Trish Ruiz
Trish Ruiz (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Mexico Public Education Commission, representing District 9. Ruiz assumed office in 2017. Ruiz left office on December 31, 2020.
Ruiz (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico Public Education Commission to represent District 9. Ruiz lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Ruiz graduated from the University of the Southwest, where she also taught as an adjunct professor. At the time of the 2016 election, Ruiz worked as a counselor in an alternative learning center and served as the chair of the Lea County Democratic Party.[1][2]
Education
- B.S., elementary and secondary education in language arts
- M.S., counseling
Political career
New Mexico Public Education Commission (2017-2020)
Ruiz was elected to District 9 of the New Mexico Public Education Commission on November 8, 2016. No Republicans filed to run for the education commission, which made Ruiz the presumptive winner of the general election. She was sworn into office in January 2017.[3][4]
Elections
2020
See also: New Mexico Public Education Commission election, 2020
General election
General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9
K.T. Manis defeated incumbent Trish Ruiz and Krik Myers in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | K.T. Manis (R)  | 70.2 | 48,419 |
 | Trish Ruiz (D) | 25.1 | 17,303 | |
| Krik Myers (L) | 4.7 | 3,249 | ||
| Total votes: 68,971 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9
Incumbent Trish Ruiz advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trish Ruiz | 100.0 | 7,260 |
| Total votes: 7,260 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9
K.T. Manis defeated Arleen Beverley in the Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | K.T. Manis | 57.0 | 11,193 |
| Arleen Beverley | 43.0 | 8,437 | ||
| Total votes: 19,630 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9
Krik Myers advanced from the Libertarian primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Krik Myers | 100.0 | 102 | |
| Total votes: 102 | |||
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2016
- Main article: New Mexico Public Education Commission election, 2016
Ruiz was a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election for New Mexico Public Education Commissioner in District 9. She was unopposed in the Democratic primary after incumbent Carolyn Shearman withdrew from the race. No Republicans filed to run in this district, leaving her unopposed in the general election.
Trish Ruiz ran unopposed in the New Mexico public education commission, District 9 election.
| New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Trish Ruiz (unopposed) |
100.00% | 34,693 | |
| Total Votes | 34,693 | |||
| Source: New Mexico Secretary of State | ||||
Trish Ruiz ran unopposed in the New Mexico Democratic primary for public education commissioner, district 9.
| New Mexico Democratic primary for public education commissioner, district 9, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Trish Ruiz (unopposed) |
100.00% | 6,137 |
| Total Votes (160 of 160 precincts reporting) | 6,137 | |
| Source: New Mexico Secretary of State | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Trish Ruiz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Mexico Democrats, "Lea County Democratic Party," accessed March 12, 2016
- ↑ Trish Ruiz, "About Trish," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcandidate - ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "Retired instructor won District 10 write-in race for Public Education Commission," November 15, 2016
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Succeeded by K.T. Manis (R) |
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