Jerome Tilghman
Jerome Tilghman ran for election to the El Paso Independent School District to represent District 5 in Texas. He lost in the general election on May 1, 2021.
Tilghman was a 2012 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 16th Congressional District of Texas. He was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 29, 2012.
Elections
2021
See also: El Paso Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for El Paso Independent School District, District 5
Israel Irrobali defeated Cordia Betts in the general runoff election for El Paso Independent School District, District 5 on June 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Israel Irrobali (Nonpartisan) | 62.4 | 1,197 | |
| Cordia Betts (Nonpartisan) | 37.6 | 722 | ||
| Total votes: 1,919 | ||||
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General election
General election for El Paso Independent School District, District 5
Israel Irrobali and Cordia Betts advanced to a runoff. They defeated Willeta Corbett, Stephen Hayes Sr., and Jerome Tilghman in the general election for El Paso Independent School District, District 5 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Israel Irrobali (Nonpartisan) | 48.0 | 688 | |
| ✔ | Cordia Betts (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 246 | |
| Willeta Corbett (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 189 | ||
| Stephen Hayes Sr. (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 180 | ||
| Jerome Tilghman (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 131 | ||
| Total votes: 1,434 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 16
Veronica Escobar defeated Rick Seeberger and Ben Mendoza in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Veronica Escobar (D) | 68.5 | 124,437 | |
| Rick Seeberger (R) | 27.0 | 49,127 | ||
| Ben Mendoza (Independent) | 4.5 | 8,147 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 181,754 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Veronica Escobar | 61.4 | 30,630 | |
| Dori Fenenbock | 22.0 | 10,992 | ||
| Norma Chavez | 6.7 | 3,325 | ||
| Enrique Garcia | 5.3 | 2,661 | ||
| Jerome Tilghman | 3.0 | 1,489 | ||
| John Carrillo | 1.5 | 771 | ||
| Total votes: 49,868 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16
Rick Seeberger defeated Alia Garcia-Ureste in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 16 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rick Seeberger | 69.3 | 7,273 | |
| Alia Garcia-Ureste | 30.7 | 3,216 | ||
| Total votes: 10,489 | ||||
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2012
Tilghman ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 16th District. He was defeated by Beto O'Rourke in the Democratic primary on May 29, 2012.[1][2]
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jerome Tilghman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Platform
Tilghman listed the following priorities on his campaign website:
| “ | I believe I am the better candidate because these are the issues I have found paramount to the voters and citizens of this Congressional district and I can best articulate and represent. Its difficult to claim to legitimately represent the cross section of this district if you are not talking about
1. IMMIGRATION POLICY: Immigration and the refugee crisis and the epidemic of violence in Latin America ... caused by the the United States drug appetite and those cartels who will terrorize and kill to control the human trafficking and narcotics transportation arteries that wind up in the veins of an addicted America. Why are Cubans, Haitians and Mexicans held to different standards for admission? THE VIOLENCE THAT COMES FROM DRUGS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ... 40 or more of the 50 most violent / homicide prone cities in the world are in the countries to our south. This creates a tidal wave of Latino refugees who are fleeing for their lives. 2. We spend more to "get high" in America than we do on "higher education." 3. EDUCATION: The money we spend favoring incarceration over education. We never seem to have enough resources "to educate" our young people at age 10, but always seem to find enough "to incarcerate" them at age 20. We spend twice as much on prisoners than we do on pupils. ... One of our most foolish decisions was to make incarceration a for-profit industry. Recidivism rates are north of 70% and we get no dividends from locking people up. I think we are a better nation than to make "incarceration" a growth industry. 4. VETERAN HEALTH CARE: Veteran suicides are above the national average. Veteran suicides average approximately 22 per day, yet we shrink that portion of the VA budget that would provide psychiatric health services. For our female veterans the rate is 2.5 times higher than for our males. 5. ECONOMICS: Wasting human capital and property tax dollars invested in the education of 800,000+ "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)" and "Temporary Protective Status (TPS)" by deporting them from our country. Texas (in the bottom third among states investing in public education) averages around $10,000 per capita on students. Multiply that $10k x 800k and that's how much we "flush away." And, a self inflicted wound to the economy. ... we need the labor. Our geriatric population is expanding, living longer. Right now we have more people eligible for social services and other entitlements than we do workers contributing taxes to finance them. We are inverted. We need every worker we can keep. 6. FAMILY / EQUAL RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER THE LAW: Sexual exploitation of women has for too long been among the "quiet catastrophes" in America. The "#MeToo" initiative should be supported and proliferated throughout the country. ... Equal pay for equal work. The Ledbetter Initiative should put women on an equal footing as men when it comes to pay. Right now there is around a 20% difference. Close the gap. 7. PAY DISPARITY: A prominent issue in the national elections, here in El Paso we have candidates who facilitate pay increases for themselves or for their tacit own benefit. Taking money ... in tax dollars ... from the people who can least afford it. The median income per capita in El Paso is estimated at $25,000 . You don't vote yourself a pay increase or approve a pay raise that rivals the President of the United States ... and claim to be a careful steward of the public check book. That is the peoples money. " A challenge ... go on line. Web search "America's 11 poorest cities." "Two temptations come with leadership; serve the people who elected you ... or to be self-serving." What do you think we have in this race. There are more. I'll call these the 'magnificent 7." Closing question: After the last eight years are you considerably better off today than you were eight years ago?[3] |
” | |
| —Jerome Tilghman (2018)[4] | |||
2012
Tilghman's campaign website listed the following issues:[5]
- Family
- Excerpt: "By relative size, we live in nearly the second poorest city in the country. We can improve our families’ health by improving our families’ wealth. We will focus on better educating our families; that includes financial literacy. If we can make them more financially healthy, we can make them more physically healthy."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Education is our community’s salvation. There is a clear connection between quality education and economic expansion. The Dept of Education gives between six and eight percent to state education. With such a small contribution, should we consider reducing their footprint locally?"
- Government
- Excerpt: "We must restore faith, confidence and financial management within the Congress. The national debt is $15T; Congress’ approval rating is seven percent in the category of trust; nine in effectiveness. We suffer from ‘legislative constipation.’ Nothing of real substance can pass."
- Economics
- Excerpt: "Bridge fees and commute times are only a symptom of a larger problem. The unresolved drug war means anything out of Mexico is going to get extra scrutiny. It shows at the bridges. The O’Rourke solution: legalize banned substances in this community; Mr. Reyes downplays the 42,000 dead and only counts murders on this side of the border."
- Restore
- Excerpt: "Bring back the religious values of “I am my brother’s keeper. Our country is in crisis because our congress is in crisis. Families – the basic social unit – are in turmoil, too. In times of crisis, learn to turn to each other rather than on each other. "
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Democrats, "2012 Candidate list," accessed May 10, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Unofficial Democratic primary results," May 29, 2012
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jerome Tilghman 2018 campaign website, "On the Issues," accessed January 10, 2018
- ↑ Campaign website, Tilghman's Platform
