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Richardson Independent School District, Texas, elections (2020)

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Richardson Independent School District elections

Filing deadline
February 14, 2020
General election date
November 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
39,314 students

Two seats on theRichardson Independent School District school board inTexas were scheduled to be up for general election onNovember 3, 2020. Both seats featured unopposed candidates, so the election was canceled and the candidates were automatically elected.[1] The filing deadline for this election wasFebruary 14, 2020.

This election was originally scheduled on May 2, 2020, but was moved to November 3, 2020, amid concerns about thecoronavirus pandemic.[2] In a proclamation made on March 18, 2020, Gov.Greg Abbott (R) suspended Sections 41.0052(a) and (b) of the Texas election code. This allowed local governments to move elections scheduled on May 2, 2020, to the next uniform state election date, which fell on November 3, 2020. This suspension only applied to elections occurring in 2020.[3]

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also:Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of thecoronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Texas modified its absentee/mail-in voting, candidate filing, and early voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Local election officials could not reject an absentee ballot due to a perceived signature mismatch unless the voter was given a pre-rejection notice of this finding and a "meaningful opportunity to cure his or her ballot's rejection." Return locations for absentee/mail-in ballots were limited to one per county.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for independent candidates for non-presidential office was extended to August 13, 2020.
  • Early voting: Early voting began on October 13, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak,click here.

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District 3

General election

The general election was canceled.Debbie Rentería (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

At-large Place 6

General election

The general election was canceled.Eric Eager (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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About the district

See also:Richardson Independent School District, Texas

The Richardson Independent School District is located inDallas County, Texas. The district served 39,314 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[4]

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is aPivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
CountyTrump margin of victory in 2016Obama margin of victory in 2012Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas0.48%1.61%2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.
2016 presidential results by state House district
DistrictObamaRomney2012 MarginClintonTrump2016 MarginParty Control
126.82%72.17%R+45.322.76%75.13%R+52.4R
220.93%77.91%R+5717.59%79.78%R+62.2R
322.26%76.65%R+54.421.37%75.80%R+54.4R
425.04%73.93%R+48.922.70%74.70%R+52R
523.75%75.33%R+51.620.20%77.72%R+57.5R
628.44%70.49%R+4228.89%67.98%R+39.1R
727.14%71.97%R+44.824.48%73.09%R+48.6R
824.96%74.07%R+49.121.12%76.63%R+55.5R
927.47%71.73%R+44.322.23%76.13%R+53.9R
1025.56%73.21%R+47.725.20%71.62%R+46.4R
1126.75%72.23%R+45.524.48%72.79%R+48.3R
1236.06%62.67%R+26.632.54%64.35%R+31.8R
1322.71%76.25%R+53.520.47%77.18%R+56.7R
1434.77%62.91%R+28.138.79%54.03%R+15.2R
1521.79%76.77%R+5528.86%66.69%R+37.8R
1618.22%80.76%R+62.518.80%78.35%R+59.5R
1737.30%60.79%R+23.533.92%62.02%R+28.1R
1827.18%71.69%R+44.523.96%73.47%R+49.5R
1922.22%76.79%R+54.617.21%81.00%R+63.8R
2026.22%72.13%R+45.925.81%70.27%R+44.5R
2123.92%74.97%R+51.121.50%76.09%R+54.6R
2266.82%32.57%D+34.365.95%31.80%D+34.1D
2344.24%54.56%R+10.340.89%55.86%R+15R
2425.11%73.48%R+48.427.42%68.20%R+40.8R
2528.74%69.92%R+41.227.55%69.14%R+41.6R
2635.86%62.95%R+27.145.81%50.71%R+4.9R
2768.80%30.44%D+38.470.03%27.23%D+42.8D
2834.81%64.22%R+29.443.01%53.21%R+10.2R
2935.44%63.32%R+27.941.21%54.83%R+13.6R
3030.24%68.64%R+38.426.80%70.36%R+43.6R
3161.89%37.31%D+24.655.47%42.31%D+13.2D
3241.43%56.92%R+15.542.04%53.45%R+11.4R
3326.49%72.25%R+45.831.27%64.67%R+33.4R
3454.64%44.24%D+10.453.40%43.18%D+10.2D
3566.43%32.71%D+33.763.43%33.59%D+29.8D
3674.73%24.41%D+50.373.70%23.21%D+50.5D
3769.28%29.75%D+39.568.98%27.77%D+41.2D
3866.13%32.95%D+33.265.76%30.74%D+35D
3974.02%25.10%D+48.970.48%26.40%D+44.1D
4075.32%23.68%D+51.670.73%25.91%D+44.8D
4156.64%42.35%D+14.359.53%36.87%D+22.7D
4275.54%23.57%D+5273.73%23.49%D+50.2D
4346.96%52.09%R+5.143.79%53.10%R+9.3R
4430.83%67.97%R+37.130.22%65.99%R+35.8R
4541.83%55.19%R+13.444.53%49.14%R+4.6R
4676.62%20.14%D+56.578.16%16.34%D+61.8D
4739.32%58.05%R+18.746.98%47.16%R+0.2R
4856.86%39.56%D+17.365.17%28.12%D+37D
4970.19%24.89%D+45.376.63%16.65%D+60D
5057.79%38.81%D+1963.38%30.05%D+33.3D
5178.49%17.43%D+61.179.52%14.04%D+65.5D
5242.57%54.91%R+12.346.12%47.56%R+1.4R
5322.29%76.50%R+54.220.74%76.30%R+55.6R
5445.85%53.04%R+7.244.07%51.07%R+7R
5533.08%65.48%R+32.431.96%63.28%R+31.3R
5629.70%69.02%R+39.331.16%64.82%R+33.7R
5725.97%73.09%R+47.122.50%75.69%R+53.2R
5821.12%77.52%R+56.418.84%77.90%R+59.1R
5921.36%77.31%R+5619.19%77.44%R+58.2R
6015.70%83.09%R+67.413.33%84.19%R+70.9R
6116.19%82.54%R+66.314.49%82.74%R+68.3R
6224.72%73.77%R+49.120.89%76.05%R+55.2R
6326.39%72.13%R+45.730.22%65.26%R+35R
6437.33%60.30%R+2340.00%54.49%R+14.5R
6540.84%57.52%R+16.746.51%48.62%R+2.1R
6637.46%61.15%R+23.746.24%49.45%R+3.2R
6737.26%61.08%R+23.844.69%50.41%R+5.7R
6817.78%81.15%R+63.414.23%83.37%R+69.1R
6923.27%75.20%R+51.920.26%76.12%R+55.9R
7029.25%69.37%R+40.132.82%62.78%R+30R
7122.84%75.76%R+52.921.49%74.23%R+52.7R
7223.33%75.26%R+51.921.45%74.81%R+53.4R
7320.22%78.37%R+58.221.25%75.11%R+53.9R
7456.99%41.57%D+15.456.27%39.58%D+16.7D
7572.33%26.62%D+45.773.74%21.38%D+52.4D
7676.91%21.86%D+55.177.93%17.86%D+60.1D
7764.07%34.29%D+29.868.79%25.97%D+42.8D
7854.41%44.15%D+10.359.28%35.16%D+24.1D
7964.73%34.12%D+30.668.62%26.73%D+41.9D
8068.25%30.91%D+37.365.06%32.31%D+32.7D
8124.20%74.66%R+50.526.33%70.49%R+44.2R
8219.38%79.31%R+59.920.58%75.76%R+55.2R
8321.27%77.50%R+56.219.94%76.49%R+56.5R
8434.95%63.28%R+28.335.12%59.58%R+24.5R
8537.99%61.03%R+2341.09%56.10%R+15R
8616.18%82.55%R+66.416.16%80.17%R+64R
8722.12%76.56%R+54.421.74%74.43%R+52.7R
8819.06%79.89%R+60.816.48%80.59%R+64.1R
8931.79%66.67%R+34.936.08%59.03%R+23R
9073.70%25.21%D+48.574.97%21.48%D+53.5D
9130.45%67.90%R+37.532.14%63.08%R+30.9R
9237.22%61.08%R+23.940.54%54.66%R+14.1R
9338.26%60.21%R+21.940.40%54.84%R+14.4R
9438.10%60.29%R+22.240.87%54.30%R+13.4R
9576.11%22.99%D+53.174.24%22.89%D+51.4D
9640.22%58.60%R+18.442.55%53.74%R+11.2R
9738.92%59.59%R+20.742.59%52.42%R+9.8R
9823.57%75.01%R+51.428.91%66.33%R+37.4R
9930.70%67.69%R+3732.12%63.36%R+31.2R
10077.89%21.07%D+56.877.24%19.30%D+57.9D
10164.01%34.87%D+29.166.06%30.36%D+35.7D
10245.32%53.02%R+7.752.27%42.74%D+9.5R
10369.87%28.77%D+41.173.55%22.33%D+51.2D
10472.70%26.36%D+46.375.60%20.85%D+54.7D
10546.48%52.14%R+5.752.13%43.60%D+8.5R
10630.86%67.69%R+36.835.83%59.70%R+23.9R
10746.89%51.83%R+4.952.37%43.40%D+9D
10839.31%58.99%R+19.750.32%44.01%D+6.3R
10981.75%17.68%D+64.181.55%16.42%D+65.1D
11088.74%10.77%D+7886.76%11.25%D+75.5D
11177.24%22.06%D+55.277.40%20.17%D+57.2D
11243.50%55.03%R+11.548.28%47.10%D+1.2R
11346.31%52.53%R+6.249.13%47.23%D+1.9R
11443.48%55.23%R+11.752.14%43.21%D+8.9R
11543.23%55.27%R+1251.54%43.64%D+7.9R
11660.53%37.80%D+22.763.73%31.10%D+32.6D
11751.99%46.85%D+5.153.23%42.14%D+11.1D
11855.33%43.41%D+11.955.58%40.41%D+15.2D
11960.26%38.58%D+21.760.13%36.08%D+24.1D
12064.75%34.11%D+30.663.51%32.10%D+31.4D
12137.61%60.88%R+23.343.42%51.69%R+8.3R
12230.87%67.87%R+3737.75%57.87%R+20.1R
12361.36%36.80%D+24.665.02%30.27%D+34.7D
12460.94%37.65%D+23.362.19%33.04%D+29.1D
12559.11%39.59%D+19.561.62%33.69%D+27.9D
12636.72%62.08%R+25.443.00%52.94%R+9.9R
12729.60%69.21%R+39.634.90%61.23%R+26.3R
12826.59%72.37%R+45.828.77%68.15%R+39.4R
12933.88%64.47%R+30.640.06%55.33%R+15.3R
13022.81%75.91%R+53.127.96%68.06%R+40.1R
13183.65%15.69%D+6884.29%13.35%D+70.9D
13239.77%58.92%R+19.245.68%50.04%R+4.4R
13330.41%68.14%R+37.741.12%54.52%R+13.4R
13441.74%56.39%R+14.755.09%39.61%D+15.5R
13539.86%58.83%R+1946.82%48.89%R+2.1R
13641.43%55.34%R+13.947.69%45.16%D+2.5R
13763.91%34.49%D+29.467.00%28.92%D+38.1D
13839.30%59.18%R+19.947.85%47.78%D+0.1R
13975.62%23.61%D+5276.12%20.61%D+55.5D
14070.10%28.98%D+41.175.09%21.87%D+53.2D
14187.41%12.07%D+75.385.19%12.59%D+72.6D
14277.41%21.97%D+55.476.20%20.97%D+55.2D
14367.18%31.86%D+35.371.02%26.02%D+45D
14450.77%47.88%D+2.957.75%38.37%D+19.4D
14560.26%38.28%D+2266.92%28.72%D+38.2D
14678.82%20.05%D+58.879.43%17.32%D+62.1D
14778.07%20.30%D+57.878.99%16.78%D+62.2D
14856.59%41.08%D+15.563.82%30.50%D+33.3D
14958.76%40.12%D+18.664.25%32.50%D+31.8D
15030.28%68.55%R+38.336.63%59.18%R+22.6R
Total41.40%57.19%R+15.843.48%52.53%R+9.1-
Source:Daily Kos


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