{"id":49180,"date":"2018-12-19T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49180"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:49:09","slug":"acc-voters-elect-new-trustee-to-place-8-in-run-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/12\/19\/acc-voters-elect-new-trustee-to-place-8-in-run-off\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC voters elect new trustee to Place 8 in run-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephanie Gharakhanian won the December 11 run-off election for Place 8 on the Austin Community College District (ACC) Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n

“I am excited and ready to get to work,\u201d says Gharakhanian. \u201cI decided to run for this position because I believe that ACC is an important force for equity in our region. I am eager to work with the other Trustees to make sure that affordable, quality higher education and workforce training is within reach of every person in our community.”<\/p>\n

Gharakhanian is a first-generation American, an attorney, and a community organizer. Most recently, she worked with the Workers Defense Project.<\/p>\n

Here are the complete unofficial results:<\/p>\n

Place 8
<\/strong>Gharakhanian \u2014 19,347 votes
Sarah Mills \u2014 11,528 votes <\/p>\n

Gharakhanian joins the board\u2019s other re-elected trustees, Dr. Barbara P. Mink for Place 7 and Julie Ann Nitsch for Place 9, who each secured their seats in November\u2019s general election and were sworn into office at December\u2019s general board meeting. Gharakhanian will take office in the January board meeting.<\/p>\n

ACC Trustees serve six-year terms and are elected at-large by registered voters who live within the ACC District, which includes the City of Austin as well as the Austin, Leander, Manor, Del Valle, Round Rock, Elgin, and Hays school districts.<\/p>\n

Comprehensive runoff results are available on the ACC Elections website<\/a>. Individual county results are available through county election websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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