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Cade Smith The district’s board of trustees approved Cade Smith’s contract as the next superintendent. Smith could not be at the meeting since he was attending a board meeting at the district he’s departing, Brock ISD. Smith officially takes over at NBISD on June 1.  “I am so honored the NBISD board of trustees has selected me to be superintendent of this exceptional school district!”  Smith said in a district statement released Tuesday afternoon. “I cannot wait to get started working alongside our staff to serve this amazing community.” The board shif...

Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley captured races for New Braunfels city council, and all of proposed city charter amendments passed in unofficial election totals Saturday evening. With all nine of the county’s polling locations in, Bowers, the District 3 city council incumbent, defeated challenger Kevin Robles, with 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Robles’ 192 votes (15.75%). In the District 4 race, Spradley defeated Joy Harvey, 522 votes to 475, or 52.36% to 47.64%. Winning Comal ISD trustees races were Courtney Biasatti defeated four-term District 2 incumbent and board President David Dra...

The largest field of candidates and issues since 2003 await New Braunfels voters, who on Saturday will select city council and charter amendments and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district trustees. Comal County elections include mayoral and city council races in Garden Ridge and Bulverde, with Guadalupe County voters selecting city council members in Marion and school district trustees in LaVernia, San Marcos and Prairie Lea, which also features a bond measure. Despite 14 candidates on local ballots, early voting was slow between April 19 and Tuesday. Elections Administrator Cyn...

Intermittent downpours might have kept many registered voters from casting ballots for candidates and issues in five May 1 elections, but officials are expecting many more during the final three days of early voting. “This is the city’s first contested (May) election since 2012 — without them, it would really be slow,” Comal County Elections Administrator Cynthia Jaqua said of the 1,722 votes cast at polls and through the mail since the nine-day early voting period began Monday.  Jaqua said 84,034 of nearly 118,000 total registered voters are eligible to help decide rac...

New Braunfels and Comal County residents will consider new candidates’ promising new voices this spring — with May 1 election outcomes possibly shaping future courses for city councils and school districts. Political action committees and donations from long-time city and county politicos are backing candidates facing challenges from citizens who packed city council and school board meetings the past several months, some threatening to sideline incumbents opposed to their views. It could all lead to a strong turnout at the polls when early voting begins on Monday. Elections Administ...