Adam Khan (Texas)
Adam Khan (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 7. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.
Khan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Adam Khan earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Wayne State University, an M.B.A. from Texas Southern University, a master's degree in education from the University of St. Thomas, and a doctorate in education from Texas Southern University. His career experience includes working as a special education teacher, educational consultant, principal, and English Second Language (ESL) specialist. Khan has also served as the board president for Isaac Ministry.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 26, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
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General election for Texas State Board of Education District 7
Incumbent Julie Pickren (R) is running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary runoff
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Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 7
Debra Ambroise (D) and Tiffany Perkinz (D) are running in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on May 26, 2026.
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7
Tiffany Perkinz (D) and Debra Ambroise (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Janell Burse (D), Ben Estrada (D), and Adam Khan (D) in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tiffany Perkinz | 31.3 | 40,096 |
| ✔ | Debra Ambroise | 26.2 | 33,505 | |
| Janell Burse | 17.5 | 22,355 | ||
 | Ben Estrada | 15.6 | 19,918 | |
 | Adam Khan | 9.5 | 12,142 | |
| Total votes: 128,016 | |||
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7
Incumbent Julie Pickren (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julie Pickren | 100.0 | 132,216 |
| Total votes: 132,216 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Adam Khan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Khan's responses.
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- I wish to remove any foreign influence from our Texas curriculum. For example, when the incumbent candidate went to Israel while campaigning (on Israel's dime), she later would tout how she would promote the Holocaust - which was 5 times smaller (in terms of deaths) than the Bolshevik Revolution. Over 20 million people died during that time (vs. alleged 6 million). As such, I would replace the Holocaust curriculum with a factually worse global devastating event (the Bolshevik revolution) in Russia. Students will learn a non-steered, Texas curriculum which doesn't also infuse religious superiority of one faith over others. The Establishment Clause, First Amendment, and other common understandings will be adhered to.
- Our students deserve and need the tools to compete in this global market. As such, I intend to bring A.I. as a tool for all students to graduate with a form of mastery to learn it by graduation- as a requirement. This could be in the form of a course completion by third party online vendors, or simply a '100 hour' online elective course- similar to AVID, wood working, shop, auto class, ...etc. Some of the sub topics they would learn, are crypto, mining, and A.I. bots in various sectors. The goal is to promote them from consuming A.I. to producing projects that could be on the cutting edge for companies who could hire them, in the event they don't enroll in post secondary education.
- I intend to delicately foster a bipartisan alliance on the Board that serves the students- not their parents. This is actually not as complicated when acting in good faith. It takes more than constant reminders that children can't vote nor advocate for themselves, are the main beneficiaries of our Board work. The goal here is to establish a (voting) path forward, to reflect the student-centered focus.
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Campaign website
Khan's campaign website stated the following:
Building a Stronger Future Together: Policies to Push to Protect our Teachers
HR Policy Upgrading
Social media of potential employees screened for criminal footprints (specifically through the lens of violence and harm to minors)
Safety & Staff Health
*Incorporate security cameras in all classrooms via smart screens that are currently active in classes. This provides teachers with easier classroom management and discovery- if behavioral classroom interruptions become problematic. This wouldn't be similar to daycares- where parents can log in' -only accessible to administration and law enforcement. The pilot could be used in a few schools to track data initially and annually published with a SWAT analysis to justify expansion or retraction. Consequentially, staff rights are further enhanced.
*Proposing "mental health" paid days off as part of staff contracts for salaried employees (2/year- 1/semester)
Integrity Pay Scale
Committed to oppose privatization and protect funding, while increasing base salaries that are linked to tax, inflation and interest rate hikes.
— Adam Khan's campaign website (January 20, 2026)
Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
