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Dallas Independent School District elections (2018)

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Dallas Independent School District elections
General election date
May 5, 2018
Runoff election date
June 16, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
158,604 students

Attorney Justin Henry defeated Dallas ISD school board incumbent Bernadette Nutall by a 25 percent vote margin in the District 9 runoff on June 16.[1] The two faced each other since neither received more than 50 percent of the vote in the May 5 general election.

In the general, Henry received 47 percent of the vote while Nutall received 32 percent. Nutall faced the most challengers of her tenure as she sought re-election to District 9. The race was held in the wake of Nutall’s opposition to Superintendent Mike Miles’ teacher evaluation and merit pay program, the Teacher Excellence Initiative, as well as her two votes against a 13-cent tax increase.

Henry announced his candidacy one day after the board couldn’t agree on a tax plan. He worked with the district in advisory roles for the eight years leading up to the election and had been appointed by Nutall to serve on multiple district task forces and commissions.[2]

Edward Turner and Ona Marie Hendricks were eliminated in the first round of voting. Turner was active on the Strong Schools Strong Dallas coalition, which supported a 13-cent tax increase in 2017 after a similar attempt failed the year before. Hendricks was the Green Party candidate in the 2016 race for the Dallas County Commissioner's Court and ran for other offices in city and county government.

The District 1 and District 3 seats on the board would have been up for election on May 5, but the elections were canceled due to lack of opposition. District 1 member Edwin Flores and District 3 member Dan Micciche were automatically re-elected.[3][4]

Candidates

District 1

Edwin Flores

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Flores was first elected to the Dallas school board in 2015. He earned a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Texas in Austin. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in molecular immunology from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993, where he was an NIH-NIGMS grant recipient. Flores earned a J.D. in 1996 from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.[5]

As of March 2018, Flores was a managing partner at Chalker Flores, LLP, in Dallas, where his work concerned patents for biotechnology and related fields. He has been an admitted member of the bars for Texas, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.[5]


District 3

Dan Micciche

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Micciche was first elected to the Dallas school board in 2012. As of March 2018, he was an attorney at the firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.

Micciche earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School after receiving a B.A. from Stony Brook University.




District 9

Ona Marie Hendricks

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Hendricks was a grant-writing consultant as of March 2018. She ran in the 2016 race for the District 3 seat on the Dallas County Commissioner's Court as the Green Party candidate.[6]



Justin Henry

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Henry worked as a legal counsel at Dental One Partners, Inc. as of March 2018. He was also a middle school math teacher in Los Angeles. Henry earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School Of Law, his M.A. in secondary education from Loyola Marymount University, and his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.[7] Henry's campaign website highlighted "early childhood education, racial equity, educators as professionals, and community engagement" as priorities.[8]



Bernadette Nutall

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Nutall was first elected to the Dallas school board in 2009. She has a B.A. in business administration from Sam Houston State University. She attended the Certificate of Competence Training Program in instructional leadership at the University of North Texas in Denton. She also attended several sessions of the Summer Changes Everything National Conference at Johns Hopkins University Center for Summer Learning. Before joining the board, Nutall was a community liaison to the district.[9]




Edward Turner

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Turner is a community organizer and former financial services professional. He earned his M.B.A. in international business from American InterContinental University and a B.B.A. in finance from Texas Southern University.[10]

Runoff results

General runoff election

General runoff election for Dallas Independent School District, District 9

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Justin Henry
Justin Henry (Nonpartisan)
 
62.7
 
1,501
Image of Bernadette Nutall
Bernadette Nutall (Nonpartisan)
 
37.3
 
893

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,394
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General results

Dallas Independent School District, District 9

General election

General election for Dallas Independent School District, District 9

Justin Henry and incumbent Bernadette Nutall advanced to a runoff. They defeated Edward Turner and Ona Marie Hendricks in the general election for Dallas Independent School District, District 9 on May 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Justin Henry
Justin Henry (Nonpartisan)
 
47.0
 
1,088
✔
Image of Bernadette Nutall
Bernadette Nutall (Nonpartisan)
 
31.5
 
730
Image of Edward Turner
Edward Turner (Nonpartisan)
 
20.0
 
464
Image of Ona Marie Hendricks
Ona Marie Hendricks (Nonpartisan)
 
1.4
 
33

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,315
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Dallas Independent School District, District 3

General election

The general election was canceled. Dan Micciche (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Dallas Independent School District, District 1

General election

The general election was canceled. Edwin Flores (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

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Justin Henry

Publications

  • Dallas Morning News[11]

Campaign finance

District 1

Edwin Flores reported $673.93 in loans as of January 15, 2018.[12]

District 3

Dan Micciche reported $9110.82 cash on hand and $9,000 in loans as of January 15, 2018.[13]

District 9

  • Ona Marie Hendricks chose modified reporting in this election, meaning she did not plan to exceed $500 in contributions or expenditures during the cycle.[14]
  • Justin Henry reported $31,102 in contributions and $29,704.05 in expenditures as of April 5, 2018, leaving his campaign with $13,470.51 cash on hand.[15]
  • Bernadette Nutall reported $11,350 in contributions and no expenditures, leaving her campaign with $11,350 cash on hand as of April 5, 2018.[16]
  • Edward Turner reported $11,075 in contributions and $17,242.14 in expenditures as of April 5, 2018, leaving his campaign with $2,916.30 cash on hand.[17]

Issues

Board votes to close up to five schools, avoids state takeover

The Dallas ISD school board voted to close up to five schools in the district on January 25, 2018. Three of those schools were rated "Improvement Required" (IR) by the Texas Education Agency for five years in a row. If one of the schools received a sixth IR rating, it would trigger a state takeover of the district. Two more schools were voted to be closed by the board and combined into one campus at a different location.[18]

District overview

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See also: Dallas Independent School District, Texas

The Dallas Independent School District is located in Texas. The district was the second-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 160,253 students.[19] The Dallas ISD board of trustees consists of nine members elected by district to three-year terms. Elections are held on a staggered basis every year in May.

District history

Election trends

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The district trend of 100 percent success rates for incumbents who run for additional terms held firm through the 2017 election. None of the incumbents in the district's 2014, 2015, or 2016 elections were defeated in their bids for re-election. Though newcomers were elected to the board each year, they won open seats.

School board election trends
Year Candidates per seat Unopposed seats Incumbents running for re-election Incumbent success rate Seats won by newcomers
Dallas Independent School District
2017 2.00 33.33% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00%
2016 3.00 0.00% 25.00% 100.00% 75.00%
2015 2.00 0.00% 66.67% 100.00% 33.33%
2014 3.00 33.33% 66.67% 100.00% 33.33%
Texas
2015 1.69 48.62% 77.98% 83.53% 34.40%
2014 1.86 37.61% 75.22% 81.76% 38.05%
United States
2015 1.72 35.95% 70.37% 82.66% 40.81%
2014 1.89 32.57% 75.51% 81.31% 38.24%

Past elections

2017

Runoff election

Dallas Independent School District,
District 2 Runoff Election, 3-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dustin Marshall Incumbent 66.27% 6,328
Lori Kirkpatrick 33.73% 3,221
Total Votes 9,549
Source: Dallas County Elections, "2017 Joint Runoff Election," accessed September 20, 2017

General election

Dallas Independent School District,
District 2 General Election, 3-year term, 2017
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lori Kirkpatrick 49.79% 5,265
Green check mark transparent.png Dustin Marshall Incumbent 47.04% 4,974
Richard Young 3.18% 336
Total Votes 10,575
Source: Dallas County Elections, "2017 Joint Election," accessed September 20, 2017

2016

See also: Dallas Independent School District elections (2016)

District 2

Dallas Independent School District,
District 2 Special Election, 1-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dustin Marshall 43.26% 2,719
Green check mark transparent.png Mita Havlick 28.08% 1,765
Suzanne Smith 27.33% 1,718
Carlos Marroquin 1.32% 83
Total Votes 6,285
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Final Cumulative Results," accessed February 28, 2017


Dallas Independent School District,
District 2 Runoff Election, 1-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dustin Marshall 50.36% 2,928
Mita Havlick 49.64% 2,886
Total Votes 5,814
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Final Cumulative Results," accessed February 28, 2017

District 4

Dallas Independent School District,
District 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jaime Resendez 56.78% 737
Camille White 31.43% 408
Omar Jimenez 11.79% 153
Total Votes 1,298
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Final Cumulative Results," accessed February 28, 2017

District 5

Dallas Independent School District,
District 5 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lew Blackburn Incumbent 51.59% 1,197
Marquis Hawkins 38.88% 902
Linda Wilkerson-Wynn 9.53% 221
Total Votes 2,320
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Final Cumulative Results," accessed February 28, 2017

District 7

Dallas Independent School District,
District 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png 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

2015

See also:Dallas Independent School District elections (2015)
Dallas Independent School District,
District 1 General Election, 3-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngEdwin Flores 59.7% 3,747
     Nonpartisan Kyle Renard 40.3% 2,530
Total Votes 6,277
Source: Dallas Independent School District, "Meeting Minutes," accessed June 15, 2015


Dallas Independent School District,
District 3 General Election, 3-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDan Micciche Incumbent 71.8% 3,347
     Nonpartisan David Lewis 28.2% 1,312
Total Votes 4,659
Source: Dallas Independent School District, "Meeting Minutes," accessed June 15, 2015


Dallas Independent School District,
District 9 General Election, 3-year term, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBernadette Nutall Incumbent 53.7% 2,106
     Nonpartisan Damarcus Offord 46.3% 1,816
Total Votes 3,922
Source: Dallas Independent School District, "Meeting Minutes," accessed June 15, 2015

2014

See also:Dallas Independent School District elections (2014)

District 2

Mike Morath won re-election in District 2 without opposition when he faced no opposition by the ballot deadline.

District 6

Dallas Independent School District,
District 6 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBertha Bailey Whatley 41.3% 974
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJoyce Foreman 36.4% 858
     Nonpartisan Lew Blackburn, Jr. 12.8% 301
     Nonpartisan Carlos Sherman 5.1% 120
     Nonpartisan D. Marcus Ranger 4.4% 104
Total Votes 2,357
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," May 10, 2014


Dallas Independent School District,
District 6 Runoff Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJoyce Foreman 65.2% 1,588
     Nonpartisan Bertha Bailey Whatley 34.8% 848
Total Votes 2,436
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Combined Election Results," June 21, 2014

District 8

Dallas Independent School District,
District 8 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMiguel Solis Incumbent 68.1% 515
     Nonpartisan Kristi Lara 23.5% 178
     Nonpartisan Richard P. Sheridan 8.3% 63
Total Votes 756
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," May 10, 2014

2013

Dallas Independent School District,
District 8 Special Election, Unexpired 1-year term, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMiguel Solis 66.2% 840
     Nonpartisan Kristi Lara 33.8% 428
Total Votes 1,268
Source: Dallas County Elections, "Constitutional Amendment Election," November 12, 2013

2012

Dallas Independent School District,
District 1 General Election, 3-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Jones 52.3% 2,129
     Nonpartisan Michael Greenberg 30% 1,222
     Nonpartisan Jennifer Levy 14.7% 598
     Nonpartisan Roland Love 2.9% 120
Total Votes 4,069
Source: Dallas County Elections, "2012 Joint Election," May 17, 2012


Dallas Independent School District,
District 3 General Election, 3-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDan Micciche 63.9% 1,831
     Nonpartisan Bruce Parrott 36.1% 1,033
Total Votes 2,864
Source: Dallas County Elections, "2012 Joint Election," May 17, 2012


Dallas Independent School District,
District 9 General Election, 3-year term, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBernadette Nutall Incumbent 63.1% 1,269
     Nonpartisan Damarcus Offord 36.9% 742
Total Votes 2,011
Source: Dallas County Elections, "2012 Joint Election," May 17, 2012

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.[20][21]

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.

Recent news

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See also

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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dallas County Elections, "Election Results," accessed June 16, 2018
  2. ↑ Dallas News, "Dallas ISD trustee races will feature battle over Nutall’s seat," February 17, 2018
  3. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Board Elections and Ballot Initiatives," accessed February 21, 2018
  4. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Order of Cancellation," March 22, 2018
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Edwin Flores for School Board-DISD 1, "About Edwin," accessed May 6, 2015
  6. ↑ Dallas News, "Dallas ISD trustee races will feature battle over Nutall’s seat," February 16, 2018
  7. ↑ Justin Henry 2018 campaign website, "About," accessed March 5, 2018
  8. ↑ Justin Henry 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 5, 2018
  9. ↑ Facebook, "Trustee Bernadette Nutall: About," accessed May 6, 2015
  10. ↑ Edward Turner 2018 campaign website, "About Ed," accessed March 5, 2018
  11. ↑ Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Justin Henry for DISD trustee, District 9," April 18, 2018
  12. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports - Edwin Flores," accessed March 26, 2018
  13. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports-Dan Micciche," accessed March 26, 2018
  14. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports - Ona Marie Hendricks," accessed March 26, 2018
  15. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports - Justin Henry," accessed April 24, 2018
  16. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports - Bernadette Nutall," accessed April 24, 2018
  17. ↑ Dallas Independent School District, "Election Campaign Finance Reports - Edward D. Turner," accessed March 26, 2018
  18. ↑ KERA News, "Dallas ISD To Close Up To Five Schools If Ratings Don't Improve," January 26, 2018
  19. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
  20. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  21. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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