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Luis Humberto De La Cruz
Luis Humberto De La Cruz was a candidate for the District 2 seat on the El Paso Board of Trustees in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 9, 2015.
Biography
De La Cruz is 82 years old and a retired U.S. Army veteran, having spent over forty years in the military. He has some college credit from Texas Western College, which is now the University of Texas at El Paso. He spent 29 years with the city engineering department, five years as sanitation superintendent and 20 years as a zoning consultant.[1]
Elections
2015
The general election on May 9, 2015, in the El Paso Independent School District featured three seats up for election. Both the District 2 and District 6 races featured three candidates. Luis Humberto De La Cruz, Maria Mayela Sanchez Serrano and Alfonso Velarde competed for the District 2 seat, while Timothy Dean Martin, Trent Kay Hatch and Alejandro Patino faced off in District 6. The District 7 race had a larger field with four candidates: Dori Lane Fenenbock, Diane Marie Flores, Michael Izquierdo and Andres Muro. Velarde, Hatch and Fenenbock won the three seats.
Results
| El Paso Independent School District, District 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Alfonso Velarde |
67.5% | 1,522 | |
| Nonpartisan | Maria Mayela Serrano | 23% | 519 | |
| Nonpartisan | Luis Humberto De La Cruz | 9.5% | 214 | |
| Total Votes | 2,255 | |||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "Final Election Results," accessed May 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
De La Cruz reported no contributions or expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission 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
De La Cruz did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Campaign themes
2015
El Paso Times candidate questionnaire
De La Cruz participated in a candidate questionnaire administered by the El Paso Times, which was published on April 14, 2015. The questions and his answers are below:
| “ | Why are you running for a seat on the EPISD board? What are your qualifications? I decided to run because there's a lot of problems in the school board. This is not my first board. I've been on at least seven city boards — including City Planing Commission, zoning, Board of Adjustment — and 28 years with the El Paso Employees Federal Credit Union. |
” |
| —Luis Humberto De La Cruz's questionnaire responses (2015)[1] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- El Paso Independent School District, Texas
- El Paso Independent School District elections (2015)
- Decreased success for school board incumbents in Texas; 1/3 defeated in largest districts (May 11, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 El Paso Times, "Candidate profiles: El Paso Independent School District, District 2 seat," April 14, 2015
- ↑ El Paso Independent School District, "Campaign Finance & Disclosures," 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: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
