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Brownsville Independent School District elections

Filing deadline
August 17, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
45,578 students

Four seats on the Brownsville Independent School District school board in Texas were up in a regular general election on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was August 17, 2020.

A special general election was also scheduled for November 3, 2020 to fill the Position 2 seat.[1]

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Texas modified its absentee/mail-in voting, candidate filing, and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Local election officials could not reject an absentee ballot due to a perceived signature mismatch unless the voter was given a pre-rejection notice of this finding and a "meaningful opportunity to cure his or her ballot's rejection." Return locations for absentee/mail-in ballots were limited to one per county.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for independent candidates for non-presidential office was extended to August 13, 2020.
  • Early voting: Early voting began on October 13, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

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Position 3

General election

General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 3

Jessica Gonzalez defeated incumbent Philip Cowen, Viro Cardenas, and Argelia Miller in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica Gonzalez
Jessica Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)
 
45.0
 
19,688
Philip Cowen (Nonpartisan)
 
33.0
 
14,405
Viro Cardenas (Nonpartisan)
 
12.0
 
5,228
Argelia Miller (Nonpartisan)
 
10.0
 
4,393

Total votes: 43,714
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Position 5

General election

General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 5

Daniella Lopez Valdez defeated Erasmo Castro in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 5 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Daniella Lopez Valdez (Nonpartisan)
 
64.0
 
28,470
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Erasmo Castro (Nonpartisan)
 
36.0
 
15,984

Total votes: 44,454
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Position 6

General election

General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6

Incumbent Minerva Peña defeated Marisa Leal and Joe Rodriguez in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Minerva Peña (Nonpartisan)
 
37.9
 
16,552
Marisa Leal (Nonpartisan)
 
37.9
 
16,544
Joe Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)
 
24.2
 
10,575

Total votes: 43,671
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A redo of this election was held on May 4, 2024. Peña was declared the winner of the 2020 election after a recount showed she received eight more votes than Leal. Before the recount, Leal had won the election by one vote. Leal brought the case to court and in January 2022 a district court judge ruled that a new election should be held. After the Texas Supreme Court rejected an appeal of the lower court's decision in November 2023, a special election was called for the next uniform election date, in May 2024. Marisa Leal and Minerva Peña automatically made the special election ballot. The seat was also up for regular election in November 2024.[2][3]

Position 7

General election

General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 7

Eddie Garcia defeated Carlos Elizondo in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Eddie Garcia (Nonpartisan)
 
60.7
 
26,438
Carlos Elizondo (Nonpartisan)
 
39.3
 
17,092

Total votes: 43,530
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Position 2 (special election)

General election

Special general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 2

Denise Garza defeated Jaime Díez and Frankie Olivo in the special general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Denise Garza (Nonpartisan)
 
40.6
 
17,877
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Jaime Díez (Nonpartisan)
 
31.9
 
14,073
Frankie Olivo (Nonpartisan)
 
27.5
 
12,112

Total votes: 44,062
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About the district

See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas

The Brownsville Independent School District is located in Cameron County, Texas. The district served 45,578 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[4]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.


See also

Brownsville Independent School District Texas School Boards
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