Huntsville ISD board approves canvass of Nov. 2025 trustee election; Stout, Owens, Odom declared winners

At a special called meeting, the Huntsville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the canvass of the Nov. 2025 regular election and declared the results "duly called" and held in accordance with law. The presiding officer read vote totals and the board voted to certify the returns.

The presiding officer read the results aloud: "Tracy Stout, position 1, received 5,142 votes. Rissy Owens, position 2, received 5,133 votes. Sherry Odom, for position 3, received 4,484 votes, and Delois Tarver for position 3 received 1,233 votes." After the order declaring the results was read, the presiding officer asked for a motion to approve the canvass. Miss Schweitzer moved to approve the canvass and Mister Hendricks seconded. With no discussion, the presiding officer asked members to indicate their votes and the motion passed unanimously.

The board noted that one member, Mister Langley, was not present for the vote. Doctor Shepherd confirmed the meeting had been certified via public notice in accordance with section 551.002 of the Texas Government Code before the canvass was read. After approving the canvass, the presiding officer closed that portion of the meeting at about 6:02 p.m. and opened a workshop meeting that was announced to move into closed session at approximately 6:03 p.m.

The board’s formal action was to approve and declare the canvass; no additional votes or procedural changes to the canvass were recorded in the public portion of the transcript.