Leander Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
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Five seats on the Leander Independent School District school board in Texas were up for general election on November 8, 2022, including the Place 5 seat, which was up in a special election for a two-year unexpired term. The filing deadline for this election was August 22, 2022.
2022 school board battleground election
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Five of seven seats—Places 1,2, 5, 6, and 7—were up for election, and all of them were contested. Incumbents ran for re-election for Places 1, 2, 5, and 7. In 2020, some parents complained about high school reading material, prompting a yearlong literature review that resulted in the District removing 11 elective books from the curriculum.[1] That decision was a fault line in the elections, with some candidates running on removing more material.[2] Leander, located just north of Austin, is on our list of school board elections where one or more candidates has taken a stance on at least one of the following topics: race in education/critical race theory, responses to the coronavirus pandemic, sex and gender in schools.
As of the 2019-2020 school year, Leander Independent School District had approximately 41,381 students, 2,753 teachers, and 47 schools.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Place 1
General election
General election for Leander Independent School District Place 1
Incumbent Trish Bode defeated Mike Sanders and David Doman in the general election for Leander Independent School District Place 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Trish Bode (Nonpartisan) | 50.9 | 31,842 |
| Mike Sanders (Nonpartisan) | 32.5 | 20,348 | ||
| David Doman (Nonpartisan) | 16.6 | 10,396 | ||
| Total votes: 62,586 | |||
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Place 2
General election
General election for Leander Independent School District Place 2
Incumbent Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia defeated Brandi Burkman in the general election for Leander Independent School District Place 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gloria Gonzales-Dholakia (Nonpartisan) | 50.6 | 31,998 | |
| Brandi Burkman (Nonpartisan) | 49.4 | 31,177 | ||
| Total votes: 63,175 | |||
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Place 5
General election
Special general election for Leander Independent School District Place 5
Incumbent Sade Fashokun defeated Shawn Leege and Kevin Leverenz in the special general election for Leander Independent School District Place 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sade Fashokun (Nonpartisan) | 42.8 | 26,258 |
| Shawn Leege (Nonpartisan) | 34.2 | 21,005 | ||
| Kevin Leverenz (Nonpartisan) | 23.0 | 14,143 | ||
| Total votes: 61,406 | |||
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Place 6
General election
General election for Leander Independent School District Place 6
Francesca Romans defeated Scott Reese and Sharon Bell in the general election for Leander Independent School District Place 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Francesca Romans (Nonpartisan) | 42.3 | 25,275 | |
| Scott Reese (Nonpartisan) | 30.8 | 18,372 | ||
| Sharon Bell (Nonpartisan) | 26.9 | 16,051 | ||
| Total votes: 59,698 | |||
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Place 7
General election
General election for Leander Independent School District Place 7
Paul Gauthier defeated Joseph Gorordo and incumbent Elexis Grimes in the general election for Leander Independent School District Place 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Paul Gauthier (Nonpartisan) | 35.0 | 21,267 | |
| Joseph Gorordo (Nonpartisan) | 33.4 | 20,302 | ||
 | Elexis Grimes (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 19,189 | |
| Total votes: 60,758 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Texas elections, 2022
March 1, 2022
- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Attorney General election, 2022
- Texas Comptroller election, 2022
- Texas gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas Public Lands Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas State Senate elections, 2022
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2022)
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2022)
May 7, 2022
- Texas Proposition 1, Property Tax Limit Reduction for Elderly and Disabled Residents Amendment (May 2022)
- Texas Proposition 2, Increased Homestead Exemption for School District Property Taxes Amendment (May 2022)
- Eanes Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition A, Marijuana Decriminalization and Prohibit No-Knock Warrants Initiative (May 2022)
May 24, 2022
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas Attorney General election, 2022
- Texas Comptroller election, 2022
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas Public Lands Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas State Senate elections, 2022
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
November 8, 2022
- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Attorney General election, 2022
- Texas Comptroller election, 2022
- Texas gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
- Texas Public Lands Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas Railroad Commissioner election, 2022
- Texas State Senate elections, 2022
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Texas Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Texas intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Austin Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
- Round Rock Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
- Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2022)
- Municipal elections in Williamson County, Texas (2022)
- Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2022)
- Austin Community College District, Texas, Proposition A, Facilities Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Austin Independent School District, Texas, Proposition A, School Facilities Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Austin Independent School District, Texas, Proposition B, Technology Systems Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Austin Independent School District, Texas, Proposition C, Stadium Facilities Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Austin, Texas, Proposition A, Housing for Certain Income Levels Bond Measure (November 2022)
December 13, 2022
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About the district
The Leander Independent School District is located in Williamson and Travis counties in Texas. The district served 41,780 students during the 2021-2022 school year.[3]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ KUT, "Leander ISD pulls 11 books from curriculum after year-long review," December 3, 2022
- ↑ The Austin Chronicle, "Book Bans Take Center Stage in Leander ISD," October 7, 2022
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed March 24, 2023
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