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Leila Melendez
Leila Melendez was a candidate for District 5 representative on the Ysleta Independent School District school board in Texas. Melendez was defeated in the by-district general election on May 6, 2017.
Elections
2017
Four of the seven seats on the Ysleta Independent School District board of trustees in Texas were up for general election on May 6, 2017. In her bid for re-election to the District 1 seat in the general election, incumbent Ana Maria Dueñez faced challengers Carlos Jesus Bustillos and Mitch Brice. Bustillos won election to the seat. Richard Couder ran unopposed and won the open District 3 seat by default. A runoff election for District 5 was held on June 10, 2017, for incumbent Paul Pearson and challenger Cruz Ochoa. They defeated Miguel Payan and Leila Melendez in the general election. Ochoa defeated Pearson in the runoff election to win his first term on the board. No one filed to run as a regular candidate for the District 7 seat. Write-in candidate Kathryn Hairston was appointed to that seat.[1][2][3][4]
Results
| Ysleta Independent School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cruz Ochoa |
35.25% | 688 |
| Paul Pearson Incumbent |
31.71% | 619 |
| Leila Melendez | 26.23% | 512 |
| Miguel Payan | 6.81% | 133 |
| Total Votes | 1,952 | |
| Source: Ysleta Independent School District, "Election Summary Report of the May 6, 2017," accessed May 19, 2017 | ||
Funding
Melendez reported $2,045.00 in contributions and $3,223.33 in expenditures to the Ysleta Independent School District, which left her campaign with $1,178.33 in debt as of April 28, 2017.[5]
See also
External links
- Ysleta Independent School District
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Twitter account
- LinkedIn profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Ysleta Independent School District, "School Board," accessed March 6, 2017
- ↑ El Paso County Elections Department, "Sample Ballot: Ysleta ISD (PDF)," accessed April 12, 2017
- ↑ El Paso County Elections, "May 6, 2017 - Uniform Election Unofficial Final Election Results," accessed May 6, 2017
- ↑ USA Today, "Bustillos unseats incumbent Dueñez in YISD District 1 race," May 7, 2017
- ↑ Ysleta Independent School District, "Current Election May 2017 Uniform Election," accessed May 1, 2017
| Ysleta Independent School District elections in 2017 | |
| El Paso County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 6, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Ana Maria Dueñez • Mitch Brice • Carlos Jesus Bustillos District 3: • Richard Couder District 5: • Incumbent, Paul Pearson • Cruz Ochoa • Miguel Payan • Leila Melendez District 7: • Kathryn Lucero (write-in candidate) |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
