Local lawyer Juliet Stipeche will fill the vacant seat on the Houston Independent School District board of trustees.
Razor-thin margin: 44 votes
decide school board seat in
nation's 7th-largest
school district
A graduate of HISD’s High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Stipeche defeated Judith Cruz by less than 50 votes in Tuesday’s run-off election. According to HISD, Stipeche received 1,048 votes and Cruz received 1,004, for a 51%-49% split in votes cast.
Stipeche will fill the District 8 seat on the HISD board, which was left vacant when former Diana Davilla resigned from her position in July with more than a year left in her term. Stipeche is expected to be sworn in next Thursday.
Cruz and Stipeche were forced into a runoff after neither candidate managed to receive more than 50% of the total votes in the Nov. 2 election. The two women outpolled competitors Dorothy Olmos, Peter Schwethelm and Roberto Centeno.
Check out the links below for more information on the HISD District 8 race:
Razor-thin margin: 44 votesdecide school board seat in
nation's 7th-largest
school district
A graduate of HISD’s High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Stipeche defeated Judith Cruz by less than 50 votes in Tuesday’s run-off election. According to HISD, Stipeche received 1,048 votes and Cruz received 1,004, for a 51%-49% split in votes cast.
Stipeche will fill the District 8 seat on the HISD board, which was left vacant when former Diana Davilla resigned from her position in July with more than a year left in her term. Stipeche is expected to be sworn in next Thursday.
Cruz and Stipeche were forced into a runoff after neither candidate managed to receive more than 50% of the total votes in the Nov. 2 election. The two women outpolled competitors Dorothy Olmos, Peter Schwethelm and Roberto Centeno.
Check out the links below for more information on the HISD District 8 race:
- Juliet Stipeche campaign finance report.
- Judith Cruz campaign finance report.
- Roberto Centeno campaign finance report.
- Peter Schwethelm campaign finance report.
- Dorothy Olmos campaign finance report.
- Video: Cruz, Stipeche and Centeno discuss parent involvement at a candidate forum sponsored by Parents for Public Schools of Houston.
- Parents for Public Schools of Houston Q&A with candidates.
Contact Lynn Walsh at Lynn@TexasWatchdog.org, 713-228-2850 or on Twitter @LWalsh.
Photo of razor by flickr user antediluvial, used under a Creative Commons license.
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