Carlos A. Elizondo
TX · Brownsville Independent School District Trustee, Position 1
Carlos A. Elizondo is a Brownsville Independent School District trustee. The board sets district policy, adopts the budget and tax rate, and hires the superintendent.
Where Carlos A. Elizondo stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted to approve a forensic audit of Brownsville ISD's 2015 tax rate election. The board approved it 4-3. The board's lawyer said the item had to return later with an actual auditor contract and a price.
February 6, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Voted for hiring an outside auditor to run a forensic audit of Brownsville ISD finances on January 14, 2025. The motion failed 4-3. He said the district's internal auditor had limits and that the board needed to find missing money.
January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support
Voted against calling a $460 million school bond election on August 18, 2025. The Brownsville ISD board called the election anyway on a 5-2 vote. He objected to the cost and to the long-term debt for taxpayers, and asked staff how much the district faced in architect fees.
August 18, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Voted against a $350 million school bond election on February 13, 2025. The Brownsville ISD board split 3-3, so the plan failed. The district then missed the state deadline to put the bond on the May ballot.
February 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Fellow trustees elected him president of the Brownsville ISD board on July 17, 2026. At the same meeting the board signed an employment contract with new superintendent Timothy E. Cuff.
July 17, 2026
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Filed a $1 million lawsuit on March 31, 2026 against the city of Brownsville, its fire chief, two former city commissioners, and the firefighters union. The suit says city officials fired him as fire chief and had him prosecuted without probable cause. The case moved to federal court in May 2026.
March 31, 2026
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Moved on March 14, 2025 for the Brownsville ISD board to pick a replacement trustee in open session instead of behind closed doors. The motion passed 3-1-1. The board then failed to agree on anyone and did not call a special election.
March 14, 2025
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Sent a complaint letter to the State Bar of Texas on October 6, 2023 about the Brownsville ISD board's outside lawyer. He said the lawyer wrote the censure resolution against him and never gave it to the three minority trustees before the vote.
October 6, 2023
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Took the oath as Brownsville ISD trustee for Position 1 on November 17, 2022, and fellow trustees elected him board vice president the same night. The Association of Brownsville Educators, a school employee union, had exclusively endorsed him in that race.
November 17, 2022
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 3 records
The Brownsville ISD board censured him 4-3 on October 3, 2023. The resolution said his conduct at a September 22, 2023 meeting fell below the standard expected of a trustee. He voted against the censure, along with trustees Frank Ortiz and Minerva Pena.
October 3, 2023
Source: myrgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
A jury found him not guilty on September 18, 2019 on all six counts of breach of computer security. Prosecutors said he logged into the Brownsville Fire Department reporting system while he was suspended as fire chief.
September 18, 2019
Source: krgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Surrendered to Cameron County authorities on two felony charges, theft by a public servant and breach of fiduciary duty, reported October 17, 2017. Prosecutors tied the charges to withdrawals from the Brownsville firefighters association political fund he oversaw. The city had demoted him from fire chief to lieutenant in September 2017 after an audit found he sent nearly 80 ambulance calls to a private company, which the audit said cost the city more than $62,000. Those charges were dismissed in April 2025.
October 17, 2017
Source: krgv.com · researched September 6, 2026
Race Carlos A. Elizondo is in:
- Brownsville Independent School District School Trustee, Position 1 · November 3, 2026 · Brownsville Independent School District, Texas · incumbent
Profile last researched September 6, 2026.