Texas Ballot Compare

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Nonpartisan voter guide · Texas

Tim Lirley

Candidate · November 3, 2026 general election

Tim Lirley

Nonpartisan
On ballot as
Tim Lirley
Current role
Solutions architect (per campaign)
Background
  • Telecommunications specialist and automation technician, ExxonMobil (2018–2024) (per campaign)
  • Owner, NuLight Electric LLC (2009–2017) (per campaign)
  • Project manager, Premier Electric (2003–2009) (per campaign)
  • Has coached in P5SL Sports League, youth baseball and youth basketball (per campaign)
  • Long-time Midland resident, father and youth coach (per campaign)
Experience
  • Filed for this seat (2022); withdrew (per Ballotpedia)
  • "ran for this board once and withdrew" (per campaign)
Top priorities
  • Three pillars: "Students First", "Support Our Teachers" and "Clarity & Transparency" (per campaign site)
  • "protecting classroom funding before administrative overhead" (per campaign site)
  • "Tim will treat teacher retention as a top-line priority." (per campaign site)
  • "plain-language updates on budget decisions, policy changes, and anything that affects students and classrooms" (per campaign site)
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: Campaign site: "Use TEKS-aligned, high-quality materials in reading and math, give teachers time to prepare the lessons, and coach the delivery."
  • Library books: Campaign site: parents are "the primary decision-makers for what their own children read"; "Age-and-stage curation is not censorship."
  • School funding and bonds: Campaign site: "protecting classroom funding before administrative overhead"; wants "transparent stewardship of every public dollar"
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
lirley.com