According to complete, unofficial returns from the Tuesday, Nov. 4, election Sonia Ledezma incumbent Trustee John Campbell have been elected the the PISD Board of Trustees.
According to complete, unofficial returns from the Tuesday, Nov. 4, election, voters in the Princeton Independent School District appear to have elected an incumbent trustee and a PISD teacher to a pair of seats on the Board of Trustees.
There were seven candidates on the ballot and voters were asked to choose two. The two with the most votes will be officially elected once the board canvasses the results.
Collin County Elections reported Sonia Ledezma had 1,431 votes or 24.80% of the total of 5,770 ballots counted while incumbent Trustee John Campbell won a second term with 1,208 votes or 20.94%.
Melissa Ait Belaid had 1,144 votes, or 19.83%, Incumbent Trustee Julia Schmoker had 1,077 votes or 18.67% and Charlotte Wilson had 553 votes or 9.58%.
Sam Nevarez had 189 votes or 3.84% and Kay McLaughlin had 168 votes or 2.91%.
Since there were 25,416 registered voters eligible to take part in the election, the turnout amounted to 22.7%.
Ledezma led all the way, receiving 724 votes in early balloting, five mail-in ballots and 702 votes on Election Day. Campbell controlled second place with 597 early votes, nine mail-in votes and 602 Election Day ballots.
“This campaign was built on heart, and on the love and fire that has grown in me over the past three years, since the very first day I stepped into a Princeton ISD classroom,” Ledezma said after the election. “That experience shaped my purpose and ignited my passion to serve.”
She added, “I will show up with integrity, compassion and the same work ethic I had throughout this entire campaign. I’m ready to listen, ready to learn and ready to get to work for all of Princeton ISD.”
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