Merlin Griggs Sr.
Merlin Griggs Sr. was the Position 6 representative on the Aldine Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas from 2007 to 2016.[1] Griggs won another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Dr. Kimberley Booker was appointed to Position 6 to fill Grigg's unexpired term after his death in December 2016.[1]
Biography
Griggs graduated with a B.S. in business management. He was a S.N.A.P.P. (Students Need a Pat and a Push) mentor, a booster club president, and a member of the Nimitz Peer Review Assessment Team. Griggs was a senior oil and gas underwriter for Fairmont Specialty, Inc.[2] Griggs passed away in December 2016 after serving for nearly a decade on the board.[1]
Elections
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Aldine Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 3, 2015. All four seats were elected at-large. The seats of Position 1 incumbent Patricia Ann Bourgeois, Position 2 incumbent Paul Shanklin, Position 6 incumbent Merlin Griggs Sr., and Position 7 incumbent Viola Garcia were up for election.[3]
Only two of these races had challengers. In the Position 1 race, Bourgeois faced challenger Tony Diaz and won the Position 1 seat. In the Position 2 race, Shanklin competed against Carleen Kerr, also known as Carleen "Jinx" Kerr. Shanklin was successful in winning the Position 2 seat. Shanklin was appointed to the position in December 2014 to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Alton Smith.[4]
Because both Garcia and Griggs ran unopposed, the elections for their seats were cancelled and they were automatically re-elected.[4]
Results
Due to lack of opposition, this election was canceled and Griggs was automatically re-elected to the board.
Funding
Griggs reported no contributions or expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission .[5]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Houston Chronicle, "Aldine ISD trustee Merlin Griggs dies," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Aldine Independent School District, "School Board," accessed October 21, 2015
- ↑ Aldine Independent School District, "School Board," accessed January 28, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lauren Dixon, "Email communication with Michael Keeney, Director of Public Information, Aldine ISD," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Search Campaign Finance Reports", accessed October 29, 2015
