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Erasmo Castro
2024 - Present
2028
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Erasmo Castro is a member of the Brownsville Independent School District in Texas, representing Position 7. He assumed office on November 14, 2024. His current term ends in 2028.
Castro ran for election to the Brownsville Independent School District to represent Position 7 in Texas. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 7
Erasmo Castro defeated Farley Treviño, Tim Ramirez, and Augustine Anduiza in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Erasmo Castro (Nonpartisan) | 36.8 | 15,397 |
| Farley Treviño (Nonpartisan) | 31.6 | 13,219 | ||
| Tim Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 21.7 | 9,081 | ||
| Augustine Anduiza (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 4,169 | ||
| Total votes: 41,866 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Castro in this election.
2020
Brownsville Independent School District
See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 5
Daniella Lopez Valdez defeated Erasmo Castro in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daniella Lopez Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 64.0 | 28,470 | |
| Erasmo Castro (Nonpartisan) | 36.0 | 15,984 | |
| Total votes: 44,454 | |||
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Texas House of Representatives
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Eddie Lucio III won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 38 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eddie Lucio III (D) | 100.0 | 35,339 |
| Total votes: 35,339 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erasmo Castro (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Eddie Lucio III defeated Erin Gamez in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 38 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Lucio III | 53.9 | 7,907 |
 | Erin Gamez | 46.1 | 6,763 | |
| Total votes: 14,670 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 38
Erasmo Castro advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 38 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erasmo Castro | 100.0 | 2,300 |
| Total votes: 2,300 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 2
Erasmo Castro defeated Herman Otis Powers Jr. and incumbent Carlos Elizondo in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erasmo Castro (Nonpartisan) | 37.3 | 10,698 |
| Herman Otis Powers Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 32.1 | 9,202 | ||
| Carlos Elizondo (Nonpartisan) | 30.6 | 8,787 | ||
| Total votes: 28,687 | |||
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2016
Four of the seven seats on the Brownsville Independent School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. In the race for Position 3, incumbent Herman Powers Jr. faced challengers Josette Cruz, Phillip Cowen, Argelia Miller, and Jorge Valdez. Position 5 incumbent Caty Presas ran against three challengers: Erasmo Castro, Laura Castro, and Laura Perez-Reyes. State District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez filed in the race but withdrew her candidacy on August 24, 2016.[1] Incumbent Minerva Peña faced challengers Rhonda Cavazos, Anna Hernandez-Oquin, Roberto Uresti, and Kent Whittemore for Position 6. Lastly, four challengers filed in the Position 7 race against incumbent Jose Chirinos: Sylvia Perez Atkinson, Rigo Bocanegra, Norberto Rangel, and Orlando Carlos Treviño. Cowen, Perez-Reyes, Peña, and Atkinson won election to their respective seats.[2]
Results
| Brownsville Independent School District, Position 5 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Laura Perez-Reyes |
35.32% | 11,861 |
| Erasmo Castro | 32.46% | 10,901 |
| Caty Presas-Garcia Incumbent | 17.78% | 5,971 |
| Laura Castro | 14.43% | 4,845 |
| Total Votes | 33,578 | |
| Source: Cameron County, Texas, "General Election," accessed December 15, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Erasmo Castro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Erasmo Castro did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
