Eliot Shapleigh
{{short description|American politician}}
{{COI|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Eliot Shapleigh
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Shapleigh_Head_Shot.jpg
| state_senate = Texas
| state = Texas
| district = 29th
| term_start= January 14, 1997
| term_end= January 17, 2011
| predecessor= Peggy Rosson
| successor=José R. Rodríguez
| party= Democrat
| birth_date= November 11, 1952
| birth_place= El Paso, Texas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| residence= El Paso, Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater = Rice University, University of Texas
| profession=Attorney
| website=
}}
Eliot Shapleigh (born November 11, 1952) is an American politician. He served in the Texas Senate from 1997 to 2011, from the 29th district, in El Paso County.
Community involvement
=Unite El Paso=
In 1992, Shapleigh co-founded an organization called Unite El Paso with other progressive activists. The organization seeks to raise the per capita income in El Paso.{{cite web | url = http://www.elpasoinc.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=274 | title = Hunt: 'What happened, what we need to do' | accessdate = 2009-07-15 | publisher = El Paso Inc. | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710184510/http://www.elpasoinc.com/showArticle.asp?articleId=274 | archivedate = 2011-07-10 }}
Texas Senate career
=Legislative record=
In 2006, Shapleigh authored "Jennifer's Law", a law that permits school districts to award posthumous diplomas to students who die during their senior year of high school. The bill was named after Jennifer Ann Crecente.{{Cite web |url=http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/capitolpressreleases/entries/2007/02/16/senator_shapleigh_files_jennif.html |title=Austin American-Statesman: "Senator Shapleigh files 'Jennifer's Law' on one-year anniversary of passing of Jennifer Ann Crecente" |access-date=2021-06-20 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121812/http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/capitolpressreleases/entries/2007/02/16/senator_shapleigh_files_jennif.html |url-status=dead }}
=El Paso Economic Summit=
Soon thereafter, Shapleigh, County Attorney José Rodriguez, Woody Hunt, Robert Brown, John Montford, and others joined in discussions about how best to establish the medical school and which institution should carry the mission forward.{{Cite web |title=Biography {{!}} Senator Eliot Shapleigh - Texas Senator District 29 |url=https://eliotshapleigh.com/biography |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=Senator Eliot Shapleigh}} As a result, the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents made establishing a four-year medical school in El Paso an important goal of the System. Over the coming legislative sessions, incremental progress was made in establishing the state's ninth medical school and first since 1977.{{cite web | url = http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2008/swe0804d.cfm | title = Spotlight: El Paso Medical School | accessdate = 2009-07-09 | publisher = Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091205231214/http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2008/swe0804d.cfm | archivedate = 2009-12-05 }} In 2009, the first new medical students at El Paso's medical school began their studies at the campus. The El Paso Medical School was the first new medical school to be established in the U.S. in 30 years.{{cite web | url = http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/020409/hea_384515840.shtml | title = Tech's El Paso medical school accepts first class | accessdate = 2009-08-14 | publisher = Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100117221726/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020409/hea_384515840.shtml | archive-date = 2010-01-17 | url-status = dead }}
=ASARCO=
Shapleigh led the opposition to the reopening of an ASARCO-operated copper smelter, which had been located near downtown El Paso since 1887. The smelter, which had been shut down in 1999 due to low copper prices, filed to renew their air permit application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in 2002. Joined by leaders{{cite web | url = http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3415-asarco-announcement-el-paso-smelter-will-not-reopen | title = Asarco announcement: El Paso smelter will not reopen | accessdate = 2009-07-09 | publisher = Newspaper Tree | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100116135540/http://newspapertree.com/news/3415-asarco-announcement-el-paso-smelter-will-not-reopen | archivedate = 2010-01-16 }} from across the three-state, two-nation region, Shapleigh and hundreds of activists from El Paso, Juarez, and New Mexico placed pressure on the corporation to justify putting over 7,000 tons of new pollutants into El Paso's air. After eight years, the TCEQ Commissioners granted the permit on a 3-0 vote. The Environmental Protection Agency soon intervened, however, citing deficiencies with the permitting process and ASARCO's air control equipment.{{cite web | url = http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3416-epa-letters-to-asarco-tceq-assert-aged-equipment-and-possible-enforcement-actions | title = EPA letters to Asarco, TCEQ, assert aged equipment and possible enforcement actions | accessdate = 2009-07-09 | publisher = Newspaper Tree | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714175011/http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3416-epa-letters-to-asarco-tceq-assert-aged-equipment-and-possible-enforcement-actions | archivedate = 2011-07-14 }} As a result, ASARCO announced that the El Paso smelter would not reopen. As of July 2009, it appears the smelter property will be placed in an environmental remediation trust so that it may be cleaned up using funding obtained via ASARCO's bankruptcy.{{cite web | url = http://www.newspapertree.com/news/3598-asarco-feds-and-state-propose-52-million-cleanup-agreement-for-el-paso-and-amarillo | title = Asarco, feds and state propose $52 million cleanup agreement for El Paso and Amarillo | accessdate = 2009-07-09 | publisher = Newspaper Tree | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100116132621/http://newspapertree.com/news/3598-asarco-feds-and-state-propose-52-million-cleanup-agreement-for-el-paso-and-amarillo | archivedate = 2010-01-16 }}
Political future
Shapleigh announced on October 16, 2009, that he would not run for re-election in 2010. When asked if he will run for another office, he indicated that he is undecided, though suggested he would not run for Congress.{{cite web|url=http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/21320614/detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150242/www.kfoxtv.com/news/21320614/detail.html|archive-date=2011-07-13|title=Shapleigh Says He Won’t Seek Re-Election In 2010}} State Senator Juan Hinojosa suggested that Shapleigh might run for governor.{{cite web |url=http://www.riograndeguardian.com/rggnews_story.asp?story_no=20 |title=Bi-national innovation conference set for McAllen, Reynosa | RioGrandeGuardian.com | news source for the border |accessdate=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019132341/http://www.riograndeguardian.com/rggnews_story.asp?story_no=20 |archivedate=2013-10-19 }}
Election history
Election history of District 29 from 1992.Uncontested primary elections are not shown.
=Most recent election=
==2006==
{{Election box begin
| title=Texas general election, 2006: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2006 General Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Donald R. “Dee” Margo
| votes = 36,127
| percentage = 41.21
| change = +41.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)
| votes = 51,531
| percentage = 58.79
| change = −41.21
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 15,404
| percentage = 17.57
| change = −82.43
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 87,658
| percentage =
| change = +19.74
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Previous elections=
==2002==
{{Election box begin
| title=Texas general election, 2002: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2002 General Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)
| votes = 73,205
| percentage = 100.00
| change = 0.00
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 73,205
| percentage = 100.00
| change = 0.00
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 73,205
| percentage =
| change = −27.55
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
==2000==
{{Election box begin
| title=Texas general election, 2000: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=2000 General Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh (Incumbent)
| votes = 101,045
| percentage = 100.00
| change = +26.28
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 101,045
| percentage = 100.00
| change = +52.55
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 101,045
| percentage =
| change = −17.11
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
==1996==
{{Election box begin
| title=Texas general election, 1996: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1996 General Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014 }}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Republican Party (US)
| candidate = Randy Berry
| votes = 32,029
| percentage = 26.28
| change = +26.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party= Democratic Party (US)
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh
| votes = 89,868
| percentage = 73.72
| change = −26.28
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 57,839
| percentage = 47.45
| change = −52.55
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 121,897
| percentage =
| change = +89.85
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no party
| title=Democratic primary runoff, 1996: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1996 Democratic Party Primary Runoff Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014}}
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner = ✓
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh
| votes = 24,666
| percentage = 61.82
| change = Change from Primary Election+26.30
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner =
| candidate = Hector Villa
| votes = 15,235
| percentage = 38.18
| change = +18.70
}}
{{Election box majority no party
| votes = 9,431
| percentage = 23.64
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout no party
| votes = 39,901
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin no party
| title=Democratic primary, 1996: Senate District 29{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=1996 Democratic Party Primary Election |accessdate=2007-01-05 |publisher=Office of the Secretary of State (Texas) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062336/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=January 9, 2014}}
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner =
| candidate = Ray Mancera
| votes = 8,672
| percentage = 17.38
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner =
| candidate = Rene Nunez
| votes = 5,758
| percentage = 11.54
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner = ✓
| candidate = Eliot Shapleigh
| votes = 17,723
| percentage = 35.52
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner =
| candidate = Marie Tarvin-Garland
| votes = 8,017
| percentage = 16.07
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party with winner
| winner = ✓
| candidate = Hector Villa
| votes = 9,722
| percentage = 19.49
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout no party
| votes = 49,892
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{election box end}}
Notes
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=9968 Project Vote Smart - Senator Eliot Shapleigh (TX)] profile
- Follow the Money - Eliot Shapleigh
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=81174 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=71833 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=6430 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=52622 2000] campaign contributions
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