities in Tarrant County:Arlington,Bedford,Blue Mound,Colleyville,Euless,Fort Worth,Grand Prairie,Grapevine,Haltom City,Hurst,Keller,North Richland Hills,Richland Hills,Saginaw,Southlake,Trophy Club,Watauga and Westlake. In Dallas County,Senate District 9 includes portions of Dallas,Grand Prairie,and Irving. Hancock was elected to the Texas Senate in November 2012,having previously served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives.
Matthew McDade Phelan is an American real estate developer and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 21,which includes most of Jefferson and all of Orange and Jasper counties in the southeast corner of the state. He has been Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives since January 2021. He has been censured by the Texas GOP.
Empower Texans was a conservative advocacy group in Texas that was active from 2006 to 2020. It was affiliated with Texans for Fiscal Responsibility,which was later spun off into its own organization. Empower Texans was based in Austin with operations in Dallas,Houston,and Midland. Empower Texans focused on fiscal conservatism by supporting lower taxes and spending restraint. It operated in Republican state-level politics in Texas,targeting candidates whom the group views as insufficiently conservative in Republican primaries.
The 2018 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Texas,concurrently with the election of Texas's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other congressional,state and local elections throughout the United States and Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a second term in office defeating Democratic nominee Lupe Valdez,the former sheriff of Dallas County,and Libertarian nominee Mark Tippetts,a former member of the Lago Vista city council.
Candace Thweatt Noble is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 89,which encompasses all or parts of Allen,Copeville,Fairview,Josephine,Lavon,Lowry Crossing,Lucas,Murphy,Nevada,Parker,Princeton,Plano,Royse City,Sachse,St Paul,and Wylie in Collin County.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is seeking a third term in office. Primary elections will take place on March 5,2024. If needed,runoff elections will take place on May 28,2024.
The Texas House of Representatives' 67th district represents a portion of Collin County.
Matthew Haston Krause is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 93rd district from 2013 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County,including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen,a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015.
