Kimberly McLeod

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Kimberly McLeod

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 14, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Houston

Graduate

Texas Southern University

Personal

Religion

Christian

Contact

Campaign website

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Kimberly McLeod (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 6. She lost in the Democratic primary runoff on July 14, 2020.

McLeod completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kimberly McLeod earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston and a master's degree from Texas Southern University.

Elections

2020

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2020

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Will Hickman defeated Michelle Palmer and Whitney Bilyeu in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Will Hickman (R)	49.8	371,958
		Michelle Palmer (D)	47.4	354,179
		Whitney Bilyeu (L)	2.9	21,414

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 747,551
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Michelle Palmer defeated Kimberly McLeod in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Palmer	64.2	39,757
		Kimberly McLeod	35.8	22,139

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,896
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Michelle Palmer and Kimberly McLeod advanced to a runoff. They defeated Debra Kerner in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Palmer	46.7	51,778
✔		Kimberly McLeod	34.7	38,439
		Debra Kerner	18.7	20,712

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 110,929
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Will Hickman advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Will Hickman	100.0	88,900

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,900
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 6

Whitney Bilyeu advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 6 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Whitney Bilyeu (L)

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Kimberly McLeod completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McLeod's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Dr. Kimberly McLeod has spent her professional career in public education. She has held various positions in the public school setting including that of a teacher, counselor, professor, dean and administrator. She has presented her research and professional training nationally and internationally for over a decade. Dr. McLeod the founding editor of the nationally peer reviewed National Journal of Urban Education and has written eight academic books, three children's books, and over 12 articles in various peer reviewed journals. She has been awarded Teacher of the Year by the college of Education at Texas Southern University and was selected as an award recipient of the YMCA minority achiever's award. Dr. McLeod is a mom to three high school boys Major, Mitchell and Micah .

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Education policy should support providing communities with an emerging set of graduates that are enabled to contribute to the social, economic and cultural landscape.
• Regardless of gender, income, zip code, physical differences, learning differences or any other imaginable barrier, education is a civil right for all.
• Teachers and school leaders should be empowered through policy to create opportunities for engagement, and optimal teaching and learning success.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Dr. McLeod is passionate about equity and addressing the over representation of African Americans, males, LEP, low SES and Special Education students represented in in-school and out of school suspension data.

Secondly, I would advocate for more funding and options for achieving a High school Diploma. There should be additional supports for those students that fall through the cracks. Most of those that are falling though the cracks are the same students that have been in and out of ISS/OSS, or low SES and Special Education.

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