Prestene Garnenez
Prestene Garnenez was a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Gallup-McKinley County Schools Board of Education in the New Mexico general election on February 3, 2015.[1] She was defeated by incumbent Kevin M. Mitchell.
Biography
Garnenez lives in Navajo, New Mexico and works as an associate planner for the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments. She previously worked for the Navajo Tribal Utility Office. Garnenez has a master's degree in urban planning.[2]
Elections
2015
The election in Gallup-McKinley County Schools featured two of the five board seats up for general election on February 3, 2015. District 1 incumbent Kevin M. Mitchell and District 3 incumbent Mavis Victoria Price were up for re-election. Mitchell ran against two challengers, Prestene Garnenez and Olin T. Kieyoomia, and won re-election. Price faced three challengers, Leonard Francisco Jr., Priscilla B. Manuelito and Derek Matthew Begay. Manuelito defeated Price to win the District 3 seat.
Results
| Gallup-McKinley County Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Kevin M. Mitchell Incumbent |
54.3% | 233 | |
| Nonpartisan | Olin T. Kieyoomia | 26.1% | 112 | |
| Nonpartisan | Prestene Garnenez | 19.6% | 84 | |
| Total Votes | 429 | |||
| Source: McKinley County Bureau of Elections, "Feb 3, 2015 School Board Official Results," accessed February 25, 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.[3]
Endorsements
Garnenez did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Prestene + Garnenez + Gallup-McKinley + County + Schools"
See also
- Gallup-McKinley County Schools, New Mexico
- Gallup-McKinley County 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
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with the McKinley County Bureau of Elections," December 19, 2014
- ↑ Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments, "Connecting the Dots: August - November 2011," accessed January 9, 2015
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
| 2015 Gallup-McKinley County Schools Elections | |
| McKinley County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Kevin M. Mitchell • Prestene Garnenez • Olin T. Kieyoomia District 3: • Incumbent, Mavis Victoria Price • Derek Matthew Begay • Leonard Francisco Jr. • Priscilla B. Manuelito |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
