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Ryan Parra
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Ryan Parra is the District 4 representative on the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education in New Mexico. He was first elected to the board in the general election on February 3, 2015.[1][2]
Biography
Parra is a full-time student studying political science at the University of New Mexico. He graduated from Rio Rancho High in 2008.[3] Parra is the co-founder of Rio Rancho Alliance, an advocate group based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico that focuses on economic opportunities. He has three younger siblings. Parra is the youngest person to ever serve on the board.[4]
Elections
2015
The election in Rio Rancho Public Schools featured two of the five board seats up for general election on February 3, 2015. District 2 incumbent Carl Harper originally filed to run for re-election but withdrew before the deadline to do so on December 30, 2014, leaving challenger Ramon Montano to run unopposed and win the seat by default. District 4 incumbent Divyesh Patel did not file for re-election. The sole challenger for that seat, Ryan Parra, also ran unopposed and won his seat by default.
Results
| Rio Rancho Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Ryan Parra |
100% | 32 | |
| Total Votes | 32 | |||
| Source: Sandoval County Bureau of Elections, "Election held in Sandoval County for Rio Rancho Public School District No. 94 on February 3, 2015," accessed March 10, 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.[5]
Endorsements
Parra did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ryan + Parra + Rio + Rancho + Public + School + District"
See also
- Rio Rancho Public Schools, New Mexico
- Rio Rancho 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
- ↑ Rio Rancho Observer, "School board hopefuls file; Patel won't seek third term," December 16, 2014
- ↑ Rio Rancho Observer, "Both school board candidates run unopposed," January 25, 2015
- ↑ Rio Rancho Observer, "Patel won’t seek re-election," December 21, 2014
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "Ryan Parra, District 4: Dipping a toe in the political water," January 24, 2015
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
| 2015 Rio Rancho Public Schools Elections | |
| Sandoval County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Ramon Montano District 4: • Ryan Parra |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
