Round Rock ISD Trustee Files For WilCo Commissioner's Post

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TX — Round Rock ISD board of trustees member Nikki Gonzales, a Republican, has officially filed to run against incumbent WilCo commissioner Terry Cook in the November 2020 election, according to a report in The Austin-American Statesman.

Gonzalez has been the vice president of the Round Rock ISD school board since 2017, according to her bio. She is also the director of operations of governmental relations at Texas State Technical College. Prior to that, she served as chief of staff for a Republican State Representative for 9 years, according to her campaign literature.

In filing for the county commissioner's post, Gonzales aims to unseat the first Democrat to have have made a successful bid to the government body since the mid 90s, as the Austin American-Statesman noted in its report. In a 2014 Statesman profile of the candidate, Gonzales described herself as the child of immigrants who was the first in her family to graduate from college.

Although she has formally filed for the county political post, Gonzales launched a kick-off campaign party in late October. A Facebook event page for the launch indicated 10 people said they would attend and nearly 60 clicked on a tab to show their interest in attending. The event was staged at the Alcove Cantina, 119 E. Main St.

>>> Read the full report at Austin American-Statesman