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Southwest Independent School District elections (2016)
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Two of the seven seats on the Southwest Independent School District board of trustees were up for at-large general election on May 7, 2016. Incumbents Ida Sudolcan and Sylvester Vasquez Jr. defeated challengers Phillip Vargas and Chris Villarreal to win additional terms on the board.[1][2]
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Southwest ISD Board of Trustees is composed of seven members who are elected at large to three-year terms. All voters in the school district are eligible to vote for every seat up for election. Two seats were scheduled for general election on May 7, 2016. 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
At-large
Results
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 Ida Sudolcan Incumbent |
42.36% | 316 |
| Sylvester Vasquez Jr. Incumbent |
40.21% | 300 |
| Phillip Vargas | 10.19% | 76 |
| Chris Villarreal | 7.24% | 54 |
| Total Votes | 746 | |
| Source: Southwest ISD Facebook, "The SWISD Board of Trustees election results are as follows," May 7, 2016 | ||
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| Phillip Vargas | Chris Villarreal | ||
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Additional elections
The school board election on May 7, 2016, did not share the ballot with any other local election.
Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for Texas school board elections in 2016:[3][4]
| 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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Past elections
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2015Incumbent Keith Byrom, Florinda Bernal and James Sullivan won re-election without opposition. 2014
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2012Florinda Bernal, Keith Byrom and James Sullivan were unopposed in 2012, which led to the cancellation of that year’s election.[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What was at stake?
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About the district
Southwest Independent School District is located in Texas. The district was the 86th-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 13,319 students.[6]
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nick Katers, "Email exchange with Adriana Rocha Garcia," February 24, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "filing" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Southwest ISD Facebook, "The SWISD Board of Trustees election results are as follows," May 7, 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
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Adriana Rocha Garcia, Southwest ISD Director of Public Relations," February 27, 2015
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
| 2016 Southwest Independent School District Elections | |
| Bexar County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 7, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Ida Sudolcan • Incumbent, Sylvester Vasquez Jr. • Phillip Vargas • Chris Villarreal |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
