Rhonda Skillern-Jones

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Rhonda Skillern-Jones

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Prior offices

Houston Independent School District, District II

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Houston Community College Board of Trustees District II

Successor: Charlene Ward Johnson

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Rhonda Skillern-Jones was a member of the Houston Community College Board of Trustees in Texas, representing District II. Skillern-Jones assumed office on January 8, 2020. Skillern-Jones left office on December 17, 2021.

Skillern-Jones ran for election to the Houston Community College Board of Trustees to represent District II in Texas. Skillern-Jones won in the general runoff election on December 14, 2019.

Skillern-Jones was the District II representative on the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas. She served on the board from 2012 to 2020.

Biography

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Skillern-Jones graduated from Texas Southern University with a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in clinical psychology. As of this writing, she was a member of the Houston ISD Advisory Committee, Parent Engagement Committee, Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Committee, Budget Advisory Committee, and Gifted and Talented Committee. Skillern-Jones also represents Houston ISD on the Texas Association of School Boards Board of Directors.

Elections

2019

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Houston Community College Board of Trustees District II

Rhonda Skillern-Jones defeated Kathleen Lynch-Gunter in the general runoff election for Houston Community College Board of Trustees District II on December 14, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rhonda Skillern-Jones (Nonpartisan)	57.2	8,210
		Kathleen Lynch-Gunter (Nonpartisan)	42.8	6,133

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General election

General election for Houston Community College Board of Trustees District II

Rhonda Skillern-Jones and Kathleen Lynch-Gunter advanced to a runoff. They defeated Linda Murray and Brendon Singh in the general election for Houston Community College Board of Trustees District II on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rhonda Skillern-Jones (Nonpartisan)	44.8	7,466
✔		Kathleen Lynch-Gunter (Nonpartisan)	24.8	4,131
		Linda Murray (Nonpartisan)	18.4	3,062
		Brendon Singh (Nonpartisan)	12.0	1,994

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,653
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2015

See also: Houston Independent School District elections (2015)

Four seats on the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The seats are elected by district.

The seats of District II incumbent Rhonda Skillern-Jones, District III incumbent Manuel Rodriguez Jr., District IV incumbent Paula Harris and District VIII incumbent Juliet Stipeche were up for election.

Skillern-Jones, Rodriguez and Stipeche filed for re-election to their respective seats. In the District II race, Skillern-Jones faced Youlette McCullough, Darlene Smith and Larry Williams. Because a majority was not won, Skillern-Jones faced Williams in a runoff election on December 12, 2015. She won the runoff election. Skillern-Jones was first elected to the board in 2011. In District III, Rodriguez was set to compete against two challengers: Ramiro Fonseca and Jose Leal. Mirroring District II, a majority was not won in the District III race and a runoff also occurred on December 12, 2015, with Rodriguez up against Leal. Rodriguez went on to win the runoff election. He was first elected to the board in 2003.

Stipeche had the least challengers competing against her with just Diana Davila aiming to unseat her. Stipeche was first elected in 2010 to finish out an unexpired term and then re-elected in 2011. However, Davila was successful in securing the District VIII seat and thus is a newcomer on the board. Since Harris did not file for re-election in District IV, four candidates filed to replace her. They were Davetta Daniels, Jolanda Jones, Ann McCoy and Larry McKinzie. Harris had served on the board since 2007. Jones won the seat for District IV.

Results

Runoff election

Houston Independent School District, District II, Runoff Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rhonda Skillern-Jones Incumbent	70.4%	11,173
Larry Williams	29.6%	4,687
Total Votes		15,860
Source: Harris County Clerk, "Joint Runoff Election Canvass Report," accessed January 14, 2016

General election

Houston Independent School District, District II, General Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rhonda Skillern-Jones Incumbent	46.0%	7,639
Larry Williams	24.8%	4,119
Youlette McCullough	21.1%	3,501
Darlene Smith	8.1%	1,348
Total Votes		16,607
Source: Harris County Clerk, "Cumulative Report-Official", accessed December 16, 2015

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2019

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