Heather Simmen
Incumbent · School Board Trustee Place 7 since Nov 2023
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College Station ISD · Vote for one
School Board Trustee Place 7
One of seven members of the College Station ISD Board of Trustees; every seat is a numbered place elected by voters across the whole district. The board adopts district policy, the annual budget and the tax rate, and hires the superintendent and works with them to oversee how the district is run.
- 3-year term
- All registered voters living in College Station ISD.
- 2 candidates
- Incumbent running
2 candidates
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Karen Strope
Not an incumbent
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The headings of the section each campaign labels as its priorities or issues, in its own order.
What each candidate holds now, and every earlier race found for them, newest first.
Priorities
Priorities
Heather Simmen
No priorities page found — checked Oct 6, 2026.
Karen Strope
No priorities page found — checked Oct 6, 2026.
Election history
Holds now
Heather Simmen
This seat, since November 2023.
Karen Strope
Not an incumbent.
Past races
Heather Simmen
- School Board Trustee Place 7, College Station ISDNov 7, 2023Heather Simmen elected, 4,946 to 3,890 over Geralyn Nolan.
Karen Strope
No earlier race found in College Station ISD results from 2020 on.
ElectedNot elected
Past results for this seat
Every bar is on one scale, so turnout compares across years.
- 2023
Nov 7, 2023
Heather Simmen elected, 4,946 to 3,890 over Geralyn Nolan.
- 2020
Nov 3, 2020
Geralyn Nolan elected unopposed with 29,684 votes.
Results shown from 2020.
Where these facts come from, 9 sources
School Board Trustee Place 7
2 candidates
- csisd.org/our-district/board/trustee-elections/2026-election-information/candidates/place-7/heather-simmen
- csisd.org/our-district/board/trustee-elections/2026-election-informationPhoto from College Station ISD
- communityimpact.com/bryan-college-station/election/q-a-get-to-know-the-candidates-running-for-college-station-isd-school-board-place-7/Community Impact Q&A: “Q&A: Get to know the candidates running for College Station ISD School Board Place 7”
- csisd.org/our-district/board/trustee-elections/2026-election-information/candidates/place-7/karen-strope
Side by side
- csisd.org/our-district/board/trustee-elections/2026-election-information/candidates/place-7/heather-simmen
- csisd.org/our-district/board/trustee-elections/2026-election-information/candidates/place-7/karen-strope
- Official results — Nov 7, 2023 general election, page 88
Past results for this seat
- Official results — Nov 7, 2023 general election, page 88
- Official results — Nov 3, 2020 general election, page 10