Andy Pickens
Andy Pickens was a member of the Burleson Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 4. Pickens assumed office in 2011. Pickens left office on June 12, 2023.
Pickens won re-election to the Burleson Independent School District to represent Place 4 in Texas outright after the general election on May 2, 2020, was canceled.
Biography
Pickens has served as the music minister for University Baptist Church. He has also worked as a police officer with the Charleston Police Department in South Carolina. He earned his M.A. in church music from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and his B.S. in business administration from the University of Charleston.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Burleson Independent School District, Texas, elections (2020)
General election
The general election was canceled. Andy Pickens (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
2017
Two of the seven seats on the Burleson Independent School District school board in Texas were up for at-large general election on May 6, 2017. Place 3 incumbent Ryan Richardson filed for re-election and defeated challenger Jerry Duncan. Place 4 incumbent Andy Pickens also filed for re-election and was victorious over challenger Shane O'Rourke and write-in candidate Shelley Grant.[2]
Results
| Burleson Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Andy Pickens Incumbent |
46.70% | 1,611 |
| Shelley Grant | 34.81% | 1,201 |
| Shane O'Rourke | 18.49% | 638 |
| Total Votes | 3,450 | |
| Source: Elisabeth Moore, "Email correspondence with Mary Ellen Burch," June 5, 2017 | ||
2014
Pickens defeated Rick Pettijohn in the general election on May 10, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Andy Pickens Incumbent |
69.7% | 531 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rick Pettijohn | 30.3% | 231 | |
| Total Votes | 762 | |||
| Source: Burleson Independent School District, "Tally Sheet-School General Election," May 19, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Pickens did not report any contributions or expenditures to the district office in this election.
Endorsements
Pickens did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign in this election.
2011
| Burleson Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Andy Pickens |
60.5% | 485 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jo Ann Smith | 39.5% | 317 | |
| Total Votes | 802 | |||
| Source: Steve Knight, Cleburn Times-Review, "New trustees Atwood, Pickens sworn into office," June 15, 2011 (dead link) | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Andy Pickens did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
