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Irene Caudillo
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Irene Caudillo is the former at-large representative on the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools school board in Kansas. Caudillo was initially appointed to the position in 2015. Caudillo lost a re-election campaign in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Caudillo ran for a seat before she was appointed to the board. She was defeated in the general election on April 7, 2015. She was chosen for the vacancy appointment over six other applicants.
Biography
Caudillo earned her B.S. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her M.P.A. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She went on to create nonprofit organizations that provide children and youth programs, such as El Centro and Wyandotte Mental Health Association.[1]
Caudillo became the minority health outreach director of the Kansas City Missouri Health Department in 1993. She became the executive director for Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., in 1997. In 2004, she became the director of family strengthening at Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. She later became the director of clinic operations for Swope Health Services. Caudillo was appointed president and CEO of El Centro in December 2013.[1]
Elections
2017
Five of the seven seats on the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Board of Education in Kansas were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. Three of the seats were up for regular election to four-year terms, and two of the seats were up for special election to two-year terms due to appointments on the board. In the election for the three four-year terms, incumbent Irene Caudillo lost her seat as Maxine Drew, Wanda Brownlee Paige, and Stacy Yeager won election. Challengers Joseph Straws III and Maria Ysaac also lost. In the special election, appointed incumbent Janey Humphries and newcomer Harold Brown won two-year terms, defeating incumbent Rick Behrens and challengers Harold Brown and Korri Hall-Thompson.[2][3][4]
Results
| Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Stacy Yeager |
21.38% | 5,077 |
| Maxine Drew |
19.80% | 4,701 |
| Wanda Brownlee Paige |
18.19% | 4,318 |
| Irene Caudillo Incumbent | 15.85% | 3,764 |
| Joseph Straws III | 13.07% | 3,102 |
| Maria Ysaac | 11.43% | 2,713 |
| Write-in votes | 0.28% | 67 |
| Total Votes | 23,742 | |
| Source: Wyandotte County, "2017 General Election (Results): Official Results," accessed November 17, 2017 | ||
Funding
The Wyandotte County Election Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Caudillo was endorsed by MainPAC, the political action committee for the MainStream Coalition.[5]
2015
Four seats on the Kansas City Board of Education were up for election on April 7, 2015. At-large incumbents George Breidenthal, Brenda Jones, Gloria Willis, and Christal Watson's seats were up for election. Watson was the only incumbent not to file to run for re-election. The three incumbents seeking to retain their seats faced the following five challengers: Irene Caudillo, Korri Hall-Thompson, Janey Humphries, Valdenia Winn, and Maria Ysaac. Breidenthal, Jones, and Willis retained their seats, and Winn won her first term on the board as the fourth-highest vote recipient in the election.[6][7]
While Caudillo was defeated in the election, she was later appointed to the board following the resignation of board member Victoria Meyer. Caudillo was appointed to the remaining two years of Meyer's unexpired term.
Results
| Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gloria Willis Incumbent |
17.9% | 3,478 | |
| Nonpartisan | George Breidenthal Incumbent |
15.9% | 3,088 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brenda Jones Incumbent |
15.6% | 3,038 | |
| Nonpartisan | Valdenia Winn |
15% | 2,919 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Ysaac | 10.5% | 2,049 | |
| Nonpartisan | Irene Caudillo | 10.3% | 2,003 | |
| Nonpartisan | Janey Humphries | 7.8% | 1,512 | |
| Nonpartisan | Korri Hall-Thompson | 6.7% | 1,294 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.3% | 62 | |
| Total Votes | 19,443 | |||
| Source: Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "Election Summary Report Wyandotte County General Election 04-07-2015," April 13, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Caudillo reported no contributions or expenditures to the Wyandotte County Election Office as of February 12, 2015.
The Wyandotte County Election Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia was able to confirm no contributions or expenditures were reported as of February 12, 2015.[8]
Endorsements
Caudillo was endorsed by MainPAC.[9]
Campaign themes
2015
Caudillo provided the following statement on her Facebook campaign page:
| “ | It is a sad time for public schools in Kansas! I have been asked Why are you running for the KCK Board of Education? My answer has been- as a parent and advocate for children, youth and families in our community, I am concerned about the State's underfunding of our schools!
Today I am disappointed and upset. Please stay informed! I will continue to advocate for our children and need your support.[10] |
” |
| —Irene Caudillo (2015)[11] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, Kansas
- Kansas City Kansas Public Schools elections (2017)
- Kansas City Kansas Public Schools elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 El Centro, "Staff," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Wyandotte County Election Office, "2017 Candidate Filings," accessed June 2, 2017
- ↑ Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, "Board Vacancy Notice: At-large Member to Fill Vacancy for the Remainder of the Unexpired Term," accessed March 13, 2017
- ↑ Kansas City Kansas Public Schools, "Special Meeting Agenda (Monday, April 17, 2017)," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ MainPac, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2017
- ↑ Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "2015 City/School Election Unofficial Candidate List," January 27, 2015
- ↑ Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City Election Office, "Unofficial 2015 City General Election Results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Frances D. Sheppard, Wyandotte County Election Office Assistant Election Commissioner," February 12, 2015
- ↑ MainePAC, "MainPAC Endorsements," accessed March 25, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Facebook, "Elect Caudillo for KCK School Board: Wall Post," March 14, 2015
| 2015 Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Elections | |
| Wyandotte County, Kansas | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, George Breidenthal • Incumbent, Brenda Jones • Incumbent, Gloria Willis • Irene Caudillo • Korri Hall-Thompson • Janey Humphries • Valdenia Winn • Maria Ysaac |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
