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Fernando Lucas de Urioste
2025 - Present
2029
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Fernando Lucas de Urioste is a member of the Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8 in Texas. He assumed office on January 16, 2025. His current term ends in 2029.
De Urioste ran for election to the Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8 in Texas. He won in the general runoff election on December 14, 2024.
De Urioste completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Fernando Lucas de Urioste was born in Irving, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. His career experience includes working as an advocate. As of 2024, he was affiliated with the Council of Parents, Attorneys, and Advocates and the Texas Organization of Parents Attorneys and Advocates.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Austin Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8
Fernando Lucas de Urioste defeated Lindsey Stringer in the general runoff election for Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8 on December 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Fernando Lucas de Urioste (Nonpartisan)  | 70.0 | 12,542 |
| Lindsey Stringer (Nonpartisan) | 30.0 | 5,377 | ||
| Total votes: 17,919 | |||
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General election
General election for Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8
The following candidates ran in the general election for Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fernando Lucas de Urioste (Nonpartisan) | 32.5 | 65,263 |
| ✔ | Lindsey Stringer (Nonpartisan) | 26.0 | 52,181 | |
| Amy Moore (Nonpartisan) | 23.8 | 47,757 | ||
| Dylan MacAdams (Nonpartisan) | 8.6 | 17,381 | ||
 | Nathaniel Hellman (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 11,339 | |
| Nick Franke (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 7,159 | ||
| Total votes: 201,080 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for de Urioste in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Fernando Lucas de Urioste completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by de Urioste's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will fight to protect the vital services and programming our students need in order to succeed. This is particularly important considering the cuts that the district will be forced to implement in the face of AISD's budget deficit. We need to prioritize maintaining and increasing all service and programing elements that directly affect students. I intend to help do this by ensuring all community members including families, teachers, and hourly employees have a place at the table for the difficult decisions the district will be faced with. I believe that we need the entire community working together to protect the best interests of our students in the face of the State legislature's failure to appropriately fund Texas schools.
- I am community focused. As a longtime advocate I am focused on bringing the AISD community and the district back into a healthy collaborative partnership by restoring trust, transparency, and agency for all. This includes empowering parent groups, increasing outreach and training efforts that target our families who are most in need, and providing information that is accessible and easily understood. I pledge to work to continue to improve the district's communication across the board. I understand that it will take more than one or two things going right to restore faith. Families (and employees) need a sustained experience of success. AISD needs to show a pattern of improvement that instills confidence in our path to excellence.
- I believe in Free and Appropriate Public Education, and as a trustee I will work as I have for the past 19 years to ensure equal access for ALL students. I have a deep understanding of Special Education and Section 504 and the many issues and failures that can get school districts in trouble. As a trustee I will bring that knowledge with me to the board to ensure that AISD continues to improve educational services for all students across the board, complies with Federal and State regulations, and implements systemic change that will lead to the long term successes that the Austin community demands and that our students deserve. Public education is not always a priority to our state, but I know for certain that it is in our city.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Austin Independent School District At-large Position 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 1, 2024
