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Austin ISD heads to runoff for three seats
December 10, 2014
By Lauren Dixon
Six candidates in Austin Independent School District will head to a rematch for three available seats in a runoff election on December 16, 2014, wrapping up the year's contentious election season. The candidates in Austin ISD were unable to garner the 50 percent plus one majority in their general election races that was necessary to win the seats outright. Every candidate who proceeded to the runoff is a newcomer, since the incumbents holding the seats did not seek re-election on November 4, 2014.
Edmund T. Gordon, an associate professor at the University of Texas, and minister David Thompson will face off for the District 1 seat. The two managed to receive more votes than their challengers, P. Kevin Bryant and Stanton Strickland, in the general election, in addition to outspending them. Combined, Gordon and Thompson raked in slightly more than $12,000 during the election. In the District 6 race, former Austin ISD educator Kate Mason-Murphy will take on activist Paul Saldaña. Fellow challenger Monica Sanchez was defeated in the general election. In race for the At-large Position 9 seat, educator Hillary Procknow will face local business owner Kendall Pace. The pair defeated three fellow challengers in November.
Candidates
Note: An (i) next to a candidate's name indicates incumbent status.
