Regardless of who is elected to the Houston ISD board of trustees in November, they won't have any power — but both major political parties are endorsing candidates in the nonpartisan race, with the Harris County Democratic Party doing so for the first time ever.

Due to a 2023 state takeover, HISD's governing authority is a board of managers appointed by the Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath. The elected panel doesn't have a vote and can't sit in on executive sessions.

Nonetheless, officials with Harris County's GOP and Democratic Party are making sure voters know which candidates espouse their party's values when they go to the polls on November 4. The endorsements carry some weight but don’t guarantee victory, according to a Republican Party precinct chair, but the bigger

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