Supporters of Kimberley Barber Davis and incumbent Becky St. John delivered wins for their candidates Saturday, sending both to the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board of trustees with more than 55 percent of the vote.
Davis, who works as a corporate responsibility and nonprofit marketing consultant, will fill the seat left open by Charlie Warner, who chose not to run for re-election. According to unofficial results, she received 1,830 votes, giving her a win with 64 percent of the returns.
"I am just overwhelmed by the broad base of support from this community and I am honored to be serving the children of this district as we implement our brave new direction for GCISD," Davis said.
Challenger Julia Guzman-Henderson, an attorney, received about 27 percent of the vote with 759 supporters.
"I felt like there were some groups that worked really hard against me, but I had some wonderful people that supported me and I really appreciate them," Guzman-Henderson said. "And Kimberley worked really hard on her campaign and I hope she will work just as hard on the board for the interests of all the children in our community."
Davis was with her family and friends celebrating at her home in Grapevine after finding out about the results.
"I am so humbled by this win," she said. "I have to give credit to my amazing campaign team that worked so hard for me and for believing in me, and I could never have done this without them."
About 55 percent — or 1,553 voters — re-elected St. John to her second, three-year term on GCISD Place 2. She campaigned on providing the school district with a say in the debate regarding changes to the state's public school finance system.
"I think my message about the work that I've been doing to bring change to Robin Hood really resonated with our taxpayers and parents," she said. "We have good schools and they want to make sure we maintain our standards."
Challenger Gary Harrison-Ducros, vice president for labor relations at Frito Lay North America, received 32 percent of the votes with 919 nods.
Place 1 candidate Rick Hickley, who dropped out of the race for personal reasons, received about 10 percent of the vote with 273 supporters. Place 2 candidate Michael McCoy, who also dropped out of the race, received about 13 percent of the vote with 360 votes.