Eladio Jaimez
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Eladio Jaimez is the Place 7 representative on the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees in Texas. The general election was held on May 7, 2016. Jaimez and fellow candidate Rosalinda Mercado-Garza tied in the race. Jaimez defeated Rosalinda Mercado-Garza in the special election on June 11, 2016.[1]
Elections
2016
The district school board election on May 7, 2016, featured one unopposed seat and one open seat. Place 3 incumbent Greg Powers was the sole candidate to file in the race. Place 7 incumbent Verna Young did not seek re-election and newcomers Eladio Jaimez and Rosalinda Mercado-Garza faced each other for the seat. Powers was automatically re-elected while Jaimez and Mercado-Garza tied in the race and faced each other in a special election on June 11, 2016, where Jaimez defeated Mercado-Garza.[2][3][4]
Results
| Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Place 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Eladio Jaimez | 50.00% | 1,422 |
| Rosalinda Mercado-Garza | 50.00% | 1,422 |
| Total Votes | 2,844 | |
| Source: Valley Morning Star," "School Board Place 7 goes to voters again on date still to be set," May 18, 2016 | ||
| Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Place 7 Special Election, 3-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Eladio Jaimez |
70.72% | 3,249 |
| Rosalinda Mercado-Garza | 29.28% | 1,345 |
| Total Votes | 4,594 | |
| Source: Valley Central, "Results: Eladio Jaimez wins Harlingen school board runoff election," June 11, 2016 | ||
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See also
- Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, Texas
- Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Valley Central, "Results: Eladio Jaimez wins Harlingen school board runoff election," accessed June 11, 2016
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse,"Phone communication with Chief Financial Officer Julio Cavazos," February 24, 2016
- ↑ Valley Morning Star, "School Board Place 7 goes to voters again on date still to be set," May 18, 2016
- ↑ Valley Central, "Results: Eladio Jaimez wins Harlingen school board runoff election," accessed June 11, 2016
| 2016 Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Elections | |
| Cameron County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Place 3:Incumbent, Greg Powers Place 7:Eladio Jaimez • Rosalinda Mercado-Garza |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
