Alex Enriquez
Alex Enriquez ran for election to the Dallas Independent School District to represent District 2 in Texas. Enriquez lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Enriquez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Dallas Independent School District, Texas, elections (2020)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Dallas Independent School District, District 2
Incumbent Dustin Marshall defeated Nancy Rodriguez in the general runoff election for Dallas Independent School District, District 2 on December 8, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dustin Marshall (Nonpartisan) | 65.8 | 5,690 |
 | Nancy Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 34.2 | 2,961 | |
| Total votes: 8,651 | |||
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General election
General election for Dallas Independent School District, District 2
Nancy Rodriguez and incumbent Dustin Marshall advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alex Enriquez in the general election for Dallas Independent School District, District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 45.2 | 27,914 |
| ✔ | | Dustin Marshall (Nonpartisan) | 40.1 | 24,775 |
 | Alex Enriquez (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 9,047 | |
| Total votes: 61,736 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alex graduated from Bryan Adams ('01) in Far East Dallas and attended Florida State University ('04) on a full academic scholarship. After college, Alex spent a year doing full time community service with City Year in Washington, D.C., and then worked as a staff member on Capitol Hill to Dallas-area Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.
Alex met his now wife Betsy in D.C., and in 2014, he convinced her to move to Dallas. Moving back to Dallas was one of Alex's long-time goals, allowing him to be closer to family and the city he loves. It also presented Alex with the opportunity to help bring City Year to Dallas, where he served as Founding Executive Director from 2014-2019.
In 2015, Alex joined the neighborhood SBDM (steering committee) at Lipscomb Elementary as a community member and became the chair in 2017. During Alex's membership, the group partnered with The Real Estate Council (TREC) to renovate the campus library, lobbied for paid Pre-K, and worked with the principal to expand the Dual Language program. Alex and Betsy are applying for their oldest to attend Pre-K at Lipscomb.- Community: DISD trustees should make decisions in partnership with parents, students, teachers, and community members, not by rubber stamping or making unilateral decisions. Alex believes in DISD because he believes in his neighbors, and he will bring DISD collective leadership that everyone can trust.
- Equity: Every child, regardless of race, religion, national origin, learning variability, or socioeconomic background, deserves a world-class education, and all of their parents and caretakers deserve a seat at the decision-making table. DISD should provide an intentionally welcoming and safe environment for all students.
- Excellence: DISD should be a destination for families across the metroplex, state, and country. Strong neighborhood schools lead to more stable neighborhoods, a stronger workforce, more jobs in our communities, and greater economic prosperity for us all.
services, which includes counselors. DISD should intentionally foster a safe and inclusive environment for all
students. This requires fully funding mental health and other social services.
Program fidelity: Woodrow's IB program currently doesn't have a physics or French teacher; staffing the new
downtown Montessori school will likely cause a drain on the already understaffed Montessori programs. The
District focuses too much on attracting customers without fulfilling the most basic promises of our specialized
programs.
their community's students. Just as on a corporate board, it is not a Trustee's role to dictate day
to day decisions or govern by grievance, but rather to guide policy, set tone, and advocate for
their community. Our trustees make sure the ship is going in the right direction, and they need
to make clear to their constituents that they are invested in the process and not rubber stamping
all proposals. I believe I have one major advantage in the role: that of user, as a former student,
community leader, and future parent. The most effective board members are those that have a
real stake in and deep ties to their community - after all, the Pepsico board isn't made up of
this on the playground so often that I sound like a broken record. But it is extremely difficult to
convince parents that DISD is worth the perceived risk of sending their child to our schools
when our schools too often appear to be faceless, unresponsive bodies of bureaucracy.
A District 2 early childhood group leader recently told me that her child's soon-to-be-school was
a question mark in her community, and the reason for that question mark, unfortunately, is a
concern for many parents: "The fact that our school is attached to DISD holds people back from
believing in our quality." Even when families make the leap of faith to send their elementary
aged kids to these Blue Ribbon schools, they are soon confronted with doubts about whether
they "should" send their kids to District middle and high schools.
The only way that a school board representative can build trust between the school system and
the community is to have a pulse on the community. As your Trustee, I will listen to the broad
array of concerns in our community and seek solutions that work in our unique neighborhoods. I
believe Trustees can and should work with our neighbors through collective leadership, not in a
unilateral or transactional manner.
From day one, your new Trustee will need to make some very large decisions - the bond is
coming to a vote right away, for example - and our district must be pressured to be more
intentional with its plans. As your Trustee, I will be laser focused on student success, and not
press releases and ribbon cuttings. I will plan for the future, involve our community, and closely
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See also
2020 Elections
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