A joint election for various locations in the county was held May 3, 2025. Find results by going to HarrisVotes.com.
Read what Senate District 15 SRE Committeeman, Roland Garcia, had to say about the results:
The local elections results on May 3 were a serious setback for Republicans across the state. There were a few wins, but overall conservatives lost ground we had gained in school board races over the past 4-5 years.
There’s many reasons (some particular to each jurisdiction) but the overriding one is this: in low turnout elections (and most of the May 3 elections saw about 5% voter turnout) the side that shows up wins. And right now, Democrats are fired up while Republicans are complacent. Add in the built-in advantage the bad guys enjoy in school board elections with ISD employees and insiders playing a disproportionate role in low-turnout races, and the progress we did make in previous years is all the more significant and a credit to your hard work.
I knocked on a lot of doors the last couple months for a conservative school board candidate and drew these conclusions based on what I’m seeing on the ground. I’d love to hear from you if you have any thoughts about what happened in the local elections.
FYI – Crazy, angry, resist lib cat ladies are the most engaged and obsessed voters in America. No matter how obscure the election, their covens will swarm Nextdoor. That’s definitely an advantage for Democrats in low turnout elections.
Part of this is the historic midterm dynamic – the party out of power has a focus to rally against and there’s a backlash against the party in power. Republicans benefited from this under Obama and Biden and we won Congress, state legislatures, local elections, etc. Now the Democrats are benefiting from this curious fact of American political life.
In 2018 – the last midterm election under Trump – Democrats came within two points of flipping Ted Cruz’s Senate seat (and of course that’s when Democrats flipped Harris County blue). 2026 could be even worse but there’s still time to course correct.
How do we bring the 2024 Trump voters back to the polls in 2026 when Trump isn’t on the ballot? Whether or not we keep Texas red will depend on successfully answering that question.
This is a time for concern and re-engagement, NOT panic or despair. We have Houston ISD and other local elections coming up this November, primary elections next March, another round of local elections in May 2026, and then November 2026. Evil never sleeps, and neither can we.
THANK YOU for all that you have done and continue to do for MAGA and the conservative cause.
Rolando Garcia
State Republican Executive Committeeman – SD15 | Republican Party of Texas
