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Tara Hrbacek
Tara Hrbacek was an at-large member of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas. She assumed office in 2017. She left office on June 5, 2025.
Hrbacek ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas. She lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
General election
General election for Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ileana Garza-Rojas (Nonpartisan) | 26.2 | 4,751 | |
| ✔ | Kim Brady (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 3,093 | |
| ✔ | Paul Gilmore (Nonpartisan) | 13.3 | 2,407 | |
 | Tara Hrbacek (Nonpartisan) | 11.5 | 2,090 | |
| Rangoli Mathur (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 2,046 | ||
| Brady Barnett (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 1,967 | ||
| Nicole Yarbrough (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 1,790 | ||
| Total votes: 18,144 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Baldwin (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hrbacek in this election.
2022
See also: Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, Texas, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large (3 seats)
Ileana Garza-Rojas, Kim Brady, and incumbent Tara Hrbacek defeated incumbent Randy Schackmann and James Allen in the general election for Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large on May 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ileana Garza-Rojas (Nonpartisan) | 23.4 | 4,104 | |
| ✔ | Kim Brady (Nonpartisan) | 22.6 | 3,955 | |
| ✔ | | Tara Hrbacek (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 3,893 |
| Randy Schackmann (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 3,789 | ||
| James Allen (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 1,768 | ||
| Total votes: 17,509 | |||
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2019
See also: Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, Texas, elections (2019)
General election
The general election was canceled. Tara Hrbacek (Nonpartisan), Guillermo Ramos (Nonpartisan), and Randy Schackmann (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2017
Three of the seven seats on the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District board of trustees were up for at-large election on May 6, 2017. Two seats were up for election to regular three-year terms, and the third seat was on the ballot for a two-year term due to a vacancy on the board. In their bids for re-election to regular three-year terms, incumbents Nancy Cline and James Goode faced challengers Nic Rady, Derek Glatz, Victoria Kemp, and Candace Valenzuela. Incumbent Nancy Cline and newcomer Candace Valenzuela defeated their challengers. Tara Hrbacek defeated John DeLorme for the open two-year term.[1][2][3][4][5]
Results
| Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large General Election, 2-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tara Hrbacek |
58.04% | 4,052 |
| John DeLorme | 41.96% | 2,929 |
| Total Votes | 6,981 | |
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "2017 Joint Election," accessed September 20, 2017 | ||
Funding
Hrbacek reported $1,665.00 in contributions and $3,421.81 in expenditures to the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, which left her campaign with $1,756.81 in debt as of April 28, 2017.[6]
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tara Hrbacek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Tara Hrbacek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tara Hrbacek did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Hrbacek highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:
| “ | I am the candidate in the CFB ISD Board of Trustee special election with the extensive experience in our schools as a parent, advocate and volunteer to best represent our children, staff and taxpayers.
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| —Tara Hrbacek (2017)[8] | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, At-large |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed February 15, 2017
- ↑ Dallas News, "Frank Shor, Dallas lawyer and Carrollton-Farmers Branch school board president, dies at 64," December 8, 2016
- ↑ Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, "Candidates: Board of Trustees Election, May 6, 2017," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, "Candidates: Board of Trustees Special Election, May 6, 2017," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," accessed May 6, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.
- ↑ Election Information for Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, "Home: Download Attachments," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tara Hrbacek for CFB School Board Trustee, "Home," accessed April 13, 2017
| Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District elections in 2017 | |
| Dallas and Denton counties, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 6, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large (3-year terms): • Incumbent, Nancy Cline • Incumbent, James Goode • Derek Glatz • Victoria Kemp • Nic Rady • Candace Valenzuela At-large (2-year term): • John DeLorme • Tara Hrbacek |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
