If the leads of a field of moderates continue as election day votes are counted, the results will decisive break a logjam on the board.
Conservative candidates lagged, in some cases by substantial margins, in early vote totals for all five North East Independent School District races Saturday. Incumbent Steve Hilliard appeared poised to lose his bid for reelection against challenger Terri Chidgey , who led the District 6 race with 65% in unofficial early voting results posted on the Bexar County Elections Department website.
volunteer Melinda Cox led early voting in a three-way race for the District 5 seat, receiving more than 54%. Dick Rasmussen had almost 39% and Chris Evans had less than 7%. In District 1, former teacher and substitute Lisa Thompson had 72% against retired math teacher Michael Gurwitz. Majorities of voters appeared to repudiate the efforts of two conservative PACs that as of April 26 had outspent the Champions group by 7 to 1. Rowland, Hoyle and Evans had been supported by the San Antonio Family Association. Hilliard, Rasmussen and Gurwitz were backed by Parents United for Freedom.
board had been a model of near-unanimity for years. That began to unravel when two conservatives elected in 2022 formed a voting bloc with Hilliard and persuaded other trustees to overhaul a volunteer health advisory panel that recommended a new sex education program.
Conservative Bexar County Champions For Public Education Elections Department PAC Champions Liberty San Antonio Family Association Parents United For Freedom Terri Chidgey Steve Hilliard Jacqueline Klein Tracie Shelton Melinda Cox Terri Williams David Beyer Rhonda Rowland Lisa Thompson Jack Hoyle Michael Gurwitz Dick Rasmussen Chris Evans Rowland District 6 District 2 Bexar County District 4 District 5 District 1 Anti-LGBT
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