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Leah King (Texas)
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | 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)  | 19.3 | 13,954 | ||
| Total votes: 72,187 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for King in this election.
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Leah King (Nonpartisan) | 20.1 | 26,313 |
| ✔ |  | James Hill (Nonpartisan) | 16.7 | 21,894 |
| ✔ |  | Mary Kelleher (Nonpartisan) | 15.6 | 20,365 |
 | Charles Team (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 18,865 | |
| Glenda Murray Thompson (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 16,427 | ||
| Jeremy Raines (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 14,320 | ||
 | Jack Stevens (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 12,741 | |
| Total votes: 130,925 | |||
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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 |
 Leah King |
28.55% | 18,958 |
| James Hill |
23.31% | 15,482 |
| 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
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Leah King did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Leah King did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Leah King," accessed June 29, 2017
- ↑ Tarrant County College, "Regular & Special Trustee Election," February 21, 2017
- ↑ Tarrant Regional Water District, "2017 Election Candidate Packet," January 11, 2017
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email correspondence with Tarrant Regional Water District communications manager Chad Lorance," March 7, 2017
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