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Round Rock Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
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Five seats on the Round Rock Independent School District school board in Texas were up for general election on November 8, 2022. Four of the seats were up for regular election to four-year terms, and one seat was up for special election to a two-year term. The filing deadline for this election was August 22, 2022.
2022 school board battleground election
This election was previewed in the October 19, 2022, edition of Hall Pass, a weekly newsletter focused on school board politics. Click here to learn more about the newsletter or to read archived editions.
Four seats were up for general election and one seat was up for a special election. All five incumbents ran for re-election. The Republican Party of Texas endorsed John Keagy, Orlando Salinas, Jill Farris, Christie Slape, and Don Zimmerman.[1] The candidates ran as a slate.[2] The 1776 Project PAC, which endorsed conservative school board candidates all over the country, endorsed the slate.[3] The Round Rock Democrats Club endorsed Estevan J. Chuy Zarate, Alicia Markum, and Tiffanie Harrison.[4] Read candidate statements here. Round Rock 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 2020-2021 school year, Round Rock Independent School District had approximately 50,953 students, 3,537 teachers, and 58 schools.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Place 1
General election
Special general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 1
Chuy Zárate defeated John Keagy, incumbent Kevin Johnson Sr., and Yuriy Semchyshyn in the special general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chuy Zárate (Nonpartisan)  | 47.9 | 35,646 |
| John Keagy (Nonpartisan) | 27.5 | 20,460 | ||
| Kevin Johnson Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 17.9 | 13,285 | ||
 | Yuriy Semchyshyn (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 4,963 | |
| Total votes: 74,354 | |||
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Place 3
General election
General election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 3
Incumbent Amber Feller defeated Orlando Salinas and Maryam Zafar in the general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amber Feller (Nonpartisan) | 52.4 | 39,600 | |
| Orlando Salinas (Nonpartisan) | 37.2 | 28,082 | ||
| Maryam Zafar (Nonpartisan) | 10.4 | 7,864 | ||
| Total votes: 75,546 | |||
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Place 4
General election
General election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 4
Alicia Markum defeated Jill Farris, Linda Avila, and incumbent Cory Vessa in the general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alicia Markum (Nonpartisan) | 43.2 | 32,569 | |
| Jill Farris (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 19,284 | ||
| Linda Avila (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 17,084 | ||
| Cory Vessa (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 6,453 | ||
| Total votes: 75,390 | |||
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Place 5
General election
General election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 5
Incumbent Amy Weir defeated Christie Slape, Stefan Bryant, and Joshua Billingsley in the general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amy Weir (Nonpartisan) | 56.3 | 41,511 | |
| Christie Slape (Nonpartisan) | 30.2 | 22,255 | ||
| Stefan Bryant (Nonpartisan) | 8.4 | 6,227 | ||
| Joshua Billingsley (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 3,782 | ||
| Total votes: 73,775 | |||
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Place 6
General election
General election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 6
Incumbent Tiffanie Harrison defeated Donald Zimmerman in the general election for Round Rock Independent School District Place 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tiffanie Harrison (Nonpartisan) | 62.4 | 47,969 | |
 | Donald Zimmerman (Nonpartisan) | 37.6 | 28,843 | |
| Total votes: 76,812 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Texas elections, 2022
March 1, 2022
- Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 17th 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)
- Pflugerville 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' 17th 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)
- Leander 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 Round Rock Independent School District is located in Travis and Williamson counties in Texas. The district served 47,167 students during the 2021-2022 school year.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Texas, "Republican Party of Texas Endorses Candidates for Round Rock ISD," September 30, 2022
- ↑ Austin American-Statesman, "Five Round Rock school board seats are up for election. Meet the candidates.," October 14, 2022
- ↑ Politico, "National conservative groups pour money into local school board races," September 19, 2022
- ↑ Round Rock Democrats Club, "RRISD Endorsements," accessed November 1, 2022
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey Data," accessed March 24, 2023
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