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Cheryl Buford
Cheryl Buford ran for election to the Fort Bend Independent School District to represent Position 7 in Texas. Buford lost in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Biography
Buford's professional experience includes working as a public school teacher and in the nonprofit sector. She has served as the vice president of Social Capital Valuations LLC.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
General election
General election for Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 7
Angie Wierzbicki defeated Cheryl Buford and Allison Drew in the general election for Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 7 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angie Wierzbicki (Nonpartisan)  | 41.7 | 8,709 |
 | Cheryl Buford (Nonpartisan) | 37.3 | 7,774 | |
 | Allison Drew (Nonpartisan) | 21.0 | 4,377 | |
| Total votes: 20,860 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Buford in this election.
2023
See also: Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas, elections (2023)
General election
General election for Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 4
Incumbent Shirley Rose-Gilliam defeated Cheryl Buford in the general election for Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 4 on May 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shirley Rose-Gilliam (Nonpartisan) | 51.8 | 8,568 |
| Cheryl Buford (Nonpartisan) | 48.2 | 7,959 | |
| Total votes: 16,527 | |||
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2019
See also: Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Fairfax County Public Schools, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Fairfax County Public Schools, At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Keys-Gamarra (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 179,258 |
| ✔ |  | Abrar Omeish (Nonpartisan) | 20.0 | 161,258 |
| ✔ |  | Rachna Heizer (Nonpartisan) | 19.4 | 156,397 |
| Cheryl Buford (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 112,108 | |
 | Priscilla DeStefano (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 108,708 | |
 | Vinson Palathingal (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 86,751 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 2,457 | ||
| Total votes: 806,937 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ilryong Moon (Nonpartisan)
2017
General election
Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2017. All 100 house seats were up for election. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. A primary election took place on June 13, 2017. The filing deadline for primary election candidates was March 30, 2017. The filing deadline for non-party candidates and candidates nominated by methods other than a primary was June 13, 2017.[2] Incumbent Kathleen J. Murphy (D) defeated Cheryl Buford (R) in the Virginia House of Delegates District 34 general election.[3]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 34 General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Kathleen J. Murphy Incumbent |
60.95% | 20,522 | |
| Republican | Cheryl Buford | 39.05% | 13,146 | |
| Total Votes | 33,668 | |||
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
Races we watched
Ballotpedia identified 13 races to watch in the Virginia House of Delegates 2017 elections: four Democratic seats and nine Republican seats. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.
This district was a Race to Watch because the incumbent won less than 55 percent of the vote in 2015. District 34 was competitive in elections from 2013 to 2015. Incumbent Kathleen J. Murphy (D) was first elected to the seat in a 2015 special election, winning by a margin of 2.6 percent. She won re-election in the 2015 general election with 50.4 percent of the vote, defeating her special election opponent Craig A. Parisot (R) again by a margin of 0.6 percent. She first ran for the seat in 2013 and was defeated by incumbent Barbara Comstock (R) by 1.4 points. District 34 was one of 51 Virginia House districts that Democrat Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton carried District 34 by 21.6 points. Democrat Barack Obama won the seat in the 2012 presidential election by 0.5 points. As of 2017, District 34 covered parts of Fairfax County and parts of Loudoun County.
Democratic primary election
Incumbent Kathleen J. Murphy ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 34 Democratic primary.[4]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 34 Democratic Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
| Kathleen J. Murphy Incumbent | ||
Republican primary election
Cheryl Buford ran unopposed in the Virginia House of Delegates District 34 Republican primary.[5]
| Virginia House of Delegates, District 34 Republican Primary, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
| Cheryl Buford | ||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cheryl Buford did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Cheryl Buford did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Cheryl Buford did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ cherylbuford.com, "Get to Know Cheryl," accessed August 18, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "Candidacy Requirements for the November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed March 21, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 November General Unofficial Results," accessed November 7, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Democratic Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "2017 June Republican Primary," accessed July 6, 2017
