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Election results from Round Rock, Travis County and Williamson County
Election results show some turnover in Round Rock ISD board races
BY BROOKE SJOBERG
Three incumbents and two newcomers won seats on the Round Rock ISD board during the Nov. 8 election. Vote totals are shown below. ELECTION RESULTS
Travis County and Williamson County residents re-elected three incumbents and elected two new- comers to the Round Rock ISD board of trustees in the Nov. 8 election. Multiple candidates vied for spots in Places 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. For Place 1, actor Estevan Jesus “Chuy” Zarate won the seat with 47.93% of ballots as part of a special election that was held to fill the seat vacated by former Trustee Jun Xiao. John Keagy, a chemical engineer, received 27.55% of the vote, and senior adviser at Advance CTE Kevin R. Johnson received 17.85% of votes. Another opponent, Apple software engineer Yuriy Semchyshyn, gar- nered 6.66% of the vote. In Place 3, RRISD board President Amber Feller, a quality management specialist, was re-elected with 52.41% of the vote. Feller defeated oppo- nents Orlando Salinas, a program specialist for the state of Texas, and Maryam Zafar, who dropped out of
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Yuriy Semchyshyn: 6.66%
Estevan Jesus “Chuy” Zarate: 47.93%
John Keagy: 27.55%
Kevin R. Johnson: 17.85%
PLACE 1
PLACE 3
Orlando Salinas: 37.2%
Amber Feller*: 52.41%
Maryam Zafar: 10.39%
PLACE 4
Linda Avila: 22.64%
Alicia Markum: 43.2%
Jill Farris: 25.6%
Cory Vessa*: 8.55%
Amy Weir*: 56.26%
Stefan Bryant: 8.42%
PLACE 5
Joshua Billingsley: 5.12%
Christi Slape: 30.2%
PLACE 6
Donald Zimmerman: 37.57%
Tiffanie Harrison*: 62.43%
SOURCES: TRAVIS COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Linda Avila and former IT recruiter and homemaker Jill Farris. Incumbent and Place 5 candidate Amy Weir, a grants manager and volunteer at Round Rock ISD for more than two decades, won re-election with a majority 56.26% of votes. Weir beat opponents Stefan Bryant, also a grants manager; Christie
Slape, a former teacher and current professional organizer; and Joshua Billingsley, who dropped out of the race in September. In Place 6, incumbent Tiffanie Harrison, a consultant and educator, received 62.43% of ballots, defending her seat from her challenger, engi- neer Donald Zimmerman.
the race in October. Photographer and stay-at-home parent Alicia Markum earned 43.2% of the votes to unseat incumbent Cory Vessa in Place 4. Vessa received the least amount of votes in the four-candidate contest. Candidates for Place 4 also included educational diagnostician
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