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There will be more new faces than incumbents on the El Paso and Socorro school boards following Saturday s election results.
At El Paso Independent School District, District 3 trustee Josh Acevedo was the only incumbent to win re-election.
Former District 1 trustee and board president Bob Geske and District 5 trustee Chuck Taylor did not to seek re-election.
District 4 incumbent Diane Dye was decisively defeated by newcomer Isabel Hernandez, unofficial results showed the two-term trustee with less than 10% of the vote in the six-way race.
Hernandez, who had more than 57% of the vote, was one of four EPISD candidates to receive campaign contributions from the Kids First political action committee, which has historically supported charter schools.
El Pasoans will choose who will help shape the future of two school districts Saturday in EPISD and SISD school board elections.
Ballots cast in El Paso s polling stations will carry extra weight in this election, where two school board elections will decide more than half the makeup of trustees on each board. There are 17 candidates competing for four seats in the EPISD race and 11 candidates vie for four seats in the SISD race.
Because EPISD uses a majority election system instead of plurality, the race could end in a runoff. In a majority vote, a candidate must win more than 50% of the total vote to win or the election goes to a runoff with the top two candidates. SISD uses a plurality vote.
The main issues
Most of the candidates who responded the Times questionnaire mentioned several key issues played a role in their decisions to run in this year s election.
Some candidates took issue with how districts handled the COVID-19 pandemic at its height in 2020. Others looked ahead at what can be done to address potential learning loss and gaps in education because of how districts transitioned to virtual instruction.
At EPISD, more than half of the candidates who responded to the questionnaire said the search for the district s next superintendent was a driving force to run for seats on the school board.