David Espinosa (Texas)
David Espinosa is a member of the Grand Prairie Independent School District school board in Texas, representing Place 5. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends in 2027.
Espinosa won re-election to the Grand Prairie Independent School District school board to represent Place 5 in Texas outright after the general election on May 4, 2024, was canceled.
Biography
Espinosa is a lifelong resident of Grand Prairie and graduated from Grand Prairie High School in 2006. He earned an associate of arts degree from Mountain View Community College in 2008 and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Texas at Arlington.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Grand Prairie Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
General election
The general election was canceled. David Espinosa (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Espinosa in this election.
2021
See also: Grand Prairie Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 5
Incumbent David Espinosa defeated James Devoll in the general election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 5 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Espinosa (Nonpartisan) | 79.8 | 394 |
| James Devoll (Nonpartisan) | 20.2 | 100 | ||
| Total votes: 494 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 5
Incumbent David Espinosa defeated Julie Ford-Mitchell in the general election for Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 5 on May 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Espinosa (Nonpartisan) | 67.3 | 297 |
| Julie Ford-Mitchell (Nonpartisan) | 32.7 | 144 | ||
| Total votes: 441 | |||
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2015
The general election on May 9, 2015, in the Grand Prairie Independent School District featured two seats up for election. In the District 5 race, incumbent Burke Hall faced challenger David Espinosa. Espinosa defeated Hall for the seat. District 1 incumbent Terry Brooks ran unopposed and won re-election by default.
Results
| Grand Prairie Independent School District, District 5 General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  David Espinosa |
59.8% | 315 | |
| Nonpartisan | Burke Hall Incumbent | 40.2% | 212 | |
| Total Votes | 527 | |||
| Source: Grand Prairie Independent School District, "Order Canvassing Election Returns," accessed June 15, 2015 | ||||
Endorsements
Espinosa did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Espinosa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
David Espinosa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
David Anthony Espinosa participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 5, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and David Anthony Espinosa's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Student Safety |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education Funding from the State.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. David Anthony Espinosa answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | My mother is who I look up to because she was a retired educator for 20 plus years.[5] | ” |
| “ | Emiliano Zapata[5] | ” |
| “ | Become a great listener, work as a team, always stay humble.[5] | ” |
| “ | Be a team player, be a great listener and always stay focused on bettering the education of children![5] | ” |
| “ | Racial Equity Policy and Ethnic Studies at the Middle School Level.[5] | ” |
| “ | Being elected to the school board at the age of 27.[5] | ” |
| “ | I was a busboy at Lonestar Park horse racing track.[5] | ” |
| “ | I broke a glass of wine![5] | ” |
| “ | September 16th Independence Day of Mexico because it lands on my birthday.[5] | ” |
| “ | The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin[5] | ” |
| “ | The picture of my horse because I saved my dimes and nickels to buy him![5] | ” |
| “ | To govern and oversee the management of the district, set the policies for the school district and to select the superintendent of schools.[5] | ” |
| “ | My constituents are the students, parents and taxpayers I represent. Predominantly Hispanic Community.[5] | ” |
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Grand Prairie Independent School District school board Place 5 |
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "David Espinosa For GPISD School Board," accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with David A. Espinosa," November 8, 2020
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "David Anthony Espinosa's responses," April 5, 2018
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
