Audrey Pinkerton
Audrey Pinkerton was the District 7 representative on the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees in Texas.
Biography
Pinkerton earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas and a master's of business administration and master's of engineering management from Northwestern University. When she served on the school board, she was the owner of a commercial construction firm and served on the boards of several local community watch organizations. At that time, Pinkerton also served as a CASA advocate, a board member of Tyler Street United Methodist Church, and on the board of Texas Exes.[1]
Elections
2016
The 2016 Dallas ISD elections were marked by a slew of newcomer candidates. District 5 incumbent Lew Blackburn was the sole incumbent to seek re-election for one of three seats on the ballot. Blackburn was challenged by new entrants Marquis Hawkins and Linda Wilkerson-Wynn. In District 4, three newcomers—Omar Jimenez, Jaime Resendez, and Camille White—vied for the seat. Newcomers Isaac Faz and Audrey Pinkerton ran in District 7.
Additionally, a special election was held in conjunction with the regular board elections. Previous board member Mike Morath vacated his District 2 seat after being tapped as the new commissioner of the Texas Education Agency. Mita Havlick and Dustin Marshall placed ahead of Carlos Marroquin and Suzanne Smith, but neither candidate received a majority of the votes. Marshall defeated Havlick in the runoff election on June 18, 2016.[2]
Ultimately, Blackburn retained his seat, defeating challengers Hawkins and Wilkerson-Wynn. Resendez and Pinkerton defeated their fellow candidates to take the District 4 and 7 seats, respectively.[3]
Results
| Dallas Independent School District, District 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Audrey Pinkerton |
58.88% | 1,668 |
| Isaac Faz | 41.12% | 1,165 |
| Total Votes | 2,833 | |
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Final Cumulative Results," accessed February 28, 2017 | ||
Funding
Pinkerton reported $18,137.5 in contributions and $2,044.72 in expenditures to the Dallas Independent School District in the election.[3]
Endorsements
Pinkerton was endorsed in the election by Alliance AFT and Dallas City Council members Adam Medrano, Scott Griggs, Philip Kingston, and Robert Medrano.[4].[5]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pinkerton4DISD, "About Audrey," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "Texas Education Agency recruits charter school experts as longtime officials leave," April 14, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dallas County Elections, "Early Voting Totals Only," accessed May 7, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "results" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The Dallas Morning News, "In two Dallas school board races, a heavy dose of City Hall politics," May 6, 2016
- ↑ "Pinkerton4DISD," accessed April 17, 2016
| 2016 Dallas Independent School District Elections | |
| Dallas County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 2 special: Mita Havlick • Carlos Marroquin • Dustin Marshall • Suzanne Smith District 4: Omar Jimenez • Jaime Resendez • Camille White |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
