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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Trustee, District 3

Race · November 3, 2026 general election

Midland ISD
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Tommy BishopNonpartisan Incumbent
Tim LirleyNonpartisan
On ballot as
Tommy Bishop
Tim Lirley
Current role
Midland ISD Trustee, District 3 (elected 2006) (per district)
Solutions architect (per campaign)
Background
  • Attended Sul Ross State University (per Ballotpedia biography citing a Midland ISD board page read in 2015)
  • Chevron Exploration & Production, over 20 years (as of 2015) (per the same Ballotpedia biography)
  • Native of Crane, Texas (per the same Ballotpedia biography)
  • 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
  • Re-elected November 2022 with 52.9 percent of the vote (per Ballotpedia)
  • Term expires 2026 (per district)
  • Crane ISD Board of Trustees, 11 years, before the Midland board (per Ballotpedia's biography, 2015 source)
  • Filed for this seat (2022); withdrew (per Ballotpedia)
  • "ran for this board once and withdrew" (per campaign)
Top priorities
Not found
  • 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: No public statement found
  • Library books: No public statement found
  • School funding and bonds: No public statement found
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
  • 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
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found
lirley.com

Tommy Bishop

Nonpartisan Incumbent
On ballot as
Tommy Bishop
Current role
Midland ISD Trustee, District 3 (elected 2006) (per district)
Background
  • Attended Sul Ross State University (per Ballotpedia biography citing a Midland ISD board page read in 2015)
  • Chevron Exploration & Production, over 20 years (as of 2015) (per the same Ballotpedia biography)
  • Native of Crane, Texas (per the same Ballotpedia biography)
Experience
  • Re-elected November 2022 with 52.9 percent of the vote (per Ballotpedia)
  • Term expires 2026 (per district)
  • Crane ISD Board of Trustees, 11 years, before the Midland board (per Ballotpedia's biography, 2015 source)
Top priorities
Not found
Tidbits
  • Curriculum and instructional materials: No public statement found
  • Library books: No public statement found
  • School funding and bonds: No public statement found
  • Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
Endorsements
None found in our research
Campaign website
Not found

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

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