Texas State Board of Education election, 2024

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Election details
	Filing deadline: December 11, 2023
	Primary: March 5, 2024; Primary runoff: May 28, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
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	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Texas
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Texas is holding an election for seven of 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The primary was March 5, 2024, and a primary runoff was May 28, 2024. The filing deadline was December 11, 2023.

Candidates and election results

District 1

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Gustavo Reveles and Michael Stevens are running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Gustavo Reveles (D)
		Michael Stevens (R)

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Gustavo Reveles advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gustavo Reveles	100.0	72,349

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,349
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jessica Cerda (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Michael Stevens advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Stevens	100.0	67,158

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,158
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District 3

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Marisa Perez-Diaz is running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Marisa Perez-Diaz (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Marisa Perez-Diaz advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 3 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marisa Perez-Diaz	100.0	60,648

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,648
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District 4

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Staci Childs is running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Staci Childs (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Staci Childs advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 4 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Staci Childs	100.0	69,054

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,054
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District 10

Note: The district convention for the Green Party of Texas was deemed invalid by state leadership due to procedural issues.^[1]

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 10

Incumbent Tom Maynard and Raquel Saenz Ortiz are running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 10 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Tom Maynard (R)
		Raquel Saenz Ortiz (D)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Gerald McAlexander (L)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 10

Incumbent Tom Maynard defeated Mary Bone in the Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 10 on May 28, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Maynard	51.8	24,658
	Mary Bone	48.2	22,924

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 47,582
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 10

Raquel Saenz Ortiz defeated Daniel Caldwell in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 10 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Raquel Saenz Ortiz	78.6	35,622
	Daniel Caldwell	21.4	9,703

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,325
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 10

Incumbent Tom Maynard and Mary Bone advanced to a runoff. They defeated Daniel Caldwell in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 10 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Maynard	49.3	101,741
✔	Mary Bone	40.5	83,497
	Daniel Caldwell	10.3	21,162

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 206,400
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Green convention

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Daniel Caldwell (G)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 10

Gerald McAlexander advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 10 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Gerald McAlexander (L)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Daniel Caldwell (L)

District 11

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Rayna Glasser, Brandon Hall, and Hunter Crow are running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Rayna Glasser (D)
		Brandon Hall (R)
		Hunter Crow (G)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Rayna Glasser advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rayna Glasser	100.0	48,188

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,188
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Brandon Hall defeated incumbent Patricia Hardy in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brandon Hall	53.2	89,139
	Patricia Hardy	46.8	78,326

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 167,465
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Green convention

Green convention for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Hunter Crow advanced from the Green convention for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Hunter Crow (G)

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District 12

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Incumbent Pam Little and George King are running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Pam Little (R)
		George King (D)

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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Incumbent Pam Little defeated Jamie Kohlmann in the Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on May 28, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Pam Little	50.8	31,968
	Jamie Kohlmann	49.2	30,948

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,916
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12

George King advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George King	100.0	50,744

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,744
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Incumbent Pam Little and Jamie Kohlmann advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chad Green and Matt Rostami in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Pam Little	36.4	63,633
✔	Jamie Kohlmann	27.0	47,288
	Chad Green	20.3	35,446
	Matt Rostami	16.3	28,542

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 174,909
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District 15

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 15

Incumbent Aaron Kinsey, Morgan Kirkpatrick, and Jack Westbrook are running in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 15 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Aaron Kinsey (R)
		Morgan Kirkpatrick (D)
		Jack Westbrook (L)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 15

Morgan Kirkpatrick advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 15 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan Kirkpatrick	100.0	17,434

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,434
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 15

Incumbent Aaron Kinsey advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 15 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Kinsey	100.0	175,444

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 175,444
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 15

Jack Westbrook advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 15 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Jack Westbrook (L)

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

District 1

General election candidates

Melissa Ortega (Democratic Party) ✔
Michael Stevens (Republican Party)

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Democratic primary runoff candidates

Laura Marquez
Melissa Ortega ✔

Democratic primary candidates

Republican primary candidates

Lani Popp
Michael Stevens ✔

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District 2

General election candidates

Victor Perez (Democratic Party)
LJ Francis (Republican Party) ✔

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Democratic primary runoff candidates

Pete Garcia
Victor Perez ✔

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District 3

General election candidates

Marisa Perez-Diaz (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Ken Morrow (Republican Party)

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Democratic primary candidates

Marisa Perez-Diaz (Incumbent) ✔

Republican primary candidates

Lana Jean Holland
Ken Morrow ✔

Did not make the ballot:

Warren Kitchen

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District 4

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Staci Childs (Democratic Party) ✔

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Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

District 5

General election candidates

Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Perla Hopkins (Republican Party)

Did not make the ballot:

Mark Loewe (Republican Party)

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Republican primary candidates

Mark Loewe ✔
Robert Morrow

District 6

General election candidates

Will Hickman (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Michelle Palmer (Democratic Party)
Rebekah Plourde (Independent) (Write-in)

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Democratic primary candidates

Michelle Palmer ✔

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Republican primary candidates

Will Hickman (Incumbent) ✔
Mike Wolfe

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District 7

General election candidates

Daniel Hochman (Democratic Party)
Julie Pickren (Republican Party) ✔
Alan Pyeatt (Libertarian Party)

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Democratic primary candidates

Daniel Hochman ✔

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Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Alan Pyeatt ✔

District 8

General election candidates

Audrey Young (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Rhett Rosenquest Smith (Libertarian Party)

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Audrey Young (Incumbent) ✔

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Rhett Rosenquest Smith ✔

District 9

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Keven Ellis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Republican primary candidates

Keven Ellis (Incumbent) ✔

District 10

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Tom Maynard (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Republican primary candidates

Tom Maynard (Incumbent) ✔

District 11

General election candidates

Patricia Hardy (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Luis Sifuentes (Democratic Party)
Kathi Arocha (Independent) (Write-in)

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Democratic primary runoff candidates

This primary runoff was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Luis Sifuentes ✔

Did not make the ballot:

James Whitfield

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Democratic primary candidates

Daniel Caldwell
Luis Sifuentes ✔
James Whitfield ✔ (unofficially withdrew)

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Republican primary candidates

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Daniel Caldwell

District 12

General election candidates

Pam Little (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Alex Cornwallis (Democratic Party)
Christy Mowrey (Libertarian Party)
Rosiland Davis (Independent) (Write-in)

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Republican primary candidates

Pam Little (Incumbent) ✔

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Christy Mowrey ✔

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District 13

General election candidates

Aicha Davis (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Kathryn Monette (Republican Party)

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Aicha Davis (Incumbent) ✔

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District 14

General election candidates

Tracy Fisher (Democratic Party)
Evelyn Brooks (Republican Party) ✔

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Tracy Fisher ✔

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Republican primary candidates

Sue Melton-Malone (Incumbent)
Evelyn Brooks ✔

District 15

General election candidates

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Aaron Kinsey (Republican Party) ✔

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Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Republican primary candidates

Jay Johnson (Incumbent)
Aaron Kinsey ✔

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2020

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2020

District 1

General election candidates

Georgina Perez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Jennifer Ivey (Republican Party)

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Democratic primary candidates

Georgina Perez (Incumbent) ✔

Republican primary candidates

Jennifer Ivey ✔

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District 5

General election candidates

Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Democratic Party) ✔
Lani Popp (Republican Party)
Stephanie Berlin (Libertarian Party)

Republican primary runoff candidates

Robert Morrow
Lani Popp ✔

Democratic primary candidates

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Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Stephanie Berlin ✔

District 6

General election candidates

Michelle Palmer (Democratic Party)
Will Hickman (Republican Party) ✔
Whitney Bilyeu (Libertarian Party)

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Republican primary candidates

Will Hickman ✔

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Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Whitney Bilyeu ✔

District 8

General election candidates

Audrey Young (Republican Party) ✔
Audra Rose Berry (Libertarian Party)

Did not make the ballot:

Brian Leonard (Libertarian Party)

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Did not make the ballot:

Sharon Berry

Republican primary candidates

Audrey Young ✔

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Brian Leonard ✔

District 9

General election candidates

Keven Ellis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Brenda Davis (Democratic Party)

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Brenda Davis ✔

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Republican primary candidates

Keven Ellis (Incumbent) ✔

District 10

General election candidates

Tom Maynard (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Marsha Burnett-Webster (Democratic Party)
Trip Seibold (Libertarian Party)

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Democratic primary candidates

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Republican primary candidates

Tom Maynard (Incumbent) ✔

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Trip Seibold ✔

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District 14

General election candidates

Sue Melton-Malone (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Greg Alvord (Democratic Party)

Democratic primary candidates

Greg Alvord ✔

Republican primary candidates

Sue Melton-Malone (Incumbent) ✔
Maria Berry

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District 15

General election candidates

John Betancourt (Democratic Party)
Jay Johnson (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

John Betancourt ✔

Republican primary candidates

Jay Johnson ✔

2018

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2018

District 2

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Ruben Cortez Jr. defeated Charles Hasse in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ruben Cortez Jr. (D)	53.6	206,689
	Charles Hasse (R)	46.4	178,923

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 385,612
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Ruben Cortez Jr. defeated Michelle Arévalo Dávila in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ruben Cortez Jr.	52.3	31,289
	Michelle Arévalo Dávila	47.7	28,487

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,776
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2

Charles Hasse defeated Eric Garza in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charles Hasse	67.1	31,717
	Eric Garza	32.9	15,536

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,253
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District 3

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Marisa Perez-Diaz won election in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marisa Perez-Diaz (D)	100.0	302,242

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 302,242
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Marisa Perez-Diaz defeated Dan Arellano in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 3 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marisa Perez-Diaz	75.9	60,027
	Dan Arellano	24.1	19,022

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,049
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District 4

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Lawrence Allen Jr. won election in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lawrence Allen Jr. (D)	100.0	311,590

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 311,590
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Lawrence Allen Jr. defeated Steven Chambers in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 4 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lawrence Allen Jr.	66.9	45,162
	Steven Chambers	33.1	22,337

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,499
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District 7

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 7

Matt Robinson defeated Elizabeth Markowitz in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Matt Robinson (R)	59.5	369,752
	Elizabeth Markowitz (D)	40.5	252,158

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 621,910
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7

Elizabeth Markowitz advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Markowitz	100.0	50,781

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,781
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7

Matt Robinson advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 7 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matt Robinson	100.0	99,875

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,875
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District 11

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Incumbent Patricia Hardy defeated Carla Morton and Aaron Gutknecht in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Patricia Hardy (R)	57.2	366,245
	Carla Morton (D)	40.5	259,276
	Aaron Gutknecht (L)	2.4	15,241

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 640,762
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Carla Morton defeated Celeste Light in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Carla Morton	57.9	33,217
	Celeste Light	42.1	24,156

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,373
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Incumbent Patricia Hardy defeated Feyi Obamehinti and Cheryl Surber in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Patricia Hardy	55.8	58,796
	Feyi Obamehinti	24.3	25,580
	Cheryl Surber	20.0	21,073

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,449
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District 12

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Pam Little defeated Suzanne Smith and Rachel Wester in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Pam Little (R)	49.4	334,584
	Suzanne Smith (D)	47.9	324,307
	Rachel Wester (L)	2.7	18,002

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 676,893
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Democratic primary runoff election

The Democratic primary runoff election was canceled. Suzanne Smith advanced from the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 12.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Laura Malone-Miller (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Suzanne Smith and Laura Malone-Miller advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tina Green in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Suzanne Smith	48.1	35,460
✔	Laura Malone-Miller	26.3	19,426
	Tina Green	25.6	18,883

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,769
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12

Pam Little advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 12 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pam Little	100.0	82,548

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,548
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District 13

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 13

Aicha Davis defeated A. Denise Russell in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 13 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Aicha Davis (D)	76.3	309,926
	A. Denise Russell (R)	23.7	96,136

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 406,062
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 13

Aicha Davis advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 13 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aicha Davis	100.0	68,458

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 68,458
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 13

A. Denise Russell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 13 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		A. Denise Russell

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External links

Footnotes

↑ Email communication with the cochair of the Green Party of Texas on May 21, 2024

[1] Email communication with the cochair of the Green Party of Texas on May 21, 2024

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