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Anthony Perry (California)
Anthony Perry ran for election to the Compton Community College District to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Perry ran for election for an at-large seat of the Compton Unified School District school board in California. On September 1, 2019, the Los Angeles County Superior Court released a judgment canceling the election and ordering new, by-district elections be held beginning in March 2020.[1]
Biography
Anthony Perry lives in Compton, California. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in management. Perry's career experience includes working as a Compton Unified School District instructor from 2011 to 2016. He has served as a basketball coach and volunteer with the City of Compton, as a chairman with the African American Parent Advisory Committee, and he has served with the National Parent Teacher Association.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Compton Community College District Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Andres Ramos defeated Anthony Perry and Skyy Fisher in the general election for Compton Community College District Trustee Area 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andres Ramos (Nonpartisan)  | 52.6 | 2,922 |
 | Anthony Perry (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 1,655 | |
 | Skyy Fisher (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 983 | |
| Total votes: 5,560 | |||
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2020
California State Senate
See also: California State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for California State Senate District 35
Incumbent Steven Bradford defeated Anthony Perry in the general election for California State Senate District 35 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steven Bradford (D) | 72.5 | 234,881 |
| Anthony Perry (American Independent Party of California) | 27.5 | 89,080 | |
| Total votes: 323,961 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 35
Incumbent Steven Bradford and Anthony Perry advanced from the primary for California State Senate District 35 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Bradford (D) | 75.7 | 106,742 |
| ✔ | | Anthony Perry (American Independent Party of California) | 24.3 | 34,253 |
| Total votes: 140,995 | |||
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Compton Unified School District: Area C
See also: Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Compton Unified School District Area C
Incumbent Micah Ali defeated Anthony Perry and Kenneth Clark in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area C on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micah Ali (Nonpartisan) | 50.4 | 963 |
| Anthony Perry (Nonpartisan) | 37.7 | 720 | |
| Kenneth Clark (Nonpartisan) | 11.8 | 226 | ||
| Total votes: 1,909 | |||
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2019
The general election was canceled.
2018
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2018)
General election
General election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 4
Incumbent Sergio Calderon defeated Daniel Cortez, Evelyn Serfozo, and Anthony Perry in the general election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sergio Calderon (Nonpartisan) | 55.9 | 68,181 |
| Daniel Cortez (Nonpartisan) | 19.3 | 23,520 | ||
| Evelyn Serfozo (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 20,998 | ||
| Anthony Perry (Nonpartisan) | 7.6 | 9,236 | |
| Total votes: 121,935 | |||
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2017
Four of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Margie N. Garrett, Alma Taylor-Pleasant, Mae Thomas, and Satra D. Zurita defeated former member Alita Godwin, former candidates Barbara Calhoun, Willie Dewitt Carson, Joseph L. Lewis, and Gregory Pitts, and newcomers Barbara Banks, Rodney Lonnell Curry, Jesse Harris, Ricky Hicks, Mary Jackson-Freeny, Luis Landeros, Anthony Lee Perry, Shawn Poole-Louis, Jonathan Taylor, and Tracy Shawn Wiggins.[3][4]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Mae Thomas Incumbent |
13.50% | 2,654 |
| Satra D. Zurita Incumbent |
12.36% | 2,430 |
| Margie N. Garrett Incumbent |
10.19% | 2,003 |
| Alma Taylor-Pleasant Incumbent |
7.72% | 1,517 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.62% | 1,497 |
| Rodney Lonnell Curry | 6.35% | 1,248 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.20% | 1,218 |
| Jonathan Taylor | 5.95% | 1,169 |
| Alita Godwin | 5.08% | 998 |
| Mary Jackson-Freeny | 4.67% | 918 |
| Barbara Banks | 4.33% | 852 |
| Luis Landeros | 3.90% | 766 |
| Joseph L. Lewis | 2.54% | 500 |
| Shawn Poole-Louis | 2.52% | 496 |
| Willie Dewitt Carson | 2.08% | 408 |
| Tracy Shawn Wiggins | 1.88% | 369 |
| Jesse Harris | 1.27% | 249 |
| Ricky Hicks | 0.97% | 190 |
| Anthony Lee Perry | 0.88% | 172 |
| Total Votes | 19,654 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[5][6][7]
Endorsements
Perry was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[8]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anthony Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
California State Senate
Anthony Perry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Perry's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- End homelessness
- Jobs for all
- Quality education
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Compton Unified School District: Area C
Anthony Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Anthony Perry completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Perry's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- People over party
- Pro- Choice
- Pro- Taxpayer
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Anthony Perry did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Ballotpedia survey responses
Anthony Perry participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of school board candidates.[9] In response to the question "What do you hope to achieve if elected to the school board?" the candidate stated on October 12, 2017:
| “ | To increase attendance, enrollment and the high school graduation rate.[10][11] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues based on how they should be prioritized by the school board, with 1 being the most important and 7 being the least important. Each ranking could only be used once.
| Education policy |
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| Education on the ballot |
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Improving post-secondary readiness | |
| Closing the achievement gap | |
| Improving relations with teachers | |
| Improving education for special needs students | |
| Balancing or maintaining the district's budget | |
| Expanding arts education | |
| Expanding school choice options | |
| “ | Preparing our kids with the knowledge to be self-proficient after graduation is the main goal.[11] | ” |
| —Anthony Perry (October 12, 2017) | ||
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer eight questions from Ballotpedia regarding significant issues in education and the school district. The questions are highlighted in blue and followed by the candidate's responses. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions. The candidate was also provided space to elaborate on their answers to the multiple choice questions.
| Should new charter schools be approved in your district? (Not all school boards are empowered to approve charter schools. In those cases, the candidate was directed to answer the question as if the school board were able to do so.) |
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| No. The current school board in my district is failing with the current schools that are in place. |
| Which statement best describes the ideal relationship between the state government and the school board? The state should always defer to school board decisions, defer to school board decisions in most cases, be involved in the district routinely or only intervene in severe cases of misconduct or mismanagement. |
| The state should be involved in the district routinely. |
| Are standardized tests an accurate metric of student achievement? |
| Yes. It also depends on what the standards are in the school district. |
| How should the district handle underperforming teachers? Terminate their contract before any damage is done to students, offer additional training options, put them on a probationary period while they seek to improve or set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district? |
| Set up a mentorship program for the underperforming teacher with a more experienced teacher in the district. |
| Should teachers receive merit pay? |
| Yes. Teachers should be rewarded for exceeding goals and expectations. |
| Should the state give money to private schools through a voucher system or scholarship program? |
| No. Most private schools have a different set of standards. These standards usually have exceptions to change or modify programs that they see fit without state approval. |
| How should expulsion be used in the district? |
| When all other others have been explored. Expulsion is the last resort. |
| What's the most important factor for success in the classroom: student-teacher ratio, the curriculum, teachers, parent involvement or school administration? |
| Parent involvement. When parents are involved students generally do better in school. Teachers can't do it all by themselves. Parents must make sure their kids are studying at home and providing an environment that supports doing well in school. |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Compton Community College District Trustee Area 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Establishment of Board-Districts (Trustee Areas) Pursuant to the CVRA," accessed November 11, 2019
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Campaign Director Candace Evans," September 1, 2020
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 7, 2017 General Election," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia School Board Candidate Survey, 2017, "Anthony Perry's responses," October 12, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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