Elena Herrada
Elena Herrada was a member of the Detroit Public Schools Community District in Michigan, representing District 2.
Herrada ran for election for an at-large seat of the Detroit Public Schools Community District in Michigan. Herrada lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
The Detroit Public Schools Board of Education was disbanded on July 1, 2016, following the creation of a new school district to oversee city schools. Herrada lost election to the newly created Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Herrada was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 6 of the Michigan House of Representatives.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Detroit Public Schools Community District, Michigan, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Detroit Public Schools Community District, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Detroit Public Schools Community District, At-large on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sonya Mays (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 69,144 |
| ✔ |  | Misha Stallworth (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 66,132 |
| ✔ |  | Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 53,344 |
 | Iris Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 51,388 | |
 | LaMar Lemmons (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 39,400 | |
| Bessie Harris (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 37,649 | ||
 | Ida Carol Short (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 30,982 | |
| Jermain Jones (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 22,669 | ||
 | Elena Herrada (Nonpartisan) | 4.3 | 20,258 | |
| Zsa Zsa Hubbard (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 19,493 | ||
| John Telford (Nonpartisan) | 3.3 | 15,691 | ||
 | Richard Clement (Nonpartisan)  | 3.3 | 15,640 | |
| Terrance Lemmons (Nonpartisan) | 3.2 | 15,305 | ||
| Chico Frank Sorrell (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 11,292 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 3,471 | ||
| Total votes: 471,858 | |||
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2016
- See also: Detroit Public Schools elections (2016)
Seven seats on the Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary. A total of 63 candidates filed for the election including 10 of the 11 incumbent board members. The top two vote recipients will serve six-year terms, the next three winners will serve four-year terms, and the remaining two winners will serve two-year terms.[1][3] The winning candidates were Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry, LaMar Lemmons, Georgia Lemmons, Sonya Mays, Misha Stallworth, Deborah Hunter-Harvill, and Iris Taylor.
A June 2016 state reorganization bill split Detroit Public Schools into two entities. The existing district will collect taxes to pay down debts, while a new district overseen by the school board was created to oversee school operations. This bill reduced the school board's membership from 11 to seven after the November 2016 election. The state-appointed Detroit Financial Review Commission will oversee the new district's financial dealings.[1]
Results
Funding
School board candidates in Michigan were required to file pre-election campaign finance reports with their county election offices by October 28, 2016. Post-election reports were due by December 8, 2016.[4]
In Michigan, candidates are prohibited from receiving contributions from corporations or labor organizations. Within 10 days of becoming a candidate, candidates must form a candidate committee. Following the creation of the committee, candidates have an additional 10 days to register the committee with the school district filing official by filing a statement of organization. A candidate committee that does not expect to receive or spend more than $1,000 during the election cycle is eligible to receive a reporting waiver, which allows that committee not to file pre-election, post-election, and annual campaign statements.[5]
October 28 filing
Candidates received a total of $164,533.68 and spent a total of $100,234.02 as of October 30, 2016, according to the Wayne County Clerk.[6] Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry led the field with $57,980.00 in contributions and $40,364.82 in expenditures for the reporting period. Her biggest donor through October 28, 2016, was the United Auto Workers Michigan V-PAC, which contributed $27,500.00 to her candidate committee. Sixteen of the 63 candidates filed campaign finance statements by October 30, 2016. The remaining candidates had not filed their reports or qualified for exemption from reporting.
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tawanna Simpson | $1,200.00 | $996.38 | $203.62 |
| Ida Carol Short | $1,409.15 | $975.00 | $434.15 |
| Herman Davis | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Angelique Nicole Peterson-Mayberry | $57,980.00 | $40,346.82 | $17,633.18 |
| Kevin Turman | $5,038.99 | $3,555.84 | $1,483.15 |
| Deborah Hunter-Harvill | $3,950.00 | $4,387.83 | -$577.83 |
| John Telford | $19,000.00 | $5,341.52 | $13,658.51 |
| Markita Meeks | $100.00 | $25.00 | $75.00 |
| Mary Kovari | $14,383.54 | $16,883.54 | $4,315.86 |
| Ben Washburn | $500.00 | $0.00 | $500.00 |
| Iris Taylor | $10,725.00 | $6,311.16 | $4,413.84 |
| Sonya Mays | $20,935.00 | $15,450.49 | $0.00 |
| Charmaine Johnson | $0.00 | $1,939.68 | $0.00 |
| Phillip Caldwell II | $2,915.00 | $2,713.37 | $201.67 |
| Leslie Andrews | $16,114.00 | $0.00 | $6,500.00 |
| Penny Bailer | $10,283.00 | $1,307.39 | $8,975.61 |
2014
Elections for the Michigan House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 22, 2014. Stephanie Chang defeated Tyrone Carter and five others in the Democratic primary. Tairia Bridges was unopposed in the Republican primary. Chang defeated Bridges in the general election.[7][8][2][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Stephanie Chang |
94% | 17,926 | |
| Republican | Tairia Bridges | 6% | 1,149 | |
| Write-in | Donnie MaLone | 0% | 1 | |
| Total Votes | 19,076 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Stephanie Chang |
49.9% | 4,234 |
| Tyrone Carter | 33.2% | 2,820 |
| Elena Herrada | 7.4% | 631 |
| Casondria Walker Keith | 3.3% | 284 |
| Patrick O'Connell | 3% | 255 |
| Eze Ejelonu | 1.8% | 149 |
| Verl Jean Pittman | 1.4% | 120 |
| Total Votes | 8,493 | |
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elena Herrada did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Ballotpedia survey responses
Elena Herrada participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of school board candidates. In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on August 31, 2016:
| “ | N/A[10][11] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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Click here to learn more about education policy in Michigan. |
| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| Blank | |
| “ | These answers do not matter in Detroit Public Schools because we, like every other Black district in Michigan has been stripped of the right to govern under PA 436. We have not had the right to govern like the white districts do since 2009. The state took over our schools after the voters passed a bond, misspent 3 billion dollars and closed half of our schools. Detroit, 85% African American, is the only city in the state which is legislated to hire non certified teachers.[11] | ” |
| —Elena Herrada (August 31, 2016) | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer nine questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| No. See quoted text under issue rankings |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should always defer to school board decisions. The State of Michigan should treat white districts the same as it treats Black districts. See quoted text under issue rankings |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| No. Tests are used to close public schools and open charters. The Educational Achievement Authority has failed every single student and is not closing. Snyder started his own experiment with our students. |
| What is your stance on the Common Core State Standards Initiative? |
| See quoted text under issue rankings |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district. We are about to only have underperforming teachers, See quoted text under issue rankings |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| No. Merit could mean "white." It could mean "cute." It could mean obedient, or a relative of somebody important. No, no and NO. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. That is what Governor Snyder ( of Flint water poisoning fame) is doing because he is owned, lock, stock and barrel by the deVos family. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| It should not. |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| The curriculum. See quoted text under issue rankings |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wayne County, Michigan, "Elections Division-Election Information," accessed August 30, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan Primary Candidate Listing," accessed May 27, 2014
- ↑ The Detroit Free Press, "72 people seek seven Detroit school board seats," July 26, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Bureau of Elections, "2016 and 2017 Campaign Finance Filing Schedule," January 12, 2016
- ↑ Genesee County, "Filing Requirements under Michigan's Campaign Finance Act," February 7, 2014
- ↑ Wayne County Clerk, "Wayne County Campaign Finance Information System," accessed October 30, 2016
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "Representative in State Legislature," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Michigan Secretary of State, "2014 Official Michigan General Candidate Listing," accessed September 8, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2016, "Elena Herrada's responses," August 31, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
