Chase Rogers

Robert Morrow, former chairman of the Republican Party of Travis County, is heading into a runoff election with party-backed candidate Lani Popp for a seat on the 15-member State Board of Education.

Having garnered 40.1 percent of the vote in the March 3 primary over Popp’s 33.9 percent, Morrow will face his own party, which opposes him obtaining the office, in addition to the Democratic nominee for the seat, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, should she win the runoff.

Morrow has an acknowl...