Lynn Boswell will be the new representative for
District 5 on the
Austin ISD Board of Trustees, after winning her run-off against
Jennifer Littlefield by a nearly 10% margin Tuesday night. Boswell had also finished first – albeit much more narrowly – in the Nov. 3 election against Littlefield and third-place finisher
Piper Stege Nelson.
All of the candidates addressed educational equity in their campaigns. "I gambled that District 5 was looking for that conversation," said Boswell about the Westside district that's home to some of Austin's wealthiest neighborhoods. "I think that the wisdom for a long time has been that someone who was willing to talk too openly about that was not going to be the voice in our district."