Ben Benavides
TX
Baldemar "Ben" Benavides is a former Tuloso-Midway ISD trustee who held the board's Place 1 seat after he was elected in 2020.
Where Ben Benavides stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted against renewing the district's property and liability insurance for $2.53 million, $292,206 more than the year before; it passed 4-2.
February 19, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded and voted to call a $164.6 million school bond election in three propositions; the motion passed 7-0.
August 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Moved a resolution urging state lawmakers to increase school funding; it passed 6-0.
October 21, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Seconded and voted to call a $164.6 million school bond election in three propositions; the motion passed 7-0.
August 21, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Moved to adopt a 2024-25 tax rate of $0.9489 per $100 of value, which raised the bond debt part of the rate by about 2.4 cents; it passed 6-0.
August 26, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against approving the superintendent's amended contract; it passed 4-1.
August 19, 2024
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against revised board operating procedures after saying he needed more time to review them; they passed 4-3.
March 20, 2023
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Moved a resolution asking the district's health advisory council to recommend materials for human sexuality lessons; it passed 6-1.
September 19, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Seconded and voted to hire Sodexo to run the district's school meals; the contract passed 4-3.
May 23, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against naming Steve VanMatre the lone finalist for superintendent; the motion passed 5-2.
March 30, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Backed Melinda Arriaga for a vacant board seat and voted against appointing Janie Anguiano instead; the appointment passed 5-1.
February 7, 2022
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Moved a resolution to start making Tuloso-Midway ISD a District of Innovation, which lets a district skip some state rules; it passed 4-1.
December 13, 2021
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against contacting Janice Sykora to serve as interim superintendent; the motion passed 4-2.
August 9, 2021
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Voted against continuing an investigation into Superintendent Rick Fernandez's job duties, which passed 4-3. He then moved to reinstate Fernandez right away; that motion failed 3-4.
July 20, 2021
Source: meetings.boardbook.org
Past race Ben Benavides ran in:
- Tuloso-Midway Independent School District Board of Trustees Place 6 · November 3, 2026 · Tuloso-Midway Independent School District, Texas