Daniel Estupiñan
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Daniel Estupiñan is the District 1 representative on the Gadsden Independent Schools Board of Education in the New Mexico.[1] He was first elected to the board on February 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
The school board election for Gadsden Independent Schools featured three of the five board seats up for general election on February 3, 2015.
Incumbents Gloria Irigoyen, Maria E. Saenz and Daniel Castillo from Districts 1, 3 and 4, respectively, were up for re-election. Saenz ran unopposed and won re-election. Irigoyen and Castillo faced one challenger each. Daniel Estupiñan ran for the District 1 seat, and Maria E. Carter ran for the District 4 seat. Estupiñan won the election for District 1, defeating Irigoyen, and Castillo defeated Carter to win re-election to District 4.
Results
| Gadsden Independent Schools, District 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Daniel Estupiñan |
66.9% | 101 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gloria Irigoyen Incumbent | 33.1% | 50 | |
| Total Votes | 151 | |||
| Source: Abbey Smith, "Email communication with Dona Ana County Elections Staff Coordinator Janice Giron," February 26, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The New Mexico Secretary of State's Office requires school board candidates in districts with an enrollment of 12,000 students or more to file an annual report each year. Candidates running for a seat on this district's school board had to file that annual report by April 13, 2015.[2]
Endorsements
Estupiñan did not receive any official endorsements for this election.
The Gadsden Independent school district is located in Doña Ana County in southern New Mexico. The county seat is Las Cruces. Doña Ana County is home to 213,460 residents, according to the United States Census Bureau.[3] During the 2011-2012 school year, Gadsden Independent Schools was the fourth-largest school district by enrollment in New Mexico and served 14,182 students.[4]
Demographics
Doña Ana County outperformed the rest of New Mexico in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 26.6 percent of Doña Ana County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 25.8 percent for New Mexico as a whole. The median household income for Doña Ana County was $37,933 compared to $44,927 for the state of New Mexico. The percentage of people below poverty level for Doña Ana County was 27.0 percent while it was 20.4 percent for the entire state.[3]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
- Gadsden Independent Schools, New Mexico
- Gadsden Independent Schools elections (2015)
- New Mexico school board elections attract numerous educators as candidates (January 23, 2015)
- New faces to join all of New Mexico's largest school district boards (February 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Doña Ana County Bureau of Elections, "2015 School Elections," accessed December 18, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Guidelines of Candidates and Campaign Committees: associated with Proposed Rule-Campaign Finance," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Census Bureau, "Doña Ana County, New Mexico," accessed December 4, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Doña Ana County, "Election Results Archive," accessed December 4, 2014
| 2015 Gadsden Independent Schools Elections | |
| Doña Ana County, New Mexico | |
| Election date: | February 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, Gloria Irigoyen • Daniel Estupiñan District 3: • Incumbent, Maria E. Saenz District 4: • Incumbent, Daniel Castillo • Maria E. Carter |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
