Weslaco Independent School District elections (2014)

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2014 Weslaco Independent School District Elections
General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district Method of election Elections Key deadlines Additional elections External links
See also
Texas Weslaco Independent School District Hidalgo County, Texas ballot measures Local ballot measures, Texas

Four seats on the Weslaco Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. The election was for Places 4, 5, 6 and 7. All incumbents sought re-election against one challenger each.

In Place 4, incumbent David L. Fuentes defeated challenger Rene F. Arce. In the Place 5 race, incumbent Robert Sepulveda was unseated by challenger Andrew Gonzalez. Place 6 incumbent Oscar Caballero won re-election against challenger Ana Dalia Oliveira. In the Place 7 race, Isidoro Nieto defeated incumbent Jeff Everitt.

About the district

See also: Weslaco Independent School District, Texas

Weslaco Independent School District is located in Hidalgo County, Texas.

Weslaco Independent School District is located in Hidalgo County, Texas. The county seat of Hidalgo County is Edinburg. Hidalgo County was home to 774,769 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau. In the 2011-2012 school year, Weslaco Independent School District was the 66th-largest school district in Texas and served 17,788 students.

Demographics

Hidalgo County underperformed in comparison to the rest of Texas in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 15.6 percent of Hidalgo County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.3 percent for Texas as a whole. The median household income in Hidalgo County was $33,218 compared to $51,563 for the state of Texas. The poverty rate in Hidalgo County was 35.0 percent compared to 17.4 percent for the entire state.

Racial Demographics, 2013
Race	Hidalgo County (%)	Texas (%)
White	97.1	80.3
Black or African American	0.8	12.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.5	1.0
Asian	1.1	4.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	0.4	1.8
Hispanic or Latino	91.0	38.4

Presidential Voting Pattern, Hidalgo County
Year	Democratic Vote (%)	Republican Vote (%)	Other Vote (%)
2012	70.3	28.6	1.1
2008	68.9	30.3	0.8
2004	54.9	44.8	0.3

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.

Voter and candidate information

The Weslaco ISD Board of Trustees consists of seven members elected to four-year terms, and serve the district at-large. There was no primary election, and the general election was held on November 4, 2014. Four seats were up for election in 2014.

Candidates began filing nominating petitions on July 19, 2014. The filing deadline for school board candidates to get on the ballot in the general election was August 18, 2014.

Place 4

• David L. Fuentes
  • Incumbent
• Rene F. Arce

Place 5

• Robert Sepulveda
  • Incumbent
• Andrew Gonzalez

Place 6

• Oscar Caballero
  • Incumbent
• Ana Dalia Oliveira

Place 7

• Jeff Everitt
  • Incumbent
• Isidoro Nieto

Election results

Place 4

Weslaco Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	David L. Fuentes Incumbent	66.3%	5,194
	Nonpartisan	Rene F. Arce	33.7%	2,636
Total Votes				7,830
Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Place 5

Weslaco Independent School District, Place 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Gonzalez	55.5%	4,362
	Nonpartisan	Robert Sepulveda Incumbent	44.5%	3,503
Total Votes				7,865
Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Place 6

Weslaco Independent School District, Place 6 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Oscar Caballero Incumbent	60%	4,699
	Nonpartisan	Ana Dalia Oliveira	40%	3,128
Total Votes				7,827
Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Place 7

Weslaco Independent School District, Place 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Isidoro Nieto	66%	5,204
	Nonpartisan	Jeff Everitt Incumbent	34%	2,678
Total Votes				7,882
Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Official Results," accessed December 29, 2014

Endorsements

No candidate publicly received an endorsement in this election.

Campaign finance

Candidates must file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission or the appropriate county clerk. They must disclose the amount of each contribution (or the value and nature of any in-kind contribution), the name and address of the individual or political committee making the contribution and the date of the contribution. Filers must also report all expenditures, including the date of an expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure is made and the purpose of the expenditure.

Past elections

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

2012 Weslaco Independent School District, Place 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Erasmo Lopez 39.9% 4,153      Nonpartisan Mark Arce 30.8% 3,211      Nonpartisan Rodolfo Rodriguez 17% 1,772      Nonpartisan Javi Herrera 12.3% 1,282 Total Votes 10,418 Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Presidential General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed September 4, 2014 Weslaco Independent School District, Place 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Richard Riviera 48.9% 5,125      Nonpartisan Ivan Perez 41.8% 4,380      Nonpartisan Roy Kello Ramirez 9.4% 985 Total Votes 10,490 Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Presidential General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed September 4, 2014 Weslaco Independent School District, Place 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Nonpartisan Adrian Gonzalez 58.8% 5,906      Nonpartisan Orlando Rodriguez 41.2% 4,144 Total Votes 10,050 Source: Hidalgo County Clerk, "Presidential General Election - November 6, 2012," accessed September 4, 2014

Key deadlines

The following dates were key deadlines for the Weslaco Independent School District election in 2014:

Deadline	Event
July 19, 2014	First day to file for place on general election ballot
August 18, 2014	Last day to file for place on general election ballot
October 6, 2014	Voter registration deadline
October 20, 2014	Early voting begins
October 31, 2014	Last day of early voting
November 4, 2014	Election day

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for U.S. House seats, Texas state executive offices and one seat in the U.S. House Senate. It also shared the ballot with other county and municipal elections. There was one statewide measure on the ballot regarding the diversion of oil and gasoline tax revenues from the state's "Rainy Day Fund" into transportation funding.

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See also

• Texas
• Weslaco Independent School District, Texas
• Texas school board elections, 2014
• List of school board elections in 2014
• School board elections, 2014
• Hidalgo County, Texas ballot measures
• Local ballot measures, Texas

External links

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• Weslaco Independent School District
• Hidalgo County, Texas
• Texas Secretary of State