- Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
- Board of Trustees
Four Board of Trustees candidates elected to four-year terms
Nov. 8, 2023—With 700 of 701 voting centers reporting from the Nov. 7 election for four seats on the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees, unofficial results indicate that Todd LeCompte was elected to Position 1, Julie Hinaman was re-elected to Position 2, Justin Ray was elected to Position 3 and Christine Kalmbach was elected to Position 4.
For the Position 1 seat, LeCompte received 24,149 votes (43.69%) over opponents Tonia Jaeggi, who drew 21,062 votes (38.11%), and Cleveland Lane Jr., who drew 10,062 votes (18.20%). Lecompte will begin his first term of service to the district.
Todd LeCompte
For the Position 2 seat, Hinaman received 25,078 votes (45.57%) over opponents George Edwards Jr., who drew 23,645 votes (42.96%) and Ayse Indemaio, who drew 6,311 votes (11.47%). Hinaman will begin her second term of service to the district.
Julie Hinaman
For the Position 3 seat, Ray received 23,713 votes (43.5%) over opponents Leslie Martone, who drew 21,339 votes (39.15%) and Michelle Fennick, who drew 9,458 votes (17.35%). Ray will begin his first term of service to the district.
Justin Ray
For the Position 4 seat, Kalmbach received 28,006 votes (51.07%) over opponent Frances Ramirez Romero, who drew 26,829 votes (48.93%). Kalmbach will begin her first term of service to the district.
Christine Kalmbach
Overall, the election drew 55,273 votes for Position 1, 55,034 votes for Position 2, 54,510 votes for Position 3 and 54,835 votes for Position 4. Early voting accounted for 55.4%, 55.5%, 55.6% and 55.5% of the ballots cast in each of the four respective races. Of the 369,358 registered voters within CFISD, 16.8% cast ballots in the election.
Official results from Tuesday’s election will be canvassed and announced during a special-called Board of Trustees meeting later in November. The elected candidates to Positions 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be sworn in during the Dec. 7 work session to serve four-year terms.