Luis Sifuentes

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Luis Sifuentes

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Valparaiso University, 2010

Graduate

Indiana University, 2019

Personal

Birthplace

Aurora, Ill.

Religion

Lutheran

Profession

Human resources

Contact

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Luis Sifuentes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 11. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Sifuentes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Luis Sifuentes was born in Aurora, Illinois. Sifuentes earned a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University in 2010 and a graduate degree from Indiana University in 2019. His career experience includes working in human resources.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Incumbent Patricia Hardy defeated Luis Sifuentes and Kathi Arocha in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Hardy (R)	63.3	390,046
		Luis Sifuentes (D)	36.7	226,183
		Kathi Arocha (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	176

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 616,405
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Democratic primary runoff election

The Democratic primary runoff election was canceled. Luis Sifuentes advanced from the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 11.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Whitfield (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Luis Sifuentes and James Whitfield (Unofficially withdrew) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Daniel Caldwell in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Luis Sifuentes	47.2	25,401
✔	Submit photo	James Whitfield (Unofficially withdrew)	33.7	18,104
		Daniel Caldwell	19.1	10,261

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11

Incumbent Patricia Hardy defeated Joshua Tarbay, Rebecca Garcia, and Daniel Caldwell in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 11 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Hardy	58.9	84,028
		Joshua Tarbay	20.7	29,554
	Submit photo	Rebecca Garcia	12.1	17,260
		Daniel Caldwell	8.3	11,781

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,623
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 11

No candidate advanced from the convention.

		Candidate
		Daniel Caldwell (L)

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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Luis Sifuentes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sifuentes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a former educator, husband and father with a graduate degree in management. I have always been passionate about education and I wish to continue serving the students, parents and educators of District 11.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• The implementation of historically factual curriculum and instructional materials is more important than ever. We need a representative who will stand up for historically factual curriculum and instructional materials.
• The pandemic has created losses when it comes to educational attainment. These losses have disproportionately impacted our students of color. I will work and partner with schools in District 11 to close the learning loss caused by the pandemic. We need to re-engage these students and provide schools and districts with the resources they need to turn those losses around.
• The workforce in Texas is changing, and the SBOE and our schools should be playing an active role in ensuring that the skills and abilities our students are gaining in schools align with the skills and abilities required by business and organizations in Texas.. We need to make sure that we are preparing the students who want to go into higher education, but we should also be preparing the students who desire to go into other trades such as the skills trades.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about education, public school funding, and inclusive and factual curriculum standards and instructional materials.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I want to tell you a story about someone who changed my life.

I had just arrived at a new middle school where I didn’t know anyone. Within a few weeks of me starting, Elizabeth Lopez decided that I was going to be what ended up as her lifelong project. She was my music teacher, and she instilled in me a lifelong love of music. But, she also pushed and fought for me to enroll in advanced classes knowing that I could handle them even if I didn’t know it at the time. Even after middle school she checked in with me, she supported me and helped fill in the gaps that my immigrant, single mother of four wasn’t able to fill. She even took me on college visits. Teachers like her are the reason why I worked as a middle school teacher, and where my passion for education comes from. Without her support, I would not be the man or father that I am today. It is to help create a system that embraces and emboldens teachers like Elizabeth that I am running for the State Board of Education.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

To be loved by Adele

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