Houston School Election Results 2021: Runoff For 4 HISD Races

HOUSTON, TX — Four Houston ISD Board of Trustee races are heading to a runoff, and Alief ISD voters approved three of four bond propositions in Tuesday's school district elections.

With 100 percent of Harris County precincts reporting, Houston ISD Position 9 Trustee Myrna Guidry won re-election, but four incumbents are headed to runoffs after stiff competition from challengers.

In the Position 7 race, Bridget Wade received more votes than incumbent Anne Sung but didn't reach the required majority. Other runoffs include incumbent Elizabeth Santos against Janette Garza Lindner for Position 1, incumbent Sue Deigaard against Caroline Walter for Position 5 and incumbent Holly Flynn Vilaseca against Kendall Baker for Position 6.

"The runoff is on, and I am ready to press in," Wade said in a statement to Patch. "This is for the good of our kids, our city and our future. I know the journey continues, but I learn and grow each day. I am grateful for it all."

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Alief ISD voters approved three of four bond propositions totaling over $500 million. Proposals for school buildings, athletics facilities and technology improvements were passed.

In the Alief school board races, Board Vice President Darlene Breaux and Trustee Jennifer Key won re-election, and Gregg Patrick won the Position 7 seat. Donald Guillory and Harvey Anh Tong will head to a runoff for Position 5.

In Aldine ISD, three incumbents won re-election. Connie Esparza received a majority vote over Zaheer Malik in the Position 4 race. Two other incumbents won with a plurality as there are no runoffs in Aldine ISD. Rose Avalos edged Nico Mathews for Position 3, while Steve Mead defeated challenger Manny Guerrero for Position 5.

Results were delayed until late Tuesday because of an outage at the Harris County Elections' counting center.

"The machines are sensitive to any interference, so to ensure the integrity of the computers we conducted a full logic and accuracy test, which takes about two hours," the Harris County Elections administration said in a Facebook post. "Though we want to get the results out quickly, we prioritize processing everything accurately even if it takes some extra time."

Voters also cast their ballots for or against eight Texas Constitutional Amendment propositions. Here are the statewide results. For more races in the Houston metro, click here.

Houston ISD Voter Totals

Trustee Position 1

• Elizabeth Santos: 3,919
• Matias Kopinsky: 2,220
• Janette Garza Lindner: 3,304

Trustee Position 5

• Maria Benzon: 2,267
• Sue Deigaard: 7,841
• Caroline Walter: 5,779

Trustee Position 6

• Kendall Baker: 3,208
• Holly Flynn Vilaseca: 3,389
• Greg Degeyter: 1,402

Trustee Position 7

• Lee "Mac" Walker: 2,901
• Bridget Wade: 6,075
• Dwight Jefferson: 409
• Anne Sung: 5,444

Trustee Position 9

• Gerry Monroe: 1,786
• Joshua Ryan Rosales: 1,352
• Myrna Guidry: 4,813

Aldine ISD Voter Totals

Trustee Position 3

• Nico S. Mathews: 1,944
• Jimmy Morales: 861
• Rose M. Avalos: 2,245

Trustee Position 4

• Conception "Connie" Esparza: 3,049
• Zaheer Malik: 1,890

Trustee Position 5

• Emmanuel "Manny" Guerrero: 1,608
• Steve Mead: 1,912
• Donald Jones: 1,551

Alief ISD Voter Totals

Trustee Position 4

• Darlene Breaux: 3,507
• Debby Pepper: 1,649

Trustee Position 5

• Randal Stewart: 1,352
• Donald Murphy Guillory: 1,541
• Harvey Anh Tong: 2,395

Trustee Position 6

• Jennifer Key: 3,359
• Ronald "RB" Franklin: 1,732

Trustee Position 7

• Gregg Patrick: 2,911
• Damon Barone: 2,226

Proposition A — The issuance of $482,585,000 bonds for the construction, acquisition and renovation of school buildings, the purchase of sites necessary for school buildings and new school buses. Property tax increase.

• For: 3,783
• Against: 2,451

Proposition B — The issuance of $9,095,000 bonds for the construction, renovation and acquisition of athletic facilities and related improvements and equipment. Property tax increase.

• For: 3,115
• Against: 3,069

Proposition C — The issuance of $19,430,000 bonds for the construction, renovation, improvements and equipment of Crump Stadium. Property tax increase.

• For: 2,913
• Against: 3,273

Proposition D — The issuance of $30,590,000 bonds for the acquisition, installation and update of technology equipment. Property tax increase.

• For: 3,563
• Against: 2,625

Houston Community College Voter Totals

Trustee District 3

• Brandon "B.D." Cofield Sr.: 2,257
• Adriana Tamez: 2,837

Trustee District 8

• Victor Gonzales: 1,586
• Eva Loredo: 3,954
• Jharrett Bryantt: 3,369