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When the polls close on Saturday, May 3, the results will be posted on the Bexar County Elections webpage:

SOUTHWEST ISD
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION INFORMATION

Members - Terms (3 Year)

Jose Diaz, May 2023 - May 2026

James Gonzalez ,May 2023 -May 2026

James Sullivan, Jr., May 2024-May 2027

Florinda “Flo” Bernal, May 2024-May 2027

Daniel Carrillo, May 2024-May 2027

Ida Sudolcan, May 2025-May 2028

Sylvester Vasquez, Jr., May 2025-May 2028

Election Information:
The 2026 School Board Election will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2026

Locations of Voting Sites (May be subject to change):
Big Country Elementary
2250 Pue Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78245
Southwest ISD Administration Building #400
11914 Dragon Lane, SA TX 78252
Bexar County Election Voting Centers
Locations of Early Voting Sites (May be subject to change):
Southwest ISD Administration Building #400
11914 Dragon Lane, SA TX 78252
Bexar County Elections Department
1103 S Frio St., Suite 100 
San Antonio, TX 78207
 
Applications for ballot by mail may be requested from and returned to: 
Bexar County Elections Administrator 
1103 South Frio St., Suite 100 
San Antonio, Texas 78207 
Last Day to File for Candidacy:
February 13, 2026 by 5 p.m.
 
Requirements:
 
An application for a place on the ballot must be in writing; signed, sworn to by the candidate before an authorized person to administer an oath, and dated; timely filed with the district’s filing authority; 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 the description of the location of the candidate’s residence;
  • the candidate’s length of continuous residence in Texas and in the district as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
  • if available, a public mailing address and email address at which the candidate receives correspondence 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.
 
Eligibility:
 
To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of school board member, a person must:
  • Be a United States citizen.
  • Be 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;
  • Have 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;
  • Have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities [but see Ineligibility below]
  • Have 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 application for a place on the ballot.
    • for a write-in candidate, the date of the election at which the candidate’s name is written in.
    • for an appointee to an office, the date the appointment is made
  • Be 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.
 
Ineligibility:
A person is ineligible to serve as a member of the board of a district if the person has been convicted of a felony or an offense under Penal Code 43.021 (solicitation of prostitution). Education Code 11.066
Contact:
Election Administrator Liaison
Scott Stephens, Chief Financial Officer
 
Alternate Liaison
Mary H Martinez, Administrative Assistant
 
Southwest ISD
11914 Dragon Lane, Bldg. #400
San Antonio, TX 78252
210 622-4300, office
210 622-4815, fax