After 100% of voting precincts were reported, Tag Green has been re-elected to his seat on the Keller City Council with 58.08% of the vote. In the three Keller ISD races, Randy Campbell received 52.70% of the vote to win Place 1, Jennifer Erickson got 52.39% of the vote to earn the Place 2 seat and Chelsea Kelly will keep her seat with 60.45% of the total votes for Place 3.
Quote of note
"I am so deeply honored and profoundly grateful for the trust you've placed in me," Kelly said. "I am here to fight for this community, to ensure that every student has access to a safe and empowering educational environment and to uphold the values that make our community strong. Let's get to work."
Posted 9:30 p.m. May 3
Voters are still favoring Randy Campbell for KISD Place 1 with 53.47% or 5,818 votes. Jennifer Erickson still leads in Place 2 with 53.20% of the vote and Chelsea Kelly holds on to first place with 61.62% of the vote. Tag Green has extended his lead to 58.96% of the vote.
Posted 8:20 p.m. May 3
Fueled by concerns over splitting Keller ISD into two separate districts, voters showed up to the polls both in early voting and on Election Day May 3 to reshape the board with a new member. Early results also show voters are favoring Keller City Council member Tag Green for another term in office.
What you need to know
Three seats were open in the Keller ISD race: Place 1, Place 2 and Place 3. Early voting results from Tarrant County show Jennifer Erickson is winning against incumbent Joni Shaw Smith for the Place 2 trustee seat with 53.08%, or 5,474 of the votes. Jade Holbrook is in second place with 2,838 votes and Joni Shaw Smith rounds out the race with 2,000 votes.
Chelsea Kelly also is ahead of three opponents to be re-elected to the Place 3 trustee seat. She has secured 61.29%, or 6,228 of votes while Nikki Paris has 27.14% of the votes, while Ed Duncan has 8.26% and Phil Perez is in fourth with 3.32% of the votes
The Place 1 trustee position was open after Micah Young decided not to run again. Randy Campbell, Scott Bruce and Marissa Bryce were contenders for the position with Randy Campbell ahead by 53.36%, or 5,499 votes. Marissa Bryce is in second and Scott Bruce is in third with 2,625 and 2,182 votes, respectively.
According to Tarrant County early voting totals, Green has received 58.94% of the votes, or 1,994, ahead of opponent Cesar Tovar, who has 1,389 votes, or 41.06%.
The backstory
Interest in the Keller ISD board election spiked due to the recent activities of the board about possibly splitting the district.
Keller ISD held a special meeting Jan. 16 to discuss the possibility of splitting into separate two districts, which was met with backlash from many in the community and prompted former Superintendent Tracy Johnson to offer her resignation. The board named Cory Wilson, who was the district’s assistant superintendent of education services, as interim superintendent Jan. 30.
In February, students at several KISD middle and high schools organized walkouts in protest of the split. One local homeowner’s association, Heritage HOA, hired law firm Kelly Hart & Hallman to help fight the potential split.
In March, TEA issued a letter addressing “the concern reported about governance of the district should be reviewed.” State Representative David Lowe, R-North Richland Hills, introduced House Bill 4156 March 10, which would require school district splits to be approved through an election. District officials called off further split discussions March 14.
Both Kelly and Smith opposed the possible split.
What’s next?
Community Impact will update this article as more election day vote totals are released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
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