Deby Lewis
Deby Lewis represented District 4 on the Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas. She was first elected to the board in 2011, and served until May 2015.[1]
Lewis ran for re-election in the general election on May 9, 2015.[2] She lost the election.[3] Though health issues kept Lewis away from public activities, she assured voters she would like to serve another term on the board and asked for patience throughout April and May 2015.[4]
Biography
Lewis has lived in the district for 43 years. She worked as a teacher and coach in the Ysleta Independent School District for 36 years before retiring in 2010. She volunteers with United Blood Services and Race for the Cure. Lewis earned her bachelor's degree in education from the University of Texas at El Paso.[1]
Elections
2015
Three of the seven seats on the Ysleta Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on May 9, 2015. The seats from Districts 2, 4 and 6 were on the ballot.
Incumbents Connie Woodruff, Deby Lewis and Martha "Marty" Y. Reyes representing Districts 2, 4 and 6, respectively, were up for re-election. Woodruff and Lewis faced one challenger each. Woodruff ran against Mary First Perales for the District 2 seat, and Lewis faced challenger Mike Rosales in District 4. Woodruff kept her seat, but Lewis was defeated by Rosales.
Reyes did not file to run for re-election, leaving the District 6 seat open to a newcomer. Two candidates, Luis H. Sarellano and Sotero G. Ramirez III, ran for the open spot. Ramirez won the seat. A third candidate, Javier Carlos Camacho, originally filed to run for the District 6 seat, but he withdrew from the race.
Results
| Ysleta Independent School District, District 4 General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Mike Rosales |
57.9% | 1,617 | |
| Nonpartisan | Deby Lewis Incumbent | 42.1% | 1,175 | |
| Total Votes | 2,792 | |||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Final Election Results," accessed May 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Lewis reported $10,700.00 in contributions and $4,768.46 in expenditures to the Ysleta Independent School District, which left her campaign with $5,931.54 in the election.[5]
Texas school board candidates and officeholders must file semiannual reports, which were due on January 15, 2015, and July 15, 2015. In addition, candidates in contested elections were required to file 30-day and 8-day pre-election reports, unless the candidate chose modified reporting.[6]
Candidates in contested elections who did not intend to exceed $500 in contributions or expenditures, excepting filing fees, were eligible for modified reporting. If they exceeded the threshold before the 30th day prior to the election, candidates were required to submit the 30- and 8-day reports. If they exceeded the threshold after the 30th day prior to the election, they were required to file a report within 48 hours of exceeding the threshold and participate in regular reporting for the rest of the election cycle.[7]
Endorsements
Lewis did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
2011
| Ysleta Independent School District, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Deby Lewis |
64.6% | 819 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert S. Ward | 35.4% | 449 | |
| Total Votes | 1,268 | |||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "2011 May Cities and Schools Districts Election," accessed April 14, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
On April 21, 2015, the El Paso Times published a candidate profile on Woodruff. That profile contained the following questionnaire. The questions asked by the El Paso Times are bolded to provide clarification. The full profile can be found here.
| “ | Why are you a good fit for the YISD Board of Trustees?
I want to continue to work to improve our school system for kids; making sure they have the best education possible. Working in the best interest of students, teachers, parents and tax holders. What skills do you have that make you well suited for the position? Besides the fact that I am the incumbent school board member for District 4, I spent 38 years as an educator at Eastwood High School. More than half of my career was spent as the student activities director and led students in various projects, including Race for the Cure, fundraising projects and Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts. I also wrote the curriculum for the leadership course that was adopted by the Texas Education Agency as an innovative course now taught in high schools throughout the state. What is YISD doing right? What would you change? I think the programs the district has recently implemented to work with kids and help them better their education is what YISD is doing right. I believe we must understand all issues facing the district at a deep level in order to steer the district into a cutting edge position. I would bring all stakeholders in to get the buy-in from all to move the community forward.[8] |
” |
| —El Paso Times[9] | ||
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See also
- Ysleta Independent School District, Texas
- Ysleta 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ysleta Independent School District, "Deby Lewis," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ Ysleta Independent School District, "2015 Board of Trustees Candidates," accessed March 9, 2015
- ↑ El Paso County Elections, "Final Update Unofficial Election Results," accessed May 10, 2015
- ↑ El Paso Times, "Retired teacher Deby Lewis wants to keep seat on YISD board," April 8, 2015
- ↑ Ysleta Independent School District, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed May 11, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2015 Filing Schedule for Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed January 21, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File with Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ El Paso Times, "Candidate profiles: Ysleta Independent School District, District 4," April 21, 2015
| 2015 Ysleta Independent School District Elections | |
| El Paso County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 9, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Connie Woodruff • Mary First Perales District 4: • Incumbent, Deby Lewis • Mike Rosales District 6: • Luis H. Sarellano • Sotero G. Ramirez III |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
