Juliet Stipeche
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Juliet Stipeche is the former District VIII representative on the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas. Stipeche sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Stipeche graduated with a B.A. magna cum laude in political science, policy studies and religious studies from Rice University in 1996. While she was there she received the Joseph Cooper Prize, awarded to the most outstanding policy studies student. Stipeche went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1999. She is a member of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Houston Hispanic Bar Association, Texas School Board Association and the National School Board Association. She has been involved in HISD by mentoring, tutoring and volunteering in the district. Stipeche is working as a civil litigation attorney and a certified mediator.[1]
Elections
2015
Four seats on the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The seats are elected by district.
The seats of District II incumbent Rhonda Skillern-Jones, District III incumbent Manuel Rodriguez Jr., District IV incumbent Paula Harris and District VIII incumbent Juliet Stipeche were up for election.[2]
Skillern-Jones, Rodriguez and Stipeche filed for re-election to their respective seats. In the District II race, Skillern-Jones faced Youlette McCullough, Darlene Smith and Larry Williams. Because a majority was not won, Skillern-Jones faced Williams in a runoff election on December 12, 2015.[3] She won the runoff election. Skillern-Jones was first elected to the board in 2011.[4] In District III, Rodriguez was set to compete against two challengers: Ramiro Fonseca and Jose Leal. Mirroring District II, a majority was not won in the District III race and a runoff also occurred on December 12, 2015, with Rodriguez up against Leal.[3] Rodriguez went on to win the runoff election. He was first elected to the board in 2003.[4]
Stipeche had the least challengers competing against her with just Diana Davila aiming to unseat her. Stipeche was first elected in 2010 to finish out an unexpired term and then re-elected in 2011.[4] However, Davila was successful in securing the District VIII seat and thus is a newcomer on the board. Since Harris did not file for re-election in District IV, four candidates filed to replace her. They were Davetta Daniels, Jolanda Jones, Ann McCoy and Larry McKinzie. Harris had served on the board since 2007.[4] Jones won the seat for District IV.
Results
| Houston Independent School District, District VIII, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Diana Davila |
55.6% | 6,733 |
| Juliet Stipeche Incumbent | 44.4% | 5,376 |
| Total Votes | 12,109 | |
| Source: Harris County Clerk, "Cumulative Report-Official", accessed December 16, 2015 | ||
Funding
Stipeche reported no contributions or expenditures to the Texas Ethics Commission as of October 29, 2015.[5]
Recent news
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See also
- Houston Independent School District, Texas
- Houston Independent School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Re-Elect Juliet for HISD Trustee-8, "A Proud Product of HISD," accessed October 22, 2015
- ↑ Houston Independent School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Houston Independent School District, "HISD Board of Education Election Results," accessed December 2, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Houston Independent School District, "Election Information," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ Texas Ethics Commission, "Search Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 29, 2015
