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Tricia Braxton

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Tricia Braxton
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Nevada State Board of Education District 1
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Ph.D

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Tricia Braxton is a member of the Nevada State Board of Education, representing District 1. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Braxton ran for election to the Nevada State Board of Education to represent District 1. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Tricia Braxton earned a master’s degree in urban leadership development and a doctoral degree in public policy from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her career experience includes working as a police officer in New York City and as an elementary school teacher.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Nevada State Board of Education election, 2024

General election

General election for Nevada State Board of Education District 1

Tricia Braxton defeated Timothy Underwood Jr. in the general election for Nevada State Board of Education District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tricia Braxton
Tricia Braxton (Nonpartisan)
 
59.8
 
151,208
Image of Timothy Underwood Jr.
Timothy Underwood Jr. (Nonpartisan)
 
40.2
 
101,819

Total votes: 253,027
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Tricia Braxton and Timothy Underwood Jr. advanced from the primary for Nevada State Board of Education District 1.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Braxton in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

Braxton's campaign website stated the following:

Our goal is to…

  • Improve student success
    • Improve student achievement
    • Promote hands-on learning and life skills
  • Provide teacher support
    • Attract and maintain the best teachers
    • Strengthen teacher-parent relationships
    • Listen and learn
  • Enlist Community Involvement
    • Facilitate apprenticeships
    • Promote student-center initiatives with local agencies/business partnerships
  • Promote School Safety
    • Improve school safety measures
  • and Strengthen Accountability
    • Measure education efforts using the necessary criteria
    • Create conditions for success[2]
—Tricia Braxton’s campaign website (2024)[3]

Campaign finance summary


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Tricia Braxton campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Nevada State Board of Education District 1Won general$29,710 $0
Grand total$29,710 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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External links

Footnotes

  1. Tricia Braxton for Nevada State Board of Education District 1, "Home," accessed June 3, 2024
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Tricia Braxton’s campaign website, “Platform,” accessed June 3, 2024

Political offices
Preceded by
Tim Hughes
Nevada State Board of Education District 1
2025-Present
Succeeded by
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