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Susannah Byrd
Susannah "Susie" Byrd was the District 3 representative on the El Paso Independent School District school board in Texas from 2015 to 2018. Byrd was appointed to the seat in 2015. She resigned in December 2018 to work for Congresswoman Veronica Escobar.[1]
Byrd initially won election to the District 3 seat in 2013, but she was not sworn into office at that time. Texas Commissioner of Education Michael Williams removed all elected trustees and replaced them with a board of managers due to a cheating scandal that ultimately led to the indictment of the district's former superintendent Lorenzo Garcia. Byrd was appointed to replace the board of managers in 2015.[2]
Elections
2017
Four of the seven seats on the El Paso Independent School District board of trustees in Texas were up for general election on May 6, 2017. In his bid for re-election to District 1, incumbent Robert Geske defeated Mariah Lauritzen. District 3 incumbent Susannah Byrd ran unopposed and won another term on the board by default. District 4 incumbent Diane Dye and former board member Russell Wiggs defeated Timothy Groover, but neither of them received a majority of the votes cast. Because of this, a runoff election was held on June 10, 2017, where Dye defeated Wiggs to retain her seat. The race for the District 5 seat included incumbent Chuck Taylor and challenger Miguel Rueda. Taylor won re-election to the seat.[3][4][5]
Results
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Susannah Byrd won re-election to the board by default.[4]
Funding
Byrd reported no contributions or expenditures to the El Paso Independent School District as of April 17, 2017.[6]
2013
| El Paso Independent School District, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Susannah Byrd |
54% | 930 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alfredo Fred Borrego | 46% | 792 | |
| Total Votes | 1,722 | |||
| Source: El Paso County Elections, "2013 May Election," accessed February 24, 2015 | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ KVIA, "EPISD Trustee Susie Byrd resigns, takes job with Congresswoman-elect Escobar," December 20, 2018
- ↑ CBS 4 News, "New board of trustees to oversee EPISD," May 18, 2015
- ↑ El Paso Independent School District, "May 6, 2017 Board of Trustees Election," accessed February 20, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 El Paso Independent School District, "Minutes of Meeting of Board of Trustees February 28, 2017," accessed April 10, 2017
- ↑ El Paso County Elections, "May 6, 2017 - Uniform Election Unofficial Final Election Results," accessed May 6, 2017
- ↑ El Paso Independent School District, "File Browser - Campaign Finance Reports," accessed April 17, 2017
| El Paso Independent School District elections in 2017 | |
| El Paso County, Texas | |
| Election date: | May 6, 2017 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Robert Geske • Mariah Lauritzen District 3: • Incumbent, Susannah Byrd District 4: • Incumbent, Diane Dye • Timothy Groover • Russell Wiggs District 5: • Incumbent, Charles Taylor • Miguel Rueda |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
