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Julie Cowan
Julie Cowan is a former District 4 incumbent on the Austin School Board in Texas. She didn't run for re-election in 2018.
Biography
Cowan is an officer of the Austin Council of PTAs. She is also a former PTA president at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She and her husband, Robert K. Cowan Jr., have three children enrolled in the district.[1]
Elections
2014
The November 4, 2014, general election in Austin Independent School District featured five seats up for election. The District 1 race featured four candidates; P. Kevin Bryant, Edmund T. Gordon, Stanton Strickland, and David “D” Thompson competed for the seat held by Cheryl Bradley. Since neither Gordon nor Thompson garnered 50 percent "plus one" or more of the vote, they faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014. Gordon triumphed over Thompson in that race.
The District 4 race featured newcomers Julie Cowan and Karen Zern Flanagan, as incumbent Vincent Torres did not file for-election. Cowan triumphed over Flanagan in that race. The District 6 race featured three candidates; Kate Mason-Murphy, Monica Sanchez, and Paul Saldaña vied for the seat held by Lori Moya. Mason-Murphy and Saldaña headed to the runoff election, where Saldaña was victorious.
The lone incumbent to file for re-election was Robert Schneider in District 7. He defeated challenger Yasmin Wagner. Meanwhile, the at-large position held by Tamala Barksdale drew five challengers; Nael Chavez, Kendall Pace, Kazique J. Prince, Hillary Procknow, and Andy M. Trimino competed for that seat. Neither Pace nor Procknow received a majority of the vote, so they competed in the runoff election. Pace defeated Procknow in that election.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Julie Cowan |
77.4% | 18,939 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Zern Flanagan | 22.6% | 5,528 | |
| Total Votes | 24,467 | |||
| Source: Travis County Clerk, "Austin Independent School District Cumulative Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Candidates must file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission or the appropriate county clerk. They must disclose the amount of each contribution (or the value and nature of any in-kind contribution), the name and address of the individual or political committee making the contribution and the date of the contribution. Filers must also report all expenditures, including the date of an expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure is made and the purpose of the expenditure.[2]
As of September 30, 2014, Cowan had not filed a campaign finance report with the Travis County Clerk.[3]
Endorsements
District 1 candidate Edmund T. Gordon, District 4 candidate Julie Cowan, District 7 candidate Yasmin Wagner and At-large Position 9 candidate Kendall Pace were endorsed by the advocacy group, Austin Kids First.[4][5] Cowan was also endorsed by current District 4 incumbent Vincent Torres.[6]
2010
| Austin Independent School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamala Barksdale |
40.5% | 3,631 | |
| Nonpartisan | Julie Cowan |
36.9% | 3,301 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dianne T. Mendoza | 11.6% | 1,040 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Reed | 6.1% | 547 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cassandra Enoch Brown | 4.9% | 437 | |
| Total Votes | 8,956 | |||
| Source: Austin Chronicle, "Final AISD Results; ACC Almost Complete," accessed October 14, 2014 | ||||
| Austin Independent School District, At-Large Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Tamala Barksdale |
54.5% | 5,128 | |
| Nonpartisan | Julie Cowan | 45.5% | 4,275 | |
| Total Votes | 9,403 | |||
| Source: Burnt Orange Report, "2010 ACC & AISD Runoff Election Results," accessed October 14, 2014 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Julie Cowan for Austin Schools, "About," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File With Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
- ↑ Travis County Clerk, "Search Campaign Finance Reports," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Austin Kids First, "Endorsement: District 1," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Austin Kids First, "Endorsement: District 4," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Julie Cowan for Austin Schools, "Home," accessed October 14, 2014
