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Jorge Valdez
Jorge Valdez ran for election to the Brownsville Independent School District to represent Position 4 in Texas. Valdez lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 4
Prisci Roca Tipton defeated incumbent Joe Rodriguez, Randy Gonzales, and Jorge Valdez in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Prisci Roca Tipton (Nonpartisan) | 35.8 | 10,399 | |
| Joe Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 9,046 | ||
| Randy Gonzales (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 4,791 | ||
| Jorge Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 4,783 | ||
| Total votes: 29,019 | |||
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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 3 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Phillip Cowen |
27.99% | 9,323 |
| Herman Powers Jr. Incumbent | 27.55% | 9,175 |
| Jorge Valdez | 23.89% | 7,956 |
| Argelia Miller | 12.03% | 4,008 |
| Josette Cruz | 8.55% | 2,847 |
| Total Votes | 33,309 | |
| Source: Cameron County, Texas, "General Election," accessed December 15, 2016 | ||
See also
- Brownsville Independent School District, Texas
- Brownsville Independent School District elections (2018)
External links
Footnotes
| Brownsville Independent School District elections in 2018 | |
| Cameron County, Texas | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
