Julian Huerta

Julian Huerta was the Place 7 incumbent on the San Benito school board in Texas. He faced three challengers — Angel Mendez, Esteban Rodriguez and Gilbert Weaver — and lost re-election to Mendez on May 10, 2014. He was first elected to the board in May 2011.

Biography[edit]

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After graduating from San Benito High School in 1996, Huerta attended Texas State Technical College. At the time of his tenure, he was serving on the district's Finance and Building Committee. He is married with three children.^[1]

Elections[edit]

2014[edit]

See also: San Benito Consolidated Independent School District elections (2014)

Julian Huerta ran against three challengers — Angel Mendez, Esteban Rodriguez and Gilbert Weaver — and lost re-election to Mendez on May 10, 2014.

Results[edit]

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, Place 7 General Election, 3-year term, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Angel Mendez	35.8%	1,095
	Nonpartisan	Julian Huerta Incumbent	25.8%	789
	Nonpartisan	Gilbert Weaver	23.6%	722
	Nonpartisan	Esteban Rodriguez	14.8%	453
Total Votes				3,059
Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Isabel C. González, San Benito CISD Public Information Officer," February 24, 2015

Funding[edit]

Huerta did not file a campaign finance report with the Texas Ethics Commission.^[2]

Endorsements[edit]

Huerta did not receive an endorsement in this election.

About the district[edit]

See also: San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, Texas

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District is located in Cameron County, Texas

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District is located in Cameron County, Texas. The county seat of Cameron County is Brownsville. The county's population was 406,220 according to the 2010 U.S. Census.^[3]

Demographics[edit]

Cameron County underperforms in comparison to the rest of Texas in terms of higher education attainment, median income and poverty rate. The 2010 U.S. Census found that 14.9 percent of Cameron County residents over 25 years old held undergraduate degrees compared to a 26.3 percent rate for the state of Texas. Cameron County had a median income of $32,558 in 2010 compared to $51,563 for Texas. The poverty rate for Cameron County was 34.9 percent in 2010 compared to a 17.4 percent rate for the rest of the state.^[3]

Racial Demographics, 2010^[3]
Race	Cameron County (%)	Texas (%)
White	97.3	80.6
Black or African American	0.8	12.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	0.6	1.0
Asian	0.8	4.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	0.4	1.7
Hispanic or Latino	88.4	38.2

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Julian + Huerta + San Benito + Consolidated + Independent + School + District + Texas"

Benito+Consolidated+Independent+School+District+Texas&um=1&ie=UTF-8 Julian Huerta News Feed

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

San Benito Consolidated Independent School District

Footnotes[edit]

[1] San Benito Consolidated Independent School District, "Julian Huerta," accessed April 4, 2014 (dead link)

[2] Texas Ethics Commission, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed April 4, 2014

[census-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 U.S. Census, "Quick Facts: Cameron County," accessed February 5, 2014

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2014 San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Elections
Cameron County, Texas
Election date:	May 10, 2014
Candidates:	Place 4: Incumbent, June Aguilera • Arnold Padilla Place 5: Incumbent, Hector Leal • Joyce Aguirre • Rene Salinas • Roberto Benavides Place 6: Incumbent, Oscar Medrano • Orlando Lopez Place 7: Incumbent, Julian Huerta • Angel Mendez • Esteban Rodriguez • Gilbert Weaver
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