{"id":113263,"date":"2026-01-06T22:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113263\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:01:09","slug":"filing-period-for-may-richardson-isd-election-opens-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113263\/","title":{"rendered":"Filing period for May Richardson ISD election opens next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The filing period for the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/board\/election\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May Richardson ISD school board election<\/a> opens next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RISD-sign.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69166\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RISD-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Richardson ISD\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richardson ISD<\/p>\n<p>The May 2 election presents RISD voters the opportunity to cast ballots in races for two board seats, depending on where they live. Both Place 4<a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/2025\/05\/05\/incumbents-roll-to-reelection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Trustee Regina Harris and Place 5 Trustee Rachel McGowan won reelection last May<\/a>. Lake Highlands neighbor, Board President and At-Large Seat 6 Trustee Chris Poteet last won reelection in 2024, leaving the Place 7 At-Large seat, currently held by Eric Eager, the lone race neighbors will have to consider on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Single Member District 3 Trustee Debbie Renteria\u2019s seat will also be up for grabs this spring, although Lake Highlands neighbors won\u2019t be casting ballots in that race as they fall out of its geographic boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Interested residents can now fill out <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScirl4CN8SSyG5ahTB5PTlRNMBor6rL9_I9Ovj1QHscp4R9Lw\/viewform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an online request form<\/a> to receive an application packet. The filing period runs from Jan. 14 to 5 p.m. Feb. 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to run, candidates must have been a resident of Richardson ISD (or their single member district) for a year before the filing deadline, a U.S. citizen, mentally competent by legal standards and not have a felony conviction.<\/p>\n<p>RISD trustees previously ran exclusively for at-large seats. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2019\/01\/17\/richardson-isd-will-get-rid-large-elections\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a lawsuit filed by former Trustee David Tyso<\/a>n alleging voting rights violations forced the district to move to a single-member system.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/61d51f61716343c54581d9a2202d2162a03d15ee21d797247390707358060186.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAustin Wood is the Lake Highlands editor for The Advocate. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University, where he wrote for The Daily Toreador. A lifelong resident of Lake Highlands, Austin loves learning about the neighborhood&#8217;s history and hidden gems. You can email him at awood@advocatemag.com\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The filing period for the May Richardson ISD school board election opens next week. 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