Kazique J. Prince
Kazique J. Prince
was
a candidate for At-large Position 9 on the Austin School Board in Texas. He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Prince is an adjunct professor and lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin and St. Edward’s University for graduate and undergraduate students. He is also the founder and chief executive officer at Jelani Consulting, LLC, based in Austin, Texas. He has his bachelor's degree in psychology from the Benjamin Banneker Honors College at Prairie View A&M University; two master's degrees in counseling from Georgia State University and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and his doctorate in counseling from the University of Georgia at Athens. He is the father of two teenagers who attend school 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 |  Kendall Pace |
39.7% | 37,916 | |
| Nonpartisan | Hillary Procknow |
24.2% | 23,142 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nael Chavez | 16% | 15,273 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kazique J. Prince | 11.9% | 11,324 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andy M. Trimino | 8.3% | 7,905 | |
| Total Votes | 95,560 | |||
| 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, Prince had not filed a campaign finance report with the Travis County Clerk.[3]
Endorsements
Prince was endorsed by Education Austin, the Workers Defense Project, the Austin Central Labor Council, PRIDE of the Eastside, current At-large Position 9 incumbent Tamala Barksdale, District 1 incumbent Cheryl Bradley and other individuals listed on the "Endorsements" section of his website.[4]
Campaign themes
Prince stated the following regarding his campaign themes on his website:
| “ | 1. Say no to the corporate approach for educating kids. Say yes to educating the whole child.
2. Fix education funding. Austin can’t afford a $300 million recapture payment in 2018. But that’s where we’re headed.
3. Let Austin help with solutions
4. Make local schools work better
5. Partners
6. Tell our story
|
” |
| —"Prince for Austin Schools" campaign website (2014)[6] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Kazique + Prince + Austin + Independent + School + District + Texas"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Prince for Austin Schools, "Bio," accessed September 30, 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
- ↑ Prince for Austin Schools, "Endorsements," accessed September 30, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Prince for Austin Schools, "Vision," accessed September 30, 2014
