Voters in Brownsville, La Feria, Los Fresnos, Santa Maria and the South Texas Independent School District elected board members in races held alongside Tuesday's general election. The results are unofficial, with all precincts reporting.
In Brownsville, voters chose four members of the BISD Board of Trustees. Carlos Elizondo, the board president, was elected without opposition with 26,651 votes. Denise Garza won a new term in Place 2 with 16,938 votes, and Frank Ortiz was re-elected to a four-year term in Place 4 with 17,436 votes. In Place 7, Marisa Franco Leal won with 9,013 votes, ahead of Nelda Rocha, Steve Torres and Neida Ruth Soto-Grantland. Soto-Grantland had been appointed to the seat after former board president Erasmo Castro died in office.
In La Feria, Nancy Loredo won Place 5 with 2,114 votes over Gloria Casas, who had 1,230. In Los Fresnos, Juan Sierra won Place 3 on the LFCISD board with 5,882 votes to 4,966 for Kevin Michael Montes. In Santa Maria, Griselda Gonzalez won Place 1 with 274 votes, ahead of Andrew "Andy" De La Rosa with 263 and Maria Guabloche with 56. For South Texas ISD, Joe "Joey" Lopez won the seat representing Cameron County Commissioner Precinct 2 with 13,384 votes to 7,943 for Lee G. Garcia.