Leah King (Texas)

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Leah King
Image of Leah King
Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors
Tenure

2017 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

8

Elections and appointments
Last elected

May 3, 2025

Personal
Profession
Nonprofit executive
Contact

Leah King is an at-large member of the Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors in Texas. King assumed office in 2017. King's current term ends in 2029.

King ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors in Texas. King won in the general election on May 3, 2025.

Biography

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At the time of her 2017 run for office, King was the senior vice president and chief development officer for United Way of Tarrant County. Her professional experience also includes work as the vice president and marketing director for Northstar Bank of Texas, the senior vice president of marketing and communications for Holland Services, and the senior director of public affairs for Chesapeake Energy. King has served on the boards of Communities In Schools of Greater Tarrant County, the Child Study Center, the Cook Children's Health Care System, and Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail.[1]

Elections

2025

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2025)

General election

General election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors (3 seats)

Incumbent Leah King, Skylar O'Neal, and Johnathan Killebrew defeated Andrew Brinker in the general election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors on May 3, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leah King
Leah King (Nonpartisan)
 
30.9
 
22,298
Skylar O'Neal (Nonpartisan)
 
27.9
 
20,172
Johnathan Killebrew (Nonpartisan)
 
21.8
 
15,763
Andrew Brinker (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
19.3
 
13,954

Total votes: 72,187
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Endorsements

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2021

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2021)

General election

General election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors on May 1, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Leah King
Leah King (Nonpartisan)
 
20.1
 
26,313
Image of James Hill
James Hill (Nonpartisan)
 
16.7
 
21,894
Image of Mary Kelleher
Mary Kelleher (Nonpartisan)
 
15.6
 
20,365
Image of Charles Team
Charles Team (Nonpartisan)
 
14.4
 
18,865
Glenda Murray Thompson (Nonpartisan)
 
12.5
 
16,427
Jeremy Raines (Nonpartisan)
 
10.9
 
14,320
Image of Jack Stevens
Jack Stevens (Nonpartisan)
 
9.7
 
12,741

Total votes: 130,925
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2017

See also: Municipal elections in Tarrant County, Texas (2017)

Tarrant County, Texas, held an election for county college board of trustees and water district board of directors on May 6, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 17, 2017.

The Districts 3, 4, and 5 seats on the Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees and three seats on the Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors were up for election in 2017.[2][3] Leah King, James Hill, and incumbent Jack Stevens defeated incumbent Mary Kelleher and Andra Beatty in the general election for a seat on the Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors.[4]

Tarrant Regional Water District Board of Directors, General Election, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Leah King 28.55% 18,958
Green check mark transparent.png James Hill 23.31% 15,482
Green check mark transparent.png Jack Stevens Incumbent 22.36% 14,846
Mary Kelleher Incumbent 14.47% 9,608
Andra Beatty 11.31% 7,514
Total Votes 66,408
Source: Tarrant County, Texas, "Official Results," accessed May 24, 2017

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2021

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