Incumbents In Humble ISD, Humble Win Big In Weekend Elections

HUMBLE, TX — While most elections in the Greater Houston served as a harbinger of change, the Humble community stuck with what has been working well in their city and school board.

The City of Humble had only one contested city council election with incumbent Andy Curry receiving 65 percent of the votes in a landslide win against challenger Ross Adkins.

Mayor Merle Aaron and Councilman Ray Calfee, who were unopposed, were both re-elected to new terms.

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However, in the Humble ISD school board races, all of the four seats up for re-election were contested, with incumbents winning three of those contests.

Former Humble ISD Board president Robert Sitton, who faced challenges from two opponents, won with 57 percent of the votes in Saturday’s election.

Position 3 incumbent trustee Angela Conrad won re-election with 63 percent of the ballots, to challenger Christopher Herron, who garnered 37 percent of the votes.

In Position 4, it was long-time trustee Charles Cunningham taking 61 percent of the votes to challenger Abby Whitmire’s 38 percent.

The race for the Position 5 seat was anybody’s to win after Brent Englelage, who’s served on the board for nearly a decade, decided not to seek a new term

The Position 5 race drew seven candidates with Martina Lemond-Dixon, who won 47 percent of the votes, and Lohit Datta-Barua winning 24 percent of the votes on May 6.

Lemond-Dixon is exepected to be sworn in next month.

Meanwhile, the board will likely need to consider applicants to fill the unexpired term of Heath Rushing, who announced in April that he was resigning from the board effective May 9.

Rushing, who will serve as the CEO for Memorial Hermann Cypress and Memorial Hermann Katy hospitals, has served for four years on the board of trustees.

His current term expires in 2019.

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