2025 ERS trustee election: Upcoming call for nominations

December 11, 2024
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The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) is preparing for the 2025 Board of Trustees election. Retirees and current employees of state agencies and non-contributing members of ERS will be eligible to vote to fill the position currently held by Brian Barth of the Texas Department of Transportation, who was elected to the Board in 2019.

The candidate nomination period begins in March. An employee of Health and Human Services and a retiree currently hold Board seats, with terms ending in 2027 and 2029, respectively. Therefore, retirees or HHS employees cannot run in this election. However, they are free to nominate other eligible candidates and sign a petition in support of a candidate. Voting will begin in May. The candidate receiving the most votes will be the next trustee and serve a six-year term beginning Sept. 1, 2025.

The role of the Board

The ERS Board of Trustees makes key decisions regarding the valuable benefits for State of Texas retirees and employees. They also oversee the retirement trust funds—which invest state, agency and member pension contributions—and the Texa$averSM 401(k) / 457 Program.

More to come

More information about the election will be available before the nomination period and throughout the election process. In the meantime, take a few minutes to learn more about the Board, the current trustees and past meetings in the Board of Trustees section of the ERS website.