From:  Midland Elections Office

What happened:  Locally, District 3 re-elected Trustee Tommy Bishop to MISD and there will be a runoff for District 5 after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.  MCAD will likely see three new members as well with Keith Stretcher and Brandon McMorries leading comfortably and Eva Salcido winning over Scott Lynch by 69 votes (0.2% margin).

 

Why it matters: Local elections tend to affect local voters more than State or National as the spending and laws are closer to home.  The County, City, ISD, College, and Hospital spent over $1.7 billion per year of general operations the past year.  An example of that is about 4800 county voters shot down a $300 million dollar bond to build a county water system for the second time by over 74% after 1039 voters (76%) rejected a similar bond for $646 million in May of 2025.

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The big picture: MCAD (the appraisal district) will see new a new board and MISD will continue with Trustee Bishop as his tenure on the school board will top 20 years with this election cycle win.  Eastern Midland county will continue to grapple with why it has a water district or if the water district needs to change tact on its purpose after its second large water bond defeat.  Midlanders in District 5 which had a +4700 vote difference for republicans will also decide if they will elect the leading vote getter La’Toya Mayberry who is a registered democrat as a schoolboard member in a runoff.

 

What’s next: The runoff election for the last MISD District 5 position is December 12th and will pit La’Toya Mayberry (who gained 47% of the vote) against 2nd place finisher Karl Boroski (29% of the vote).