Kristen Hudson
Kristen Hudson was a member of the Arlington Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 2. She assumed office in 2015. She left office in 2018.
Hudson ran for re-election to the Arlington Independent School District to represent Place 2 in Texas. She lost in the general election on May 5, 2018.
Biography
Hudson graduated from Polytechnic High School. She has a bachelor's degree in communications from Missouri State University. She has worked in public relations and sales in the auto industry, banking and education. In 2014, she left her job at Bank of America as an assistant vice president for modification underwriting and solicitations to become a stay-at-home mom. She is interested in community theatre.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Arlington Independent School District, Place 2
Melody Fowler defeated incumbent Kristen Hudson in the general election for Arlington Independent School District, Place 2 on May 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Melody Fowler (Nonpartisan) | 53.7 | 5,124 | |
 | Kristen Hudson (Nonpartisan) | 46.3 | 4,426 | |
| Total votes: 9,550 | |||
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2015
The general election on May 9, 2015, in the Arlington Independent School District featured three seats up for election. Place 1 incumbent Gloria Peña faced challenger Polly Walton, Place 2 incumbent Peter Baron sought re-election to his seat against Kristen Hudson, and Maryhelen Bronson challenged incumbent Aaron Reich for the Place 3 seat. Walton, Hudson and Reich won the three seats.
Results
| Arlington Independent School District, Place 2 General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Kristen Hudson |
50.5% | 9,721 | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter Baron Incumbent | 49.5% | 9,527 | |
| Total Votes | 19,248 | |||
| Source: Tarrant County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed June 1, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Hudson reported $1,155 in contributions and $465.72 in expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission, which left her campaign with $689.28 on hand as of April 9, 2015.[2]
Texas school board candidates and officeholders must file semiannual reports, which were due on January 15, 2015, and July 15, 2015. In addition, candidates in contested elections were required to file 30-day and 8-day pre-election reports, unless the candidate chose modified reporting.[3]
Candidates in contested elections who did not intend to exceed $500 in contributions or expenditures, excepting filing fees, were eligible for modified reporting. If they exceeded the threshold before the 30th day prior to the election, candidates were required to submit the 30- and 8-day reports. If they exceeded the threshold after the 30th day prior to the election, they were required to file a report within 48 hours of exceeding the threshold and participate in regular reporting for the rest of the election cycle.[4]
Endorsements
Hudson did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Kristen Hudson participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 6, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Kristen Hudson's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) school safety 2) early education opportunities, both pre-k and elementary |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am passionate about both early education and the whole child approach to education. Early education lays the foundation upon which all future opportunity is built. Equipping our students with the reading, math and social skills they need to be able to make the most of the chances life affords them. And, equally as important is that their early experiences inspire a love of learning, self-confidence, personal discipline and audacious ambitions. It is vital that we don't limit our concept of education to simply academics. The whole child approach is one in which we tie in all the ways we can facilitate our students to be their best. For example, social and emotional learning, nutrition, using age-appropriate play to facilitate learning, physical education and activity, among others, should not be isolated services but rather knitted together to support the academic learning and help students form good habits. It means that as a district, we take responsibility for the impact we can have on student wellness and their future adult wellness. This is an evolution from the traditional concept of public school as an academic public service. As we become more data-driven and more scientific evidence becomes available, as a system we must adapt to allow that to impact the classroom in a positive way. The scientific evidence for the value of both early education and the whole child approach are indisputable. However, inadequate state funding, mandates that eat away local control and long-standing cultural tenets make change difficult. I am committed to working through these challenges to ensure that every child's best interest will be served above all other considerations and that our students will graduate from the Arlington ISD ready for continued success in life.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[7]
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See also
- Arlington Independent School District, Texas
- Arlington Independent School District elections (2014)
- Arlington Independent School District elections (2015)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Arlington Independent School District
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ Kristen for AISD, "About me," accessed April 1, 2015
- ↑ Arlington Independent School District, "Kristen Hudson Campaign Finance Report," accessed April 29, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2015 Filing Schedule for Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed January 21, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File with Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Kristen Hudson's responses," April 6, 2018
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Arlington Independent School District elections in 2018 | |
| Tarrant County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 5, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
