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Edmund T. Gordon
Edmund T. Gordon was a member of the Austin Independent School District in Texas, representing District 1. Gordon left office in 2018.
Gordon ran for re-election to the Austin Independent School District to represent District 1 in Texas. Gordon lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Biography
Gordon is the chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas. He is also an associate professor at the university.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Austin Independent School District District 1
LaTisha Anderson defeated incumbent Edmund T. Gordon in the general election for Austin Independent School District District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | LaTisha Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 61.8 | 12,681 | |
| Edmund T. Gordon (Nonpartisan) | 38.2 | 7,838 | ||
| Total votes: 20,519 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2014
The November 4, 2014, general election in Austin Independent School District featured five seats up for election. The District 1 race featured four candidates; P. Kevin Bryant, Edmund T. Gordon, Stanton Strickland, and David “D” Thompson competed for the seat held by Cheryl Bradley. Since neither Gordon nor Thompson garnered 50 percent "plus one" or more of the vote, they faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014. Gordon triumphed over Thompson in that race.
The District 4 race featured newcomers Julie Cowan and Karen Zern Flanagan, as incumbent Vincent Torres did not file for-election. Cowan triumphed over Flanagan in that race. The District 6 race featured three candidates; Kate Mason-Murphy, Monica Sanchez, and Paul Saldaña vied for the seat held by Lori Moya. Mason-Murphy and Saldaña headed to the runoff election, where Saldaña was victorious.
The lone incumbent to file for re-election was Robert Schneider in District 7. He defeated challenger Yasmin Wagner. Meanwhile, the at-large position held by Tamala Barksdale drew five challengers; Nael Chavez, Kendall Pace, Kazique J. Prince, Hillary Procknow, and Andy M. Trimino competed for that seat. Neither Pace nor Procknow received a majority of the vote, so they competed in the runoff election. Pace defeated Procknow in that election.
Results
Runoff election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Edmund T. Gordon |
55.9% | 3,168 | |
| Nonpartisan | David “D” Thompson | 44.1% | 2,499 | |
| Total Votes | 5,667 | |||
| Source: Travis County Clerk, "Austin Independent School District Cumulative Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Edmund T. Gordon |
34.5% | 3,624 | |
| Nonpartisan | David “D” Thompson |
28.4% | 2,984 | |
| Nonpartisan | P. Kevin Bryant | 18.7% | 1,967 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stanton Strickland | 18.3% | 1,917 | |
| Total Votes | 10,492 | |||
| Source: Travis County Clerk, "Austin Independent School District Cumulative Results," accessed December 30, 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.[2]
As of September 30, 2014, Gordon had not filed a campaign finance report with the Travis County Clerk.[3]
Endorsements
District 1 candidate Edmund T. Gordon, District 4 candidate Julie Cowan, District 7 candidate Yasmin Wagner and At-large Position 9 candidate Kendall Pace were endorsed by the advocacy group, Austin Kids First.[4][5]
About the district
Austin Independent School District is located in Travis County, Texas. The county seat of Travis County is Austin. Travis County is home to 1,024,266 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[6] In the 2011-2012 school year, Austin Independent School District was the fifth-largest school district in Texas and served 86,528 students.[7]
Demographics
Travis County overperformed in comparison to the rest of Texas in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 44.9 percent of Travis County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 26.7 percent for Texas as a whole. The median household income in Travis County was $58,025 compared to $51,900 for the state of Texas. The poverty rate in Travis County was 17.4 percent, compared to 17.6 percent for the entire state.[6]
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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.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Impact News, "CANDIDATE ROUNDUP: Austin ISD board of trustees elections," August 14, 2014
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Guide for Candidates and Officeholders Who File With Local Filing Authorities," September 1, 2013
- ↑ Travis County Clerk, "Search Campaign Finance Reports," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Austin Kids First, "Endorsement: District 1," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ Austin Kids First, "Endorsement: District 4," accessed September 19, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 United States Census Bureau, "Travis County, Texas," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Travis County Clerk, "Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014
| Austin Independent School District elections in 2018 | |
| Travis County, Texas | |
| Election date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
