Corpus Christi ISD
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Samuel Aundrá FryerNonpartisan
Dolly Gonzales TrolleyNonpartisan IncumbentOn ballot as
Samuel Aundrá Fryer
Dolly Gonzales Trolley
Current role
Not found
Corpus Christi ISD trustee, District 4; board president
Background
- Bachelor's in computer science, Clemson University (per his Ballotpedia survey)
- Master of Divinity, Amridge University (per his Ballotpedia survey)
- Retired U.S. Army colonel
- Commissioned officer, 30 years, 23 of them overseas (per campaign)
- Born in Baltimore, Maryland (per Ballotpedia)
- Bachelor of Science, Stephen F. Austin State University; double major in communications and political science
- Political, fundraising and advocacy consultant, about 25 years (per district biography)
- Board member, Amistad Community Health Center
- Member, Nueces County Medical Alliance
Experience
- Ran for CCISD at-large seat (November 2024); finished seventh of seven candidates with 6.2% of the vote
- Precinct 129 chair, Nueces County Republican Party (per campaign)
- Vice president, Terra Mar Property Owners Association (per campaign)
- Service on the Nueces County Sheriff's Training Advisory Board (per campaign)
- Service on the city's Crime Control and Prevention District (per campaign)
- Former Metro Ministries board member, seven years (per campaign)
- Appointed January 2021; elected to a full term November 2022, unopposed
Top priorities
- Families First: "Protect parent’s rights to decide how their children are educated"
- Financial Trust: "Manage public funds with transparency to educate our future generations"
- Informed Citizens: "Develop citizens who seek Truth and love our nation’s founding values"
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Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, called for "full disclosure to parents of all curricula and related material used and their sources"
- Library books: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey: "school libraries must be free from sexually explicit, graphic, filthy, and vulgar books and material"
- School funding and bonds: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey: "The Board of Trustees must ensure zero-based budgeting to reduce debt and prioritize improving student education, skill and trade development, teacher salaries"
- 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: As board president, on proposed school closures after the 2024 bond failed (KRIS 6 News, Jan. 7, 2026): "This is something that isn't easy, it's not unique to us though"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
- Gene Seaman, former Texas State Representative 1997-2005 (listed by campaign)
None found in our research
Samuel Aundrá Fryer
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Samuel Aundrá Fryer
- Current role
- Not found
- Background
- Bachelor's in computer science, Clemson University (per his Ballotpedia survey)
- Master of Divinity, Amridge University (per his Ballotpedia survey)
- Retired U.S. Army colonel
- Commissioned officer, 30 years, 23 of them overseas (per campaign)
- Born in Baltimore, Maryland (per Ballotpedia)
- Experience
- Ran for CCISD at-large seat (November 2024); finished seventh of seven candidates with 6.2% of the vote
- Precinct 129 chair, Nueces County Republican Party (per campaign)
- Vice president, Terra Mar Property Owners Association (per campaign)
- Service on the Nueces County Sheriff's Training Advisory Board (per campaign)
- Service on the city's Crime Control and Prevention District (per campaign)
- Former Metro Ministries board member, seven years (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- Families First: "Protect parent’s rights to decide how their children are educated"
- Financial Trust: "Manage public funds with transparency to educate our future generations"
- Informed Citizens: "Develop citizens who seek Truth and love our nation’s founding values"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, called for "full disclosure to parents of all curricula and related material used and their sources"
- Library books: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey: "school libraries must be free from sexually explicit, graphic, filthy, and vulgar books and material"
- School funding and bonds: In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey: "The Board of Trustees must ensure zero-based budgeting to reduce debt and prioritize improving student education, skill and trade development, teacher salaries"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- Gene Seaman, former Texas State Representative 1997-2005 (listed by campaign)
- Campaign website
- citizensforfryer.info
Dolly Gonzales Trolley
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Dolly Gonzales Trolley
- Current role
- Corpus Christi ISD trustee, District 4; board president
- Background
- Bachelor of Science, Stephen F. Austin State University; double major in communications and political science
- Political, fundraising and advocacy consultant, about 25 years (per district biography)
- Board member, Amistad Community Health Center
- Member, Nueces County Medical Alliance
- Experience
- Appointed January 2021; elected to a full term November 2022, unopposed
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: As board president, on proposed school closures after the 2024 bond failed (KRIS 6 News, Jan. 7, 2026): "This is something that isn't easy, it's not unique to us though"
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- Not found
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