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Hilda Garza-DeShazo
Hilda Garza-DeShazo (Republican Party) was a member of the McAllen Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 2.
Garza-DeShazo (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 2. Garza-DeShazo lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Garza-DeShazo was the Place 2 incumbent on the McAllen board of trustees in Texas. She was defeated in the general election on May 9, 2015. She also ran as a 2016 Republican candidate for District 41 of the Texas House of Representatives.
Biography
Hilda Garza-DeShazo graduated from McAllen High School. Garza-DeShazo earned a bachelor's degree in English and speech and a master's degree in public school administration from the University of Texas at Pan American. Her career experience includes working as a teacher and a principal.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Board of Education District 2
LJ Francis defeated Victor Perez in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | LJ Francis (R) | 50.2 | 194,976 |
 | Victor Perez (D)  | 49.8 | 193,578 | |
| Total votes: 388,554 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 2
Victor Perez defeated Pete Garcia in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victor Perez | 56.1 | 20,769 |
 | Pete Garcia | 43.9 | 16,252 | |
| Total votes: 37,021 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2
Victor Perez and Pete Garcia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Thomas Garcia, Michael Vargas, and Wayne Raasch in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victor Perez | 29.6 | 21,702 |
| ✔ | | Pete Garcia | 24.3 | 17,856 |
 | Thomas Garcia | 20.9 | 15,331 | |
 | Michael Vargas | 19.8 | 14,510 | |
| Wayne Raasch | 5.4 | 3,974 | ||
| Total votes: 73,373 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2
LJ Francis defeated Hilda Garza-DeShazo in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | LJ Francis | 57.5 | 38,009 |
 | Hilda Garza-DeShazo | 42.5 | 28,105 | |
| Total votes: 66,114 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 41
Incumbent Robert Guerra defeated Hilda Garza-DeShazo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 41 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Guerra (D) | 61.5 | 24,804 |
| Hilda Garza-DeShazo (R) | 38.5 | 15,535 | |
| Total votes: 40,339 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 41
Incumbent Robert Guerra defeated Michael Pinkard Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 41 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Guerra | 82.8 | 8,004 |
| Michael Pinkard Jr. | 17.2 | 1,666 | ||
| Total votes: 9,670 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 41
Hilda Garza-DeShazo advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 41 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hilda Garza-DeShazo | 100.0 | 2,486 |
| Total votes: 2,486 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[2]
Incumbent Robert Guerra defeated Hilda Garza De Shazo in the Texas House of Representatives District 41 general election.[3]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 41 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Robert Guerra Incumbent |
56.78% | 24,863 | |
| Republican | Hilda Garza De Shazo | 43.22% | 18,924 | |
| Total Votes | 43,787 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Robert Guerra ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 41 Democratic Primary.[4][5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 41 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Robert Guerra Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Hilda Garza De Shazo ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 41 Republican Primary.[4][5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 41 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Hilda Garza De Shazo (unopposed) | |
2015
The general election on May 9, 2015, in the McAllen Independent School District featured four seats up for election. In the Place 1 race, four challengers competed for the seat since incumbent Debbie Crane Aliseda did not file for re-election. They were Maricruz Del Villar Abbott, Dalinda Gonzalez Alcantar, Enedelia Olivarez and Marco Suarez. Place 2 incumbent Hilda Garza-DeShazo faced Conrado Alvarado and Don Delaney. In the Place 4 race, incumbent Erica de la Garza-Lopez competed against Tony Forina. Place 5 incumbent Daniel Vela ran unopposed.
Results
| McAllen Independent School District, Place 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Conrado Alvarado |
52.3% | 4,382 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hilda Garza-DeShazo Incumbent | 35.2% | 2,946 | |
| Nonpartisan | Don Delaney | 12.5% | 1,047 | |
| Total Votes | 8,375 | |||
| Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Mcallen I.s.d.- May 9, 2015 Election: Official Results," accessed June 1, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Garza-DeShazo reported $7,129.75 in contributions and $4,543.34 in expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission, which left her campaign with $2,586.41 on hand as of April 9, 2015.[6]
Texas school board candidates and officeholders must file semiannual reports, which were due on January 15, 2015, and July 15, 2015. In addition, candidates in contested elections were required to file 30-day and 8-day pre-election reports, unless the candidate chose modified reporting.[7]
Candidates in contested elections who did not intend to exceed $500 in contributions or expenditures, excepting filing fees, were eligible for modified reporting. If they exceeded the threshold before the 30th day prior to the election, candidates were required to submit the 30- and 8-day reports. If they exceeded the threshold after the 30th day prior to the election, they were required to file a report within 48 hours of exceeding the threshold and participate in regular reporting for the rest of the election cycle.[8]
Endorsements
Garza-DeShazo did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hilda Garza-DeShazo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Hilda Garza-DeShazo | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 15 |
| State: | Texas |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Garza-DeShazo was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Garza-DeShazo was one of 48 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[9] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.
Texas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
| Texas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.2% | 35,420 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.2% | 117,969 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 3,448 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz |
43.8% | 1,241,118 | 104 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 3,247 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 1,706 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Gray | 0.2% | 5,449 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 6,226 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.2% | 120,473 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 8,000 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 503,055 | 3 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 2,006 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 26.8% | 758,762 | 48 | |
| Other | 1% | 29,609 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,836,488 | 155 | ||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[10][11]
See also
2022 Elections
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
- McAllen Independent School District, Texas
- McAllen Independent School District elections (2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ McAllen Independent School District, "Hilda Garza-DeShazo," accessed March 30, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ McAllen Independent School District, "Hilda Garza-DeShazo Campaign Finance Report," accessed April 29, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2015 Filing Schedule for Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed January 21, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File with Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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