Dallas race undecided, 16 incumbents defeated in Texas school board elections

May 13, 2014

By Lauren Dixon and Nick Katers

School board elections held across the state of Texas on Saturday resulted in the defeat of 16 of 77 incumbents who sought re-election to their respective boards. Four school districts — Comal, Fort Bend, Katy and San Benito — will each welcome two new members who replace defeated incumbents. Elections in 44 districts among the largest districts by enrollment in Texas featured 224 candidates and 116 open seats. An additional 10 districts canceled their elections due to the candidates running unopposed. Those districts were Birdville, Deer Park, Denton, Frisco, Galena Park, Harlingen, Leander, Pflugerville, Spring Branch and Victoria.

The board election in Dallas did not determine a winner for the District 6 seat. The race will advance to a run-off election on June 21, 2014, since none of the candidates received the 50 percent of the vote necessary for an outright victory. Initial reports by both the San Marcos Mercury and the Hays Free Press indicated that a runoff election would be held for the at-large seat in Hays CISD, however these reports were incorrect since Hays CISD operates on a plurality vote system.

Spotlight: Dallas Independent School District

Voters in Dallas Independent School District returned two incumbents to the board. District 2 incumbent Mike Morath returned to the board without opposition. Fellow trustee Miguel Solis defeated challenger Kristi Lara for the second time in less than a year in the District 8 race. Solis defeated Lara by 32 percent in a November 2013 special election and expanded his margin of victory to 35 percent on May 10, 2014. The District 6 race did not result in a clear victor as candidates Bertha Bailey Whatley and Joyce Foreman placed well above three other candidates but neither earned 50 percent of the vote. Whatley and Foreman advance to a June 21, 2014 run-off election that will fill the seat of outgoing trustee Carla Ranger.

Candidates

Note: An (i) next to a candidate's name indicates incumbent status.

Abilene Independent School District

Place 4
☑ Cindy Parker Earles
☐ Danny Kittley

Place 5
☑ Danny Wheat (i)
☐ Samuel Garcia

Place 6
☑ Stan Lambert

Place 7
☑ Kelvin Kelley (i)
☐ Andy Cleveland

Allen Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Louise Master (i)
☐ Wayne Boline

Place 7
☑ Jimmy Trotter
☐ Mark Jones (i)
☐ Paul D. Jackson III

Alvin Independent School District
Position 6
☑ Earl Humbird
☐ Sue Stringer (i)

Position 7
☑ Vivian Scheibel
☐ Chad Dudley

Arlington Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Bowie Hogg (i)

Place 7
☑ Kecia Mays
☐ Bridgett Davis

Belton Independent School District
At-large
☑ Jason Carothers (i)
☑ Amanda Winkler (i)
☐ Donald Wayne Copeland

Brazosport Independent School District
District 1
☑ George R. Sullivan (i)
☐ Troy T. Brimage

District 6
☑ Scott A. Schwertner
☐ Ryan Huey

District 7
☑ Mason P. Howard (i)

Burleson Independent School District
Place 3
☑ Ryan Richardson
☐ Kim Tyler
☐ Paul Keese

Place 4
☑ Andy Pickens (i)
☐ Rick Pettijohn

Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
Place 1
☑ James Goode (i)
☐ Karin Webb

Place 2
☑ Nancy Cline (i)

Clear Creek Independent School District
District 2
☑ Win Weber (i)
☐ Nick Long

District 3
☑ Ken Baliker (i)

Comal Independent School District
District 3
☑ Laurie Schley
☐ Jason York (i)
☐ Ken Adkins

District 4
☑ Denise Kern
☐ Nancy Pappas (i)

Coppell Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Thom Hulme (i)

Place 5
☑ Amy Dungan (i)
☐ Jeff Jordan

Crowley Independent School District
Place 1
☑ Jay Hinton
☐ Misty Whitley

Place 2
☑ Thedrick Franklin (i)
☐ Jerry Nugent

Place 3
☑ P.K. Chowdhury (i)
☐ Rusty Norton

Dallas Independent School District
District 2
☑ Mike Morath (i)

District 6
Bertha Bailey Whatley
Joyce Foreman
☐ Lew Blackburn, Jr.
☐ D. Marcus Ranger
☐ Carlos Sherman

District 8
☑ Miguel Solis (i)
☐ Kristi Lara
☐ Richard P. Sheridan

Dickinson Independent School District
District 1
☑ Mike Mackey (i)

District 2
☑ Veanna Veasey
☐ Leo S. Rudd

Duncanville Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Renee McNeely
☐ Louis McElroy (i)

Place 5
☑ Elijah Granger
☐ Patrick R. LeBlanc

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Liz Hatley
☐ Josh Barber

Place 7
☑ Donna K. Webb (i)

Fort Bend Independent School District
Position 1
☑ Jason Burdine
☐ Qaisar Imam
☐ Ramesh Cherivirala
☐ C.J. Udoagwu

Position 4
☑ Kristin K. Tassin
☐ Bruce Albright (i)
☐ Deron R. Harrington
☐ Rodrigo Carreon

Position 5
☑ KP George
☐ Patsy Taylor (i)
☐ Kris Allfrey

Garland Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Cindy Castañeda (i)
☐ Connie Griffin Boone
☐ Dwight Davis

Place 5
☑ Scott L. Luna (i)
☐ Lawrence Billy Jones III

Georgetown Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Fred Barhydt (i)

Place 5
☑ Melanie Dunham
☐ Francis Jackson

Grand Prairie Independent School District
Place 3
☑ Katrina Jones
☐ Angela Luckey

Place 4
☑ John David Stewart (i)
☐ Mike Riley

Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
Place 5
☑ Jesse Rodriguez (i)
☐ Troy Greisen

Place 6
☑ Leon Leal (i)

Place 7
☑ Jorge Rodriguez (i)
☐ Mark Assaad

Hays Consolidated Independent School District
District 1
☑ Teresa M. Tobias
☐ Jesus Espinoza

District 2
☑ Willie Tenorio, Jr. (i)
☐ Miguel Zuniga

At-large
☑ Sandra Bryant (i)
☐ Will McManus
☐ Letty Vasquez-Jones

Irving Independent School District
District 1
☑ Steven Jones (i)

District 2
☑ Nell Anne Hunt
☐ Garrett M. Landry

District 6
☑ Randy Necessary

Katy Independent School District
Position 3
☑ Ashley Vann
☐ Bill Proctor (i)

Position 4
☑ Courtney Doyle
☐ Terry Huckaby (i)
☐ Jennifer Camero

Position 5
☑ Henry Dibrell (i)
☐ Cyndi Lawrence

Keller Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Craig Allen (i)
☐ Ed Allen
☐ Michael Goolsby

Place 5
☑ Jo Lynn Haussmann
☐ Jim Joros
☐ Shane Hardin
☐ Terry King

Killeen Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Marvin Rainwater
☐ Aya Eneli
☐ Brockley Moore
☐ Lan Carter

Place 5
☑ Terry Delano (i)

Lewisville Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Kristi Hassett
☐ Krista Stone
☐ Mary Smith

Place 7
☑ Tracy Scott Miller
☐ Carol Kyer (i)

Lubbock Independent School District
At-large
☑ Laura Vinson
☐ Brett Underwood
☐ Boyd Goodloe

District 3
☑ Mark Blankenship (i)

District 4
☑ James Arnold (i)

Magnolia Independent School District
Position 4
☑ Kristi Baker (i)
☐ Ginger Russell

Position 5
☑ Joe Duncan

Mansfield Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Danny Baas (i)
☐ Kory Watkins

Place 7
☑ Courtney Lackey Wilson (i)

Mesquite Independent School District
Place 3
☑ Gary Bingham (i)

Place 4
☑ Greg Everett
☐ Rachel Lopez

Place 5
☑ Robert Seward (i)

Mission Consolidated Independent School District
Place 1
☐ Marcie González Acosta
☑ Roy Vela

Place 6
☐ A.C. Pruneda
☑ Petra B. Ramirez
☐ Rigo Sariñana

Place 7
☐ Oscar Martinez (i)
☑ Herminia R. (Minnie) Rodgers
☐ Rick Venecia

North East Independent School District
District 2
☐ Bob Coster
☑ Edd White (i)

District 3
☑ Sandi Wolff

District 7
☑ Brigitte Perkins (i)

Northwest Independent School District
Place 5
☑ Devonna Holland (i)
☐ Jerry Burkett

Place 6
☑ Lillian Rauch
☐ Kristi Wade
☐ Andrew Bennett
☐ Stan Durham
☐ Aaron Fraser
☐ Edward Mergenthal

Place 7
☑ Mel Fuller (i)
☐ Doug Smith

Pearland Independent School District
Position 1
☑ Charles Gooden Jr.
☐ Trevor S. Hale
☐ Jeff Jeffress

Position 2
☑ Rusty DeBorde (i)
☐ Suzanne Johnson

Richardson Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Justin Bono
☐ Rachel Chumney

Place 7
☑ Kristin Kuhne
☐ Judy Yarbrough
☐ Bonnie Abadie

Rockwall Independent School District
Place 6
☑ Leigh Plagens (i)

Place 7
☑ Stephanie Adams (i)
☐ Chad Higbee
☐ Leslie Latham Milder
☐ David Schwartz

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District
Place 4
☑ Arnold Padilla
☐ June Aguilera (i)

Place 5
☑ Hector Leal (i)
☐ Roberto Benavides
☐ Rene Salinas
☐ Joyce Aguirre

Place 6
☑ Oscar Medrano (i)
☐ Orlando Lopez

Place 7
☑ Angel Mendez
☐ Julian Huerta (i)
☐ Gilbert Weaver
☐ Esteban Rodriguez

San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Place 1
☑ Fernando Quiz (i)

Place 3
☑ Ceci Mertinez-Lozano (i)
☐ David F. Rountree

Place 4
☑ Raymond P. Meza (i)
☐ Antonio Perea

Place 5
☑ Roberto Chavira (i)

Sharyland Independent School District
Place 1
☑ Ricky Longoria (i)
☐ Alejandro Rodriguez III

Place 2
☐ Juan F. Zuniga (i)
☑ Julio Cerda

Southwest Independent School District
At-large
☐ Johnathon Cruz
☑ Mike C. Frazier (i)
☑ Yolanda Garza-Lopez (i)

Tyler Independent School District
District 2
☐ Cedrick Granberry Sr.
☑ Orenthia Mason (i)

District 4
☑ Patricia Nation

District 5
☑ Barbara Smith
☐ Ross Strader (i)

Waco Independent School District
At-large
☐ Armando Arvizu
☑ Cary DuPuy (i)

District 2
☐ Jezelle D. Cooper
☑ Colbert Murphy

District 3
☑ Larry Perez (i)

Wichita Falls Independent School District
At-large
☑ Elizabeth Yeager
☑ W.O. (Bill) Franklin
☐ Allyson Flack (i)
☐ Kerry Don Maroney

Place 1
☑ Bob Payton (i)

See also

• Texas school board elections draw large number of challengers
• School board elections, 2014
• Texas school board elections, 2014
• Texas elections, 2014