Texas Primary Results for SBOE
The primary elections took place in Texas this past Tuesday. You can find general discussion on it plenty of places (such as here), but most news stories don't spend a lot of time on the State Board of Education (SBOE), if they mention it at all. If you've followed this blog, you'll know that I've discussed the SBOE a few times before. An extreme right-wing faction has pulled some sleazy and dishonest stunts over the past few years, from last minute back door dealings that not all board members were privy to, to trying to inject creationism into science, to trying to change history standards to some alternative reality.
This is a unique year. Normally, only a few of the SBOE seats are on the ballot each year. But because of the recent redistricting here in Texas, all 15 seats are up this year. Although several of the extremists were voted out in recent elections, this is still an opportunity to help expunge the remainder, and the primary is the first step.
The Texas Freedom Network has a very good summary of all the candidates and who won each district, and I'd highly suggest you go take a look. Here's a very short summary.
District | Republican nominee | Democratic nominee |
1 | Carlos "Charlie" Garza (Uncontensted, Incumbent, Extreme Right) | Martha M. Dominguéz |
2 | Laurie J. Turner | Runoff - Ruben Cortez, Celeste Zepeda Sanchez |
3 | David Williams (Uncontested) | Marisa Perez |
4 | Dorothy Olmos (Uncontested) | Lawrence Allen (Uncontested, Incumbent) |
5 | Ken Mercer (Incumbent, Extreme Right) | Rebecca Bell-Metereau (Uncontested) |
6 | Donna Bahorich (Uncontested) | Traci Jensen |
7 | David Bradley (Incumbent, Extreme Right) | none |
8 | Barbara Cargill (Incumbent, Extreme Right) | Dexter Smith |
9 | Thomas Ratliff (Incumbent) | none |
10 | Runoff - Tom Maynard, Rebecca Osborne | Judy Jennings (Uncontested) |
11 | Patricia Hardy (Incumbent, Uncontested) | none |
12 | Runoff - Geraldine "Tincy" Miller, Gail Spurlock (Extreme Right) | Lois Parrott (Uncontested) |
13 | S. T. Russell (Uncontested) | Mavis Knight (Uncontested, Incumbent) |
14 | Sue Melton | none |
15 | Marty Rowley (Extreme Right) | Steven Schafersman (Uncontested) |
So, it's kind of a wash. A few extremists lost in the primaries (Veronica Anzaldua - 1, Randy Stevenson - 9, Jeff Fleece - 10, and incumbent Gail Lowe - 14), but a few others won, including David Bradley who has no Democratic opposition.
With the redistricting, I got put into a new district, so my representative on the SBOE has changed. I'm a little disappointed, because I was looking forward to voting out my previous representative, Gail Lowe, who has been involved in a lot of the shenanigans (though she did redeem herself somewhat in the Science Instructional Materials adoption). But at least now I have the opportunity to vote for Steven Schafersman, though I doubt he'll win given this region's political leanings.
Now it's time to wait and see how the runoffs turn out, and then the real election. I honestly don't care if the Board is made up of Republicans or Democrats, as long as they're not extremists who put their own ideology ahead of our children's educations.
More Info
Here's a humorous take on the SBOE from the Daily Show from a little while back.
Here are a few links to external sites with good information on the recent election.
- TFN - Split Decision by Voters in Texas SBOE Primary Contests
- TFN - Those Who Don't Know History Are Destined to Delete It
- Sensuous Curmudgeon - Texas SBOE Primary Election Tomorrow
And here's a list of all the times I've discussed the SBOE or TEA.
- Texas Education - Follow Up to the Follow Up to the Science Instructional Materials Debate
- Follow Up to Texas Education in the Budget Crisis
- Texas Education - Follow Up to Science Instructional Materials Debate
- Texas Education - Science Instructional Materials Debate
- Texas Education in the Budget Crisis
- McLeroy Out
- Texas Board of Education in NY Times Magazine (Social Studies standards)
- Strengths and Limitations (Science Standards)
- Texas Science Standards Review Panel
- Shenanigans in the Texas State Board of Education (English Language Arts and Reading curriculum standards)
- Texas Education Agency - Chris Comer
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