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Maria Rojas
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2016 - Present
2026
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Maria Rojas (also known as Mari Tere) is a member of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school board in Florida, representing District 6. She assumed office in 2016. Her current term ends on November 17, 2026.
Rojas won re-election to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school board to represent District 6 in Florida outright in the primary on August 23, 2022, after the general election was canceled.
Elections
2022
See also: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida, elections (2022)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Miami-Dade County Public Schools school board District 6
Incumbent Maria Rojas won election outright against Sandra Manzieri in the primary for Miami-Dade County Public Schools school board District 6 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Rojas (Nonpartisan) | 63.9 | 23,651 | |
| Sandra Manzieri (Nonpartisan) | 36.1 | 13,359 | ||
| Total votes: 37,010 | |||
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2018
Incumbent Maria Rojas was unopposed in the election for District 6 on the Miami-Dade County school board. Since only one candidate filed, the election was canceled and did not appear on the ballot.
2016
Two of the nine seats on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools school board were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. District 1 incumbent Wilbert Holloway filed for re-election and faced challengers James Bush and Steve Gallon in the primary election on August 30, 2016. Holloway and Gallon received enough votes in the primary to advance to the general election, and Gallon won the general. Four newcomers also vied for the District 6 seat in the primary: Modesto Abety, Gus Machado, Pedro Mora, and Maria Rojas. Abety and Rojas advanced to the general election, with Rojas winning the seat. The District 7 seat was also on the primary ballot. Incumbent Lubby Navarro defeated challenger Aster Mohamed, earning more than 50 percent of the vote and winning the seat outright. The seats of the District 3, 5, and 9 incumbents Martin Karp, Susana Castillo, and Lawrence Feldman were originally set to be on the primary ballot, but all three filed for re-election unopposed, and were automatically re-elected when the county's filing deadline passed and no challengers filed. The elections for their seats were canceled.[1][2]
General results
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools, District 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Maria Rojas |
66.35% | 59,805 |
| Modesto Abety | 33.65% | 30,326 |
| Total Votes (100) | 90,131 | |
| Source: Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections, "November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Primary results
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools, District 6 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Maria Rojas |
48.01% | 15,227 |
| Modesto Abety |
24.99% | 7,926 |
| Gus Machado | 17.61% | 5,585 |
| Pedro Mora | 9.39% | 2,977 |
| Total Votes | 31,715 | |
| Source: Miami-Dade County Elections, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election Summary," accessed November 30, 2016 | ||
Funding
Rojas reported $238,735.00 in contributions and $234,396.04 in expenditures to the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections, which left her with $4,338.96 cash on hand as of October 10, 2016.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Maria Rojas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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