Minerva Peña
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Minerva Peña is a member of the Brownsville Independent School District in Texas, representing Position 6. She assumed office on November 14, 2024. Her current term ends in 2028.
Peña ran for election to the Brownsville Independent School District to represent Position 6 in Texas. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Peña also ran in a special election to the Brownsville Independent School District to represent Position 6 in Texas. She lost in the special general election on May 4, 2024.
Elections
2024
Regular election
See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6
Minerva Peña defeated incumbent Marisa Leal in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Minerva Peña (Nonpartisan) | 51.9 | 21,133 | |
| Marisa Leal (Nonpartisan) | 48.1 | 19,557 | ||
| Total votes: 40,690 | |||
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Endorsements
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Special election
See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2024)
General election
Special general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6
Marisa Leal defeated Minerva Peña in the special general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6 on May 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marisa Leal (Nonpartisan) | 56.3 | 4,217 | |
| Minerva Peña (Nonpartisan) | 43.7 | 3,268 | ||
| Total votes: 7,485 | |||
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The special election was called as a redo of the general election held on November 3, 2020. Peña was declared the winner of the 2020 election after a recount showed she received eight more votes than Leal. Before the recount, Leal had won the election by one vote. Leal brought the case to court and in January 2022 a district court judge ruled that a new election should be held. After the Texas Supreme Court rejected an appeal of the lower court's decision in November 2023, a special election was called for the next uniform election date, in May 2024. Marisa Leal and Minerva Peña automatically made the special election ballot. The seat was also up for regular election in November 2024.[1][2]
Endorsements
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2020
See also: Brownsville Independent School District, Texas, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6
Incumbent Minerva Peña defeated Marisa Leal and Joe Rodriguez in the general election for Brownsville Independent School District Position 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Minerva Peña (Nonpartisan) | 37.9 | 16,552 | |
| Marisa Leal (Nonpartisan) | 37.9 | 16,544 | ||
| Joe Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 24.2 | 10,575 | ||
| Total votes: 43,671 | |||
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2016
Four of the seven seats on the Brownsville Independent School District school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. In the race for Position 3, incumbent Herman Powers Jr. faced challengers Josette Cruz, Phillip Cowen, Argelia Miller, and Jorge Valdez. Position 5 incumbent Caty Presas ran against three challengers: Erasmo Castro, Laura Castro, and Laura Perez-Reyes. State District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez filed in the race but withdrew her candidacy on August 24, 2016.[3] Incumbent Minerva Peña faced challengers Rhonda Cavazos, Anna Hernandez-Oquin, Roberto Uresti, and Kent Whittemore for Position 6. Lastly, four challengers filed in the Position 7 race against incumbent Jose Chirinos: Sylvia Perez Atkinson, Rigo Bocanegra, Norberto Rangel, and Orlando Carlos Treviño. Cowen, Perez-Reyes, Peña, and Atkinson won election to their respective seats.[4]
Results
| Brownsville Independent School District, Position 6 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Minerva Peña Incumbent |
36.16% | 12,051 |
| Kent Whittemore | 24.71% | 8,236 |
| Roberto Uresti | 20.13% | 6,708 |
| Anna Hernandez-Oquin | 10.74% | 3,580 |
| Rhonda Cavazos | 8.26% | 2,752 |
| Total Votes | 33,327 | |
| Source: Cameron County, Texas, "General Election," accessed December 15, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Special election
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2020
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ myRGV, "Brownsville ISD to declare Minerva Pena’s seat vacant, set special election," December 19, 2023
- ↑ myRGV, "Texas Supreme Court rejects appeal by Brownsville ISD trustee Minerva Pena," November 14, 2023
- ↑ The Brownsville Herald, "Judge withdraws from BISD race," August 24, 2016
- ↑ The Brownsville Herald, "Twenty file for BISD trustee positions," August 23, 2016
