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Clyde Lemon
Clyde Lemon was a candidate for the District 9 seat on the Houston Independent School Board. He lost election of the seat to challenger Wanda Adams on November 5, 2013. Longtime incumbent Lawrence Marshall chose not to seek re-election of his seat.
Biography
Lemon grew up in northeast Houston and graduated from Smiley High School. He completed his Bachelor's degree at Prairie View A & M University. He earned a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps through the Navy ROTC program. Following graduation he was stationed at Quantico, Virginia and subsequently took command of a Combat Engineer platoon in Okinawa, Japan. Lemon previously served on the HISD school board from 1995 to 1997.[1]
Elections
2013
Results
| Houston Independent School District, District 9, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Wanda Adams |
71.2% | 8,005 | |
| Nonpartisan | Clyde Lemon | 18.1% | 2,040 | |
| Nonpartisan | Coretta Mallet-Fontenot | 10.7% | 1,200 | |
| Total Votes | 11,245 | |||
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "November 2013 General Election Official Results," accessed December 12, 2013 | ||||
Endorsements
Lemon was not endorsed in this campaign.
Funding
Lemon began the race with an existing account balance of $1,166.76 from his previous campaign. He reported $3,750.00 in contributions and $4,214.33 in expenditures to the Houston Independent School District, which left his campaign with $702.43 on hand.[2]
1997
| Houston Independent School District, District 9, General Election, 1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Clyde Lemon Incumbent |
45% | 10,110 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lawrence Marshall | 30.8% | 6,907 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary W. Houston | 24.2% | 5,436 | |
| Total Votes | 22,453 | |||
| Houston Independent School District, District 9, Runoff Election, 1997 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lawrence Marshall |
50.9% | 11,717 | |
| Nonpartisan | Clyde Lemon Incumbent | 49.1% | 11,317 | |
| Total Votes | 23,034 | |||
Campaign themes
2013
Lemon stated that his motivation for running is putting the children first, and not allowing "distractions to interfere with the focus of being an advocate for the academic success of all the students of our school district."[3]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Clyde + Lemon + Houston + Independent + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Burt Levine Houston Style Magazine Clyde Lemon Challenges Larry Marshall to Re-Claim HISD Seat, published June 6, 2013
- ↑ Houston Independent School District, "General Information," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Burt Levine Houston Style Magazine Clyde Lemon Challenges Larry Marshall to Re-Claim HISD Seat, published June 6, 2013
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