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Mike Ibanez
Mike Ibanez was a candidate for at-large representative on the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland. Ibanez lost in the primary election on April 26, 2016.[1]
Biography
Ibanez earned his B.A. in education from the University of Maryland. He later received his master's degree in school administration from Loyola Marymount University. Ibanez worked as a teacher prior to becoming a retirement operations specialist for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.[2]
Elections
| Mike Ibanez, Candidate for Board of Education |
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Montgomery County Board of Education were up for general election on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on April 26, 2016, for the at-large seat. Incumbent Philip Kauffman lost to challenger Jeanette Dixon in the general election. Both candidates defeated Mike Ibanez, Sebastian Johnson, and Gwendolyn Kimbrough in the primary. The District 2 general election featured incumbent Rebecca Smondrowski and challenger Brandon Orman Rippeon, while Shebra Evans and Anjali Reed Phukan were running for the open District 4 seat. Smondrowski and Evans won their respective races.[1]
Results
| Montgomery County Public Schools, At-large Primary Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jeanette Dixon |
31.48% | 51,316 |
| Philip Kauffman Incumbent |
27.95% | 45,570 |
| Sebastian Johnson | 17.75% | 28,937 |
| Gwendolyn Kimbrough | 11.84% | 19,302 |
| Mike Ibanez | 10.98% | 17,902 |
| Total Votes | 163,027 | |
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Unofficial 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Montgomery County," accessed April 26, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2016
Ibanez offered the following explanation for why he ran for office in a survey from the Montgomery County Education Association:
| “ |
The reason why I am running is to give voters the opportunity to vote against the current at large member of the BoE. Mr. Kauffman supported teacher cuts, cuts in spending, position cuts, reduction in per pupil spending, and property tax increases. He voted in favor of hiring the previous superintendent, and then changed his mind and voted to fire the same superintendent he just hired. During Mr. Kuaffman’s 8 years on the Board of Education, he has sat back and watched the achievement gap get worse, and school suspensions of African American and Latino students go up. Several BoE members have said that MCPS is “cracking” and MCPS is “at a breaking point” and the future of MCPS is at risk of failing. If elected I will lead the BoE in eliminating, not just reducing, but eliminating the achievement gap that one board member recently said has existed since 1969. Mr. Kauffman, and any school board member who cannot promise and believe and work for the elimination of the achievement gap within the next five years, needs to seek public service elsewhere. [3] |
” |
| —Mike Ibanez (2016), [2] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland State Board of Elections, "Montgomery County 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," February 10, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Montgomery County Education Association, "2016 Board of Education Candidate Questionnaire," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
