Election Information

Current School Board of Trustees (Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2022)

Ricardo “Rick” Pedraza, President 
Jorge “George” Palacios, Vice-President 
Jesus A. “Jesse” Zambrano, Secretary 
Jesus “Jesse” Vela, Jr., Assistant Secretary 
Cynthia A. Gutierrez, Member
Carlos G. Villegas, Jr., Member 
Jorge L. Zambrano, Member 

Election Term Information

Upcoming Election: November 8, 2022 

Trustee positions to be filled: 1, 2 and 3 

Place	Term Expires	Current Trustee
1	2022	Carlos Villegas, Jr.
2	2022	Ricardo "Rick" Pedraza
3	2022	Jorge "George" Palacios
4	2024	Jorge L. Zambrano
5	2024	Jesus A. "Jesse" Zambrano
6	2024	Jesus "Jesse" Vela, Jr.
7	2024	Cynthia A. Gutierrez

Notice of Election November 7, 2023

 

November 7, 2023 Early Voting Schedule

November 7, 2023 Election Day Countywide Schedule

PSJA-2023 Order Calling Election

School Trustee Election Timeline

PSJA ISD School Trustee Election 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 

First Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail	Saturday, January 1, 2022
First Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot	Saturday, July 23, 2022
Last Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot	Monday, August 22 2022 5:00 PM
Last Day to Register to Vote	Tuesday, October 11, 2022* *First business day after Columbus Day
Due date for opposed Candidates to file FIRST Candidate/Officeholder Report of Contributions, Expenditures and Loans (30 days before)	Tuesday, October 11, 2022
First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance	Monday, October 24, 2022
Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (received, not post-marked)	Friday, October 28, 2022
Due date for opposed Candidates to file SECOND Candidate/Officeholder Report of Contributions, Expenditures and Loans ( 8 days before)	Monday, October 31, 2022
Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance	Friday, November 4, 2022
ELECTION DAY	Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Additional Information

Form, Content, and Procedure: An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before a person authorized to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the dis-trict’s filing authority (often the superintendent’s secretary or another designated district employee); and contain specified information about the candidate: 

• The candidate’s name, date of birth, and occupation; 

• The candidate’s residence address or the address at which the candidate receives mail with a description of the location of the candidate’s residence; 

• The candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district (and single mem-ber district, if applicable) as of the date the candidate swears to the application; 

• If available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives corre-spondence relating to the candidate’s campaign; 

• The office sought, including any place or other distinguishing number and an indication of whether the office sought is for a full or unexpired term; 

• Statements that the candidate is a U.S. citizen; has not been determined by a court to be mentally incapacitated; has not been convicted of a felony; is aware of the nepotism law; and swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Texas Constitutions and laws. 

 

Eligibility: An individual is eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a Texas school board if the individual: 

• Is a United States citizen; 

• Is 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable; 

• Has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote; 

• Has not been finally convicted of a felony; 

• Has resided continuously in the state for 12 months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six months immediately preceding the following date: 

 

*For an independent candidate, the date of the regular filing deadline for a candidate’s name is written in; or 

*For an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made; 

 

• Is registered to vote in the territory from which the office is elected on the date described above; and 

• Satisfies any other eligibility requirements prescribed by law for the office. 

Tex. Elec. Code § 141.001; Tex. Educ. Code § 11.066.