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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Board of Trustees, District 4

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

Austin ISD
Vote for oneResearched · fact-checked3-way race
Edward M. BradfieldNonpartisan
Tricia Mitchell KimTricia Mitchell KimNonpartisan
Jessica Jessie NeufeldJessica Jessie NeufeldNonpartisan
On ballot as
Edward M. Bradfield
Tricia Mitchell Kim
Jessica Jessie Neufeld
Current role
Special education advocate and brand manager
Director of operations and business development, Pondworks Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Lawyer
Background
  • Anderson High School graduate
  • Austin native raised in Allandale
  • Lives in District 4 with his children, two of whom attend Austin ISD schools (per campaign)
  • B.A. in American history, University of Texas at Austin (1996) (per campaign)
  • M.B.A., Rice University (2001) (per campaign)
  • Associate's degree in musical theatre, Austin Community College (2025) (per campaign)
  • Attended Hill Elementary, Murchison Middle School and L.C. Anderson High School
  • Mother of two Anderson High graduates
  • Austin resident for 20 years, 17 of them in District 4 (per campaign)
  • Two children in Austin ISD schools (per campaign)
  • Lawyer for 19 years: construction law, later privacy attorney (per candidate survey)
Experience
  • Lamar Middle School PTA president (per campaign)
  • Elected to that post three times (per campaign)
  • Organizer of Dobie and Lamar middle school families after the district proposed closing Dobie (per campaign)
  • Communications chair, Austin Council of PTAs (2023–25)
  • Business representative, L.C. Anderson High School Campus Advisory Council (2023–25) (per campaign)
  • Member, Austin ISD's Ad Hoc Budget Committee (2025) (per campaign)
  • Travis County poll worker (2020–26) (per campaign)
  • Managed the Quality Research Grant Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (2001–2004) (per campaign)
  • Advocacy chair, Highland Park and Lamar PTAs
  • Co-founder, ATX116, a group that works to connect Austin ISD school communities, with educator Heather Wong
Top priorities
  • "Pay teachers more. Balance the budget. Increase enrollment."
  • "Set measurable student goals and act when they are missed."
  • "I will fight a state takeover of this district"
  • "I want Burnet and Webb kept open, and Linder and Pecan Springs addressed immediately"
  • "Tie superintendent compensation and contracts to measurable results, not calendars."
  • "retain local control of our district"
  • "scale back our operating budget to match our current constraints"
  • "continue to improve campus ratings so AISD is not the statewide leader in failing schools"
  • "I will work toward a baseline academic standard on every single campus."
  • "Improve mechanisms for district transparency and accountability."
  • "Work to build more trust within and throughout the district"
  • "pushing for a state system that provides resources to bolster, not hamstring, the district"
  • Ballotpedia survey: "I want the budget built with community input early"
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
  • Library books: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026), on budget priorities: "keep a librarian on every campus"
  • School funding and bonds: Campaign site: "I want a balanced budget with no deficit." Also wants to "address recapture in the wake of HB3"
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
  • Library books: No public statement found
  • School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026): a top priority is to "scale back our operating budget to match our current constraints"
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: Ballotpedia survey (2026): building trust means "listening to teachers, principals, and staff about curriculum, planning time, and professional development"
  • Library books: Campaign site photo caption: at a read-in "protesting laws restricting books in public schools and libraries" (May 2025)
  • School funding and bonds: Ballotpedia survey (2026): passionate about school finance, "starting with raising the basic allotment to match or exceed what other states fund"
  • Vouchers / school choice: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026): the biggest challenge is "the concerted effort to dismantle Texas public education through underfunding, vouchers, charter school expansion and state takeovers"
Endorsements
None found in our research
None found in our research
  • Austin Central Labor Council
  • Austin Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Education Austin (listed by campaign)
  • Liberal Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Tejano Democrats (listed by campaign)
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  • University Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Travis County Judge Andy Brown (listed by campaign)
  • Lynn Boswell, Austin ISD trustee and board president (listed by campaign)
  • Arati Singh, Austin ISD trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Fernando De Urioste, Austin ISD trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Zo Qadri, Austin City Council, District 9 (listed by campaign)
  • Mike Siegel, Austin City Council, District 7 (listed by campaign)
  • Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner, Pct. 2 (listed by campaign)
  • Pooja Sethi, former Travis County Democratic Party chair and candidate for House District 47 (listed by campaign)
  • Allison Bush, candidate for State Board of Education District 5 (listed by campaign)
  • Montserrat Garibay, candidate for House District 49 (listed by campaign)
  • Patti Everett, Our Schools Our Democracy board member (listed by campaign)
  • Noelita Lugo, former Austin ISD at-large trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Amy Moore, Austin Supporters of Math Education coordinator (listed by campaign)
  • Minda Anderson, Austin ISD librarian (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
edward4aisd.com
tricia4aisd.com
jessieforaisd.com

Edward M. Bradfield

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Edward M. Bradfield
Current role
Special education advocate and brand manager
Background
  • Anderson High School graduate
  • Austin native raised in Allandale
  • Lives in District 4 with his children, two of whom attend Austin ISD schools (per campaign)
Experience
  • Lamar Middle School PTA president (per campaign)
  • Elected to that post three times (per campaign)
  • Organizer of Dobie and Lamar middle school families after the district proposed closing Dobie (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • "Pay teachers more. Balance the budget. Increase enrollment."
  • "Set measurable student goals and act when they are missed."
  • "I will fight a state takeover of this district"
  • "I want Burnet and Webb kept open, and Linder and Pecan Springs addressed immediately"
  • "Tie superintendent compensation and contracts to measurable results, not calendars."
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
  • Library books: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026), on budget priorities: "keep a librarian on every campus"
  • School funding and bonds: Campaign site: "I want a balanced budget with no deficit." Also wants to "address recapture in the wake of HB3"
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
edward4aisd.com
Tricia Mitchell Kim

Tricia Mitchell Kim

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Tricia Mitchell Kim
Current role
Director of operations and business development, Pondworks Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
Background
  • B.A. in American history, University of Texas at Austin (1996) (per campaign)
  • M.B.A., Rice University (2001) (per campaign)
  • Associate's degree in musical theatre, Austin Community College (2025) (per campaign)
  • Attended Hill Elementary, Murchison Middle School and L.C. Anderson High School
  • Mother of two Anderson High graduates
Experience
  • Communications chair, Austin Council of PTAs (2023–25)
  • Business representative, L.C. Anderson High School Campus Advisory Council (2023–25) (per campaign)
  • Member, Austin ISD's Ad Hoc Budget Committee (2025) (per campaign)
  • Travis County poll worker (2020–26) (per campaign)
  • Managed the Quality Research Grant Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (2001–2004) (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • "retain local control of our district"
  • "scale back our operating budget to match our current constraints"
  • "continue to improve campus ratings so AISD is not the statewide leader in failing schools"
  • "I will work toward a baseline academic standard on every single campus."
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
  • Library books: No public statement found
  • School funding and bonds: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026): a top priority is to "scale back our operating budget to match our current constraints"
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
tricia4aisd.com
Jessica Jessie Neufeld

Jessica Jessie Neufeld

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Jessica Jessie Neufeld
Current role
Lawyer
Background
  • Austin resident for 20 years, 17 of them in District 4 (per campaign)
  • Two children in Austin ISD schools (per campaign)
  • Lawyer for 19 years: construction law, later privacy attorney (per candidate survey)
Experience
  • Advocacy chair, Highland Park and Lamar PTAs
  • Co-founder, ATX116, a group that works to connect Austin ISD school communities, with educator Heather Wong
Top priorities
  • "Improve mechanisms for district transparency and accountability."
  • "Work to build more trust within and throughout the district"
  • "pushing for a state system that provides resources to bolster, not hamstring, the district"
  • Ballotpedia survey: "I want the budget built with community input early"
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: Ballotpedia survey (2026): building trust means "listening to teachers, principals, and staff about curriculum, planning time, and professional development"
  • Library books: Campaign site photo caption: at a read-in "protesting laws restricting books in public schools and libraries" (May 2025)
  • School funding and bonds: Ballotpedia survey (2026): passionate about school finance, "starting with raising the basic allotment to match or exceed what other states fund"
  • Vouchers / school choice: Community Impact Q&A (Aug. 2026): the biggest challenge is "the concerted effort to dismantle Texas public education through underfunding, vouchers, charter school expansion and state takeovers"
Endorsements
  • Austin Central Labor Council
  • Austin Young Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Education Austin (listed by campaign)
  • Liberal Austin Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Tejano Democrats (listed by campaign)
Show all 20
  • University Democrats (listed by campaign)
  • Travis County Judge Andy Brown (listed by campaign)
  • Lynn Boswell, Austin ISD trustee and board president (listed by campaign)
  • Arati Singh, Austin ISD trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Fernando De Urioste, Austin ISD trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Zo Qadri, Austin City Council, District 9 (listed by campaign)
  • Mike Siegel, Austin City Council, District 7 (listed by campaign)
  • Brigid Shea, Travis County Commissioner, Pct. 2 (listed by campaign)
  • Pooja Sethi, former Travis County Democratic Party chair and candidate for House District 47 (listed by campaign)
  • Allison Bush, candidate for State Board of Education District 5 (listed by campaign)
  • Montserrat Garibay, candidate for House District 49 (listed by campaign)
  • Patti Everett, Our Schools Our Democracy board member (listed by campaign)
  • Noelita Lugo, former Austin ISD at-large trustee (listed by campaign)
  • Amy Moore, Austin Supporters of Math Education coordinator (listed by campaign)
  • Minda Anderson, Austin ISD librarian (listed by campaign)
Campaign website
jessieforaisd.com

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