Morris, Woodul elected to Trustee positions 3 and 4

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November 4, 2009 — Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election for two seats on the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Board of Trustees indicate that Bill Morris was elected to Position 3 and incumbent Lida Woodul was re-elected to Position 4.

For the Position 3 seat, Morris received 7,491 votes over opponents Lou Bertoli and Wallace Sofka, who drew 6,322 votes and 1,635 votes, respectively. Bertoli served 13 years on the CFISD Board of Trustees. Morris will begin his first term of service to the district.

For the Position 4 seat, Woodul received 6,511 votes over Scott Adams, who drew 5,146 votes and Willie Wright, who received 4,168 votes. Woodul will begin her fourth term of service to the district.

Overall, the election drew 15,448 votes for Position 3 and 15,825 votes for Position 4. Early voting accounted for 24.7 percent and 24.5 percent of the ballots cast in each of the two respective races. With 229,452 registered voters within CFISD, only 9.57 percent cast ballots in the election.

Official results from Tuesday’s election will be canvassed and announced during the Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 Board of Trustees special-called meeting. The elected candidates to Positions 3 and 4 will be sworn in during the Dec. 10 committee-of-the-whole meeting to serve three-year terms.