Art Hernandez
Art Hernandez was a member of the San Angelo Independent School District in Texas, representing District 2. He left office in 2021.
Hernandez (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 85. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Art Hernandez earned a bachelor's degree from Texas State University in 2009 and a graduate degree from the University of Houston-Victoria, Katy, in 2020.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Stan Kitzman defeated Larry Baggett and Michael Miller in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 85 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Kitzman (R)  | 73.8 | 49,359 |
 | Larry Baggett (D) | 24.2 | 16,201 | |
 | Michael Miller (L) | 2.0 | 1,308 | |
| Total votes: 66,868 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Stan Kitzman defeated incumbent Phil Stephenson in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 85 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Kitzman | 58.0 | 8,136 |
 | Phil Stephenson | 42.0 | 5,899 | |
| Total votes: 14,035 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Larry Baggett advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 85 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Baggett | 100.0 | 3,987 |
| Total votes: 3,987 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marty Rocha (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Incumbent Phil Stephenson and Stan Kitzman advanced to a runoff. They defeated Fred Roberts and Art Hernandez in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 85 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phil Stephenson | 40.0 | 8,618 |
| ✔ | | Stan Kitzman | 34.5 | 7,426 |
| Fred Roberts | 15.7 | 3,379 | ||
 | Art Hernandez | 9.8 | 2,108 | |
| Total votes: 21,531 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Michael Miller advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 85 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Miller (L) |
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Campaign finance
2017
Four of seven seats on the San Angelo Independent School District board of trustees were up for by-district general election on May 6, 2017. Incumbents Bill Dendle (District 1) and Ami Mizell-Flint (District 4) ran unopposed. Newcomer Taylor Kingman also ran unopposed for the open seat in District 3. Because of lack of opposition, the elections for District 1, 3, and 4 were canceled.[2] In District 2, incumbent Art Hernandez defeated challenger Eli Esquivel in his bid for re-election.[3]
Results
| San Angelo Independent School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Art Hernandez Incumbent |
75.11% | 353 |
| Eli Esquivel | 24.89% | 117 |
| Total Votes | 470 | |
| Source: Tom Green County, "City of San Angelo/School Districts - Official Ballot - May 6, 2017," accessed June 7, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Art Hernandez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hernandez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We deserve a Texas Energy Grid that provides cheap and reliable electricity.
- We deserve an education system that listens to parents instead of dictating to parents.
- We deserve a state that fights for individual property rights.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 2, 2022
- ↑ San Angelo Independent School District, "March 27, 2017 Board Minutes," accessed May 15, 2017
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, "Email correspondence with San Angelo Independent School District Becky Hopkins," February 22, 2017
