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Grand Rapids Public Schools — school board election 2026
On the November 3, 2026 ballot in Grand Rapids City (Kent County).
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Grand Rapids Public Schools — Board Member
CAntoinette Chapman
Licensed counselor and co-executive director of the Realism Is Loyalty mentoring nonprofit; GRPS Central grad; challenger.
ATommy Doles
U.S. Army Reserve medical services officer, international Christian nonprofit specialist, Northwestern/Kellogg grad pursuing an M.Div.; challenger.
DAmaad Hardy
City of Grand Rapids business developer, former Greater GR NAACP policy director and legislative aide; GRPS alum; challenger.
DRobert Hovenkamp
State of Michigan education data analyst and former state budget analyst (Georgia State MPA); challenger.
DCarlos Kulas-Dominguez
Michigan CASA partner engagement manager and former youth-development coordinator; challenger.
CLisa Lint
Kent County Road Commission payroll accountant, chocolatier and GRPS parent action leader; challenger.
DIsmalis Nuñez
GRPS graduate, long-term substitute teacher, school social worker and consultant; challenger.
CDiana Riley
Kent Career Tech Center health instructor and psychiatric RN (MSN); GRPS Creston grad; challenger.
DJose Rodriguez
Incumbent GRPS board president, Kent School Services Network coordinator and former paraprofessional; seeking a second term.
CAarie Wade
Incumbent GRPS board vice president and Baxter Community Center director of education (WMU MSW); GRPS grad seeking a second term.
CDiana L. Wallace
Home-building consultant and former early-childhood center director/teacher (Alma College); challenger.
DKimberley Williams
Incumbent since 2018 and longest-serving GRPS trustee; civil rights specialist, former CPS worker and substitute teacher.
Grand Rapids Public Schools — Board Member
- N/RErika VanDyke