Henry Perez
Henry Perez was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Racine Board of Education in Wisconsin. He lost election to the board in the general election on April 1, 2014. Perez applied to fill a vacant board seat in September 2013 that was filled by Wally Rendón.[1]
Biography
Perez earned a bachelor's degree in religious education from Reformed Bible College. He later earned an M.A. from Miami Christian College. Perez has been a pastor for the Racine and Kenosha Christian Reformed Churches. He has also worked as a security guard for the school district. At the time of his candidacy, Perez represented District 12 on the Racine Common Council.[2]
Elections
2014
Henry Perez ran against six other candidates for four available seats in the general election on April 1, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Melvin Hargrove Incumbent |
18.6% | 4,326 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dennis Wiser Incumbent |
17.2% | 3,996 | |
| Nonpartisan | Pamala Handrow Incumbent |
17% | 3,954 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wally Rendón Incumbent |
14.4% | 3,355 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jacqueline Pinager | 12% | 2,795 | |
| Nonpartisan | Henry Perez | 12% | 2,790 | |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Fineran | 8.2% | 1,915 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 95 | |
| Total Votes | 23,226 | |||
| Source: Racine Unified School District, "Canvass Committee Report," April 8, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Perez was exempted from filing a pre-election campaign finance report to the school district clerk by the March 24, 2014 deadline.[3] State law allows candidates to claim exempt status from campaign finance reporting if contributions and expenditures do not exceed $1,000 during a calendar year.[4]
Endorsements
Perez did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
Campaign themes
2014
Perez explained his campaign themes for 2014 in an interview with The Journal Times:
| “ |
What makes you most qualified for a board seat? Works in schools. Serves on the Trinity Christian College Board of Trustees and on the Kenosha Education Association teachers union Board of Directors. I think I can look at it from all different angles. Are you familiar with the Common Core State Standards, and do you support or oppose them? “A little” familiar with standards. We’re forced to use them but they’re minimum standards. … They may not be the best thing for our kids in the sense we want to have higher standards. They’ve said that what it does – it doesn’t really lift us to a higher level; it drops us to a minimum level of achievement. Do you favor fixing school building components like boilers when they break down or, proactively, when they outlive their life expectancies? I do but to me it needs to be a little broader than that. My biggest concern, having been a policeman and pastor, is school safety. ... A lot of schools are really un-secure. I really don’t know where the funding would come from but it’s definitely something that we need to chart out. |
” |
| —The Journal Times (2014) | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Henry + Perez + Racine + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Racine Unified School District, "RUSD Vacant Board Seat to be Filled on Monday," September 13, 2013
- ↑ City of Racine, "12th District," accessed February 6, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through email from Patricia Meyer on March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Campaign Finance Overview: Local Candidates," May 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Journal Times, "Racine School Board candidates on the issues," March 18, 2014
| 2014 Racine Unified School District Elections | |
| Racine, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 1, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Thomas Fineran • Pamala Handrow • Melvin Hargrove • Henry Perez • Jacqueline Pinager • Wally Rendón • Dennis Wiser |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
