Silky Joshi-Malik
Silky Joshi-Malik is an at-large member of the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in Texas. She assumed office in 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Joshi-Malik (Democratic Party) is running for re-election for an at-large seat of the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in Texas. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.[source]
Silky Joshi-Malik was appointed to the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large in 2025, to replace David Brown (D).
Biography
Silky Malik was born and lives in Houston, Texas. She graduated from John Foster Dulles High School in 2002. Malik earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Houston and an M.B.A. from Texas A&M. Malik’s career experience includes working on cancer research with the MD Anderson Cancer Center and community outreach programs with LBJ hospital.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2026)
General election
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large
Incumbent Silky Joshi-Malik (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large on March 3, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large
Beverly Barrett (R), Denise Dick (R), and Madison Guillory (R) are running in the Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 7, At-Large on March 3, 2026.
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 2
Daniel Crenshaw defeated Todd Litton, Patrick Gunnels, and Scott Cubbler in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Crenshaw (R) | 52.8 | 139,188 |
 | Todd Litton (D) | 45.6 | 119,992 | |
 | Patrick Gunnels (L) | 0.9 | 2,373 | |
 | Scott Cubbler (Independent) | 0.7 | 1,839 | |
| Total votes: 263,392 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 2
Daniel Crenshaw defeated Kevin Roberts in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 2 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Crenshaw | 69.5 | 19,430 |
 | Kevin Roberts | 30.5 | 8,523 | |
| Total votes: 27,953 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 2
Todd Litton defeated J. Darnell Jones, Silky Joshi-Malik, H. P. Parvizian, and Ali Khorasani in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 2 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Todd Litton | 52.8 | 15,113 |
 | J. Darnell Jones | 22.1 | 6,308 | |
| Silky Joshi-Malik | 9.7 | 2,770 | |
 | H. P. Parvizian | 7.9 | 2,259 | |
 | Ali Khorasani | 7.5 | 2,148 | |
| Total votes: 28,598 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 2 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Roberts | 33.0 | 15,273 |
| ✔ | | Daniel Crenshaw | 27.4 | 12,679 |
 | Kathaleen Wall | 27.1 | 12,524 | |
 | Rick Walker | 7.2 | 3,320 | |
| Jonny Havens | 2.0 | 936 | ||
 | Justin Lurie | 0.9 | 425 | |
 | Jon Spiers | 0.9 | 418 | |
| David Balat | 0.8 | 348 | ||
| Malcolm Whittaker | 0.7 | 322 | ||
| Total votes: 46,245 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2026 Elections
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