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Paul E. Garcia
Paul E. Garcia was a candidate for the District 4 seat on the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education in the New Mexico general election on February 3, 2015.[1] He was defeated by fellow challenger Maury Castro.
Biography
Garcia grew up in El Paso County, Texas. He works for the U.S. Border Patrol and is author of the children's book The Adventures of Rocky Bear. He previously worked as a substitute teacher and special education aide. Garcia and his wife have two young children. He attended El Paso Community College, the University of Texas at El Paso and Park University.[2][3]
Elections
2015
The election in Las Cruces Public Schools featured two of the five board seats up for general election on February 3, 2015. District 4 incumbent Bonnie Votaw did not file for re-election. Four candidates, Maury Castro, Eldon Troy Tudor, Paul E. Garcia and Paul A. Blevins, ran for her seat. Castro defeated his fellow candidates to win election to the board. District 5 incumbent Connie Phillips lost her bid for re-election to challenger Edward Frank.
Results
| Las Cruces Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Maury Castro |
41.9% | 309 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul E. Garcia | 21.1% | 156 | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul A. Blevins | 20.7% | 153 | |
| Nonpartisan | Eldon Troy Tudor | 16.3% | 120 | |
| Total Votes | 738 | |||
| Source: Abbey Smith, "Email communication with Dona Ana County Elections Staff Coordinator Janice Giron," February 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.[4]
Endorsements
Garcia was endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council Local 1929.[5]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "'Paul + Garcia + Las + Cruces + Public + Schools"
See also
- Las Cruces Public Schools, New Mexico
- Las Cruces Public Schools elections (2015)
- New Mexico school board elections attract numerous educators as candidates (January 23, 2015)
- New faces to join all of New Mexico's largest school district boards (February 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Las Cruces Sun-News, "Six candidates up for two Las Cruces school board seats," December 16, 2014
- ↑ Las Cruces Sun-News, "Paul Garcia to run for LCPS school board," December 16, 2014
- ↑ Las Cruces Bulletin, "Candidates file to run for area school boards," December 19, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ Paul E. Garcia for Las Cruces School Board District 4 Facebook page, "Post on Timeline," January 13, 2015
| 2015 Las Cruces Public Schools Elections | |
| Doña Ana County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 4: • Paul A. Blevins • Maury Castro • Paul E. Garcia • Eldon Troy Tudor District 5: • Incumbent, Connie Phillips • Edward Frank |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
