Dan Butcher (Texas)
Dan Butcher was a candidate for Place 4 on the Canyon Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas. He was defeated in the general election on May 9, 2015.[1]
Biography
Butcher earned an associate degree from Southeastern Community College in 1990 and worked as a machinist apprentice from 1990 to 1994. Butcher's career experience includes working as a financial advisor with Edward Jones since 2009. Butcher has served on Jefferson County's feasibility committee, St. John’s County Florida School Advisory Council and North Florida Transportation Planning Organization Citizen Advisory Council.[2]
Elections
2015
Four seats on the Canyon ISD school board were up for election on May 9, 2015. Three seats were scheduled for general election, while one seat was up for special election.
The terms of Place 1 incumbent Bruce Cobb, Place 2 incumbent Katharyn Wiegand, and Place 7 incumbent Linda Hinders were set to expire in 2015. All three incumbents filed to run for re-election, but no challengers filed to contest them. The election for their seats was canceled, and the three incumbents were automatically re-elected.
While the three regular elections did not reach the ballot, two candidates sought an unexpired two-year term up for special election. Place 4 incumbent Ann Girard announced in February 2015 that she would be resigning from the board effective May 8, 2015. Two newcomers, Bill Jenkins and Dan Butcher, filed to run for the open Place 4 seat. Jenkins won the seat.
Results
| Canyon Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Bill Jenkins |
60.7% | 1,660 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dan Butcher | 39.3% | 1,076 | |
| Total Votes | 2,736 | |||
| Source: Randall County Election Administration, "City of Canyon Cumulative Report — Official," May 20, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Butcher reported no contributions or expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission as of April 9, 2015.[3]
Endorsements
Butcher received no official endorsements as of April 30, 2015.
Campaign themes
2015
Butch participated in a candidate question and answer with the Amarillo Globe-News. The topics and his answers are below.
| “ | Dealing with growth: “I think that the biggest issue we’re going to have going forward is what’s happening with Greenways. At that school, they’re in (portables) there, and there’s going to have to be something done. With the bond election, I don’t know if necessarily throwing more capital at the problem is going to solve what needs to be done. It’s going to create more classrooms, but I think there’s some things that could be done there to help that, as well.”
2015 bond election: “I do (support it), and the reason is I don’t think short-term we have an option. In the long term, obviously we’ve got a little bit of time to look at what alternatives there are.” Using STAAR test scores in teacher evaluations: “I don’t think that’s fair. I think taking a snapshot in one day in a particular subject is not the way we ought to be evaluating our teachers. I think kids have bad days like adults do, ... and I think that trying to evaluate a teacher based on a single test is not conclusive of how a teacher is teaching and how they’re doing. I think it puts pressure on the teacher, and I think the kids feel it building up to the test.”[4] |
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| —Dan Butcher (2015)[2] | ||
See also
- Canyon Independent School District, Texas
- Canyon Independent School District elections (2015)
- Decreased success for school board incumbents in Texas; 1/3 defeated in largest districts (May 11, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Randall County Election Administration, "City of Canyon Cumulative Report — Unofficial," May 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Amarillio Globe-News, "Q&A: Canyon ISD Place 4," April 25, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Search Campaign Finance Reports," accessed April 10, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Canyon Independent School District Elections | |
| Randall County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 9, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Place 1: Incumbent, Bruce Cobb
Place 2: Incumbent, Katharyn Wiegand
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| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
