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San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District elections (2016)
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Four of the seven seats on the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District school board were up for general election on May 7, 2016. Place 2 incumbent Joshua Overfelt and Place 7 Amy Haynes filed for re-election, while Charles "Chuck" Garabedian did not file for re-election in Place 6. Overfelt ran unopposed for re-election and Haynes defeated challenger Guadalupe BuenRostro Jr. to win another term. Candidate Diana Gonzales defeated Abelardo Casillas to fill the open Place 6 seat. There was a special election for the Place 1 seat vacated by Fernando Quiz. Ken Smith defeated fellow candidates Pedro DeHoyos Michael Mog in the race.[1][2][3]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The San Felipe Del Rio CISD Board of Trustees is composed of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. While members are elected to specific places on the ballot, they serve at large. Candidates file to run for a specific seat, but all voters in the school district are eligible to vote for every seat up for election. Three seats were scheduled for general election on May 7, 2016, and one seat was scheduled for special election. There was no primary election.[1]
Candidates running for the school board had to be a United States citizen, a resident of Texas for at least 12 months, and a resident of the district for at least six months. Candidates also had to be 18 years of age or older and registered to vote.[1]
Candidates and results
Place 1
Results
| San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, Place 1 Special Election, 2-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ken Smith |
51.08% | 942 |
| Pedro DeHoyos | 34.22% | 631 |
| Michael Mog | 14.70% | 271 |
| Total Votes | 1,844 | |
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," accessed May 7, 2016 | ||
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Place 2
| Joshua Overfelt
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Place 6
Results
| San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, Place 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Diana Gonzales |
55.53% | 989 |
| Abelardo Casillas | 44.47% | 792 |
| Total Votes | 1,781 | |
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," accessed May 7, 2016 | ||
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Place 7
Results
| San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, Place 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Amy Haynes Incumbent |
62.15% | 1,128 |
| Guadalupe BuenRostro Jr. | 37.85% | 687 |
| Total Votes | 1,815 | |
| Source: Dallas County Elections, "Unofficial Cumulative Results," accessed May 7, 2016 | ||
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Additional elections
The San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees election shared the ballot with municipal elections in the city of Del Rio.[4]
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Texas school board elections in 2016:[5][6]
| Deadline | Event |
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| February 19, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| February 23, 2016 | Deadline for write-in candidates |
| April 7, 2016 | Pre-general election campaign finance deadline |
| April 19, 2016 | Campaign finance report due |
| May 7, 2016 | Election Day |
| May 18, 2016 | Final day for canvassing of votes |
| July 15, 2016 | Post-election campaign finance deadline |
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Campaign finance
No contributions or expenditures were reported for this election as of April 20, 2016, according to the Texas Ethics Commission.[7]
What was at stake?
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About the district
San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District is located in Val Verde County, Texas. The county seat is Del Rio. The county's population was 48,988 in 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[8] The district was the 102nd-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,671 students.[9]
Demographics
Val Verde County underperformed in comparison to Texas a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 16.3 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 27.1 percent of state residents. The median household income in the county was $42,735, while it was $52,576 for the state. The county poverty rate was 22.2 percent, compared to state's 17.2 percent.[10]
| Racial Demographics, 2014[8] | ||
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| Race | Val Verde County (%) | Texas (%) |
| White | 95.2 | 80.0 |
| Black or African American | 2.0 | 12.5 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Asian | 0.8 | 4.5 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80.4 | 38.6 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nick Katers, "Email exchange with Yanakany Valdez," February 26, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "filing" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Mandy Gillip,"Phone conversation with San Felipe Del Rio secretary to the superintendent," March 8, 2016
- ↑ San Felipe Del Rio CISC, "SFDR Election Results 2016," accessed May 8, 2016
- ↑ Del Rio News Herald, "Early voting begins for city, school board," April 24, 2016
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "2016 Filing Schedule for Reports Due in Connection with Elections Held on Uniform Election Dates," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "May 7, 2016 Election Law Calendar," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Simple Search Campaign Finance Reports," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 U.S. Census, "Quick Facts: Val Verde County," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| 2016 San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District Elections | |
| Val Verde County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Place 1: Pedro DeHoyos • Michael Mog • Ken Smith Place 2: Incumbent, Joshua Overfelt |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
