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==About the district==
:: ''See also: [[Weslaco Independent School District, Texas]]''
[[File:Map of Texas highlighting Hidalgo County.svg|250px|thumb|left|link=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, Texas|Edinburg]]. Hidalgo County is home to 774,769 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48215.html ''United States Census Bureau,'' "Hidalgo County, Texas," accessed August 4, 2014]</ref> In the 2011-2012 school year, Weslaco Independent School District was the [[Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment|66th-largest school district]] in [[Texas]] and served 17,788 students.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/tableGenerator.aspx ''National Center for Education Statistics,'' "ELSI Table Generator," accessed August 4, 2014]</ref>
===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.<ref name=Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2013<ref name=Census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Hidalgo County (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Texas (%)
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| White || 97.1 || 80.3
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| Black or African American || 0.8 || 12.4
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.5 || 1.0
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| Asian || 1.1 || 4.3
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0.0 || 0.1
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| Two or More Races || 0.4 || 1.8
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| Hispanic or Latino || 91.0 || 38.4
|}
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern, Hidalgo County<ref>[http://co.hidalgo.tx.us/index.aspx?NID=559 ''Hidalgo County Clerk,'' "General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Other Vote (%)
|-
| 2012 || 70.3 || 28.6 || 1.1
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| 2008 || 68.9 || 30.3 || 0.8
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| 2004 || 54.9 || 44.8 || 0.3
|}
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

Revision as of 17:42, 2 July 2024

Rene F. Arce

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Rene F. Arce was a candidate for the Place 4 seat on the Weslaco School Board in Texas. She lost to incumbent David L. Fuentes in the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: Weslaco Independent School District elections (2014)

The November 4, 2014, general election in Weslaco Independent School District featured four seats up for election. Each incumbent faced one challenger. In Place 4, incumbent David L. Fuentes ran against challenger Rene F. Arce. In the Place 5 race, incumbent Robert Sepulveda faced challenger Andrew Gonzalez. Place 6 incumbent Oscar Caballero faced challenger Ana Dalia Oliveira. In the Place 7 race, Isidoro Nieto challenged incumbent Jeff Everitt.

Results

Weslaco Independent School District, Place 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDavid 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

Funding

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.[1]

Endorsements

Arce did not receive any endorsements during the election.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Rene + Arce + Weslaco + Independent + School + District + Texas"

Rene Arce News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File With Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
2014 Weslaco Independent School District Elections
Hidalgo County, Texas
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:Place 4: • Incumbent, David L. Fuentes • Rene F. Arce

Place 5: • Incumbent, Robert Sepulveda • Andrew Gonzalez
Place 6: • Incumbent, Oscar Caballero • Ana Dalia Oliveira

Place 7: • Incumbent, Jeff Everitt • Isidoro Nieto
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