David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal

Nonpartisan

Fort Bend Independent School District school board Position 7

Tenure

2010 - Present

Term ends

2022

Years in position

12

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

May 4, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

University of Delaware

Graduate

University of Texas, Austin

Personal

Profession

Geophysicist

Contact

Personal website

David Rosenthal is a member of the Fort Bend Independent School District Board of Trustees in Texas, representing Position 7. He assumed office in 2010. His current term ends in 2022.

Rosenthal ran for re-election to the Fort Bend Independent School District Board of Trustees to represent Position 7 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 4, 2019.

Biography[edit]

Rosenthal is a geophysicist at Unocal. He also received his alternative teacher certification and is a volunteer educator at the Houston Zoo. Rosenthal obtained a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Delaware. He went on to earn a master's degree in geological sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.^[1]

Elections[edit]

2019[edit]

See also: Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas, elections (2019)

General election for Fort Bend Independent School District school board Position 7

The following candidates ran in the general election for Fort Bend Independent School District school board Position 7 on May 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Rosenthal (Nonpartisan)	45.8	6,714
		Monica Riley (Nonpartisan)	18.5	2,708
		Nadine Skinner (Nonpartisan)	14.4	2,113
		Ferrel Bonner (Nonpartisan)	7.7	1,132
		Christine Michie (Nonpartisan)	5.8	844
		Holland Poulsen (Nonpartisan)	5.0	739
		Rudy Sutherland Jr. (Nonpartisan)	2.9	424

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,674
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2016[edit]

See also: Fort Bend Independent School District elections (2016)

Two of the seven seats on the Fort Bend Independent School District school board were up for general election on May 7, 2016. Position 3 incumbent Jim Rice was the sole candidate to file in the race. Position 7 incumbent David Rosenthal faced challengers James Davidson Jr., Sonja Leonard, Laura Ramirez, and Shirley Rose-Gilliam. There was no primary.^[2] Rice won his unopposed re-election bid and Rosenthal defeated Davidson, Leonard, Ramirez, and Rose-Gilliam to secure another term on the board.^[3]

Results[edit]

Fort Bend Independent School District, Position 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Rosenthal Incumbent	33.97%	4,639
Shirley Rose-Gilliam	23.74%	3,242
Laura Ramirez	17.94%	2,450
James Davidson Jr.	15.75%	2,151
Sonja Leonard	8.60%	1,175
Total Votes		13,657
Source: Fort Bend County, "FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS May 7, 2016 City School MUD Elections," accessed May 7, 2016

Funding[edit]

Rosenthal reported no contributions or expenditures to the Fort Bend County Elections Department as of April 19, 2016.^[4]

Endorsements[edit]

Rosenthal received no official endorsements during the election.

Campaign themes[edit]

2019[edit]

Ballotpedia survey responses

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See also[edit]

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• Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas
• Fort Bend Independent School District elections (2016)

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