Sean Cheben
2024 - Present
2029
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Sean Cheben is a member of the Houston Community College Board of Trustees in Texas, representing District V. Cheben assumed office on January 1, 2024. Cheben's current term ends on December 31, 2029.
Cheben won election to the Houston Community College Board of Trustees to represent District V in Texas outright after the general election on November 7, 2023, was canceled.
Cheben was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Cheben was one of three delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Marco Rubio at the convention.[1]
Biography
Cheben received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has worked as a design engineer, a field engineer, and a project manager for Chevron. Cheben has been associated with Poe Elementary School and the Harris County Republican Party.[2]
Elections
2023
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2023)
General election
The general election was canceled. Sean Cheben (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cheben in this election.
2017
Six of the nine seats on the Houston Independent School District Board of Education in Texas were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. Candidates in Districts I and III advanced to a runoff election scheduled for December 9, 2017, after no candidate received a majority of the vote. The District III seat was up for special election to fill an unexpired term following the death of Manuel Rodriguez Jr.[3] The incumbents in Districts VI, VIII, and IX filed for re-election, while the incumbents in Districts I and V opted not to seek additional terms.[4][5][6]
In District I, newcomer Elizabeth Santos defeated fellow newcomer Gretchen Himsl. They defeated Monica Richart in the general election. In District III, newcomer Sergio Lira won against Jesse Rodriguez in the runoff election. They defeated Carlos Perrett and Rodolfo Reyes in the general election.[7]
Newcomer Sue Deigaard defeated three other newcomers—Kara DeRocha, Sean Cheben, and Susan Shafer—for the open District V seat. District VI incumbent Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca defeated challengers Daniel Albert and Robert Lundin for the seat with 50.42 percent of the vote. Incumbent Anne Sung defeated challenger John Luman in the District VII election. District IX incumbent Wanda Adams defeated challengers Karla Brown and Gerry Monroe.[4][5]
Results
| Houston Independent School District, District V General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sue Deigaard |
51.40% | 5,599 |
| Susan Shafer | 16.58% | 1,806 |
| Kara DeRocha | 16.18% | 1,762 |
| Sean Cheben | 15.84% | 1,725 |
| Total Votes | 10,892 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Official," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
Funding
Cheben reported $5,825.00 in contributions and $11,625.47 in expenditures to the Houston Independent School District as of October 30, 2017.[8]
Endorsements
Cheben was endorsed by the C-Club of Houston, Empower Texans, and Houston's Premier Business Coalition.[9][10][11]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Recent news
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ Sean Cheben for Trustee HISD District V, "Biography," accessed November 3, 2017
- ↑ Houston Independent School District, "HISD trustees appoint José Leal to fill District III seat until special election in November," accessed August 21, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Houston Independent School District, "Election Information," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Official," accessed November 22, 2017
- ↑ Houston ISD, "Three HISD incumbents prevail on election night, one open seat filled, and two open seats head to runoffs," November 8, 2017
- ↑ Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Unofficial, Joint Runoff Election," accessed December 9, 2017
- ↑ Houston ISD, "Election Information," accessed November 2, 2017
- ↑ C-Club of Houston, "C Club Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ Marielle Bricker, "Email communication with Charles Blain," October 9, 2017
- ↑ Houston's Premier Business Coalition, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2017
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| Preceded by Robert Glaser |
Houston Community College Board of Trustees District V 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
