Bennett Kayser
Bennett Kayser was a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District in California, representing District 5. Kayser assumed office in 2011. Kayser left office in 2015.
Kayser ran in a special election to the Los Angeles Unified School District to represent District 5 in California. Kayser did not appear on the ballot for the special general election on March 5, 2019.
Kayser represented District 5 on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board in the spring of 2011, and he served through June 2015.[2]
Kayser ran for re-election against two challengers in the primary election on March 3, 2015. No candidate received 50 percent of the votes cast in the primary election, so the top two vote-getters, Kayser and Ref Rodriguez, advanced to the general election on May 19, 2015.[3][4][5][6] Kayser was defeated in the general election by Rodriguez.[7]
Biography
Kayser worked as both a teacher and a technology coordinator in the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1997 to 2009. Prior to that, he worked as the director of information technology for the Pasadena Unified School District. From 1997 to 1999, Kayser represented the 13th City Council District on the Elected Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, which re-wrote the Los Angeles City Constitution. He has also been involved with the Echo Park Historical Society, the Citizen’s Committee to Save Elysian Park, the Echo Park Improvement Association, the Echo Park Security Association and the Echo Park Chamber of Commerce.[8][9]
Kayser earned his bachelor's degree in zoology from California State University at Long Beach and his master's degree in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He also attained a Lifetime California Teaching Credential. Kayser and his wife have lived in Los Angeles for over 40 years. They have two children who attended and graduated from the Los Angeles Unified School District.[10][11]
Elections
2019
See also: Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2019)
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5
Jackie Goldberg defeated Heather Repenning in the special general runoff election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5 on May 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jackie Goldberg (Nonpartisan) | 71.3 | 20,552 |
 | Heather Repenning (Nonpartisan)  | 28.7 | 8,253 | |
| Total votes: 28,805 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education District 5 on March 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jackie Goldberg (Nonpartisan) | 48.2 | 15,935 |
| ✔ | | Heather Repenning (Nonpartisan) | 13.1 | 4,341 |
 | Graciela Ortiz (Nonpartisan) | 13.0 | 4,310 | |
| Cynthia Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 9.8 | 3,230 | ||
 | Allison Greenwood Bajracharya (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 1,986 | |
| Ana Cubas (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 1,145 | ||
 | David Valdez (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 678 | |
| Rocío Rivas (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 545 | ||
 | Salvador Sanchez (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 522 | |
 | Nestor Enrique Valencia (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 382 | |
| Total votes: 33,074 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bennett Kayser (Nonpartisan)
- Fidencio Gallardo (Nonpartisan)
- Eduardo Cisneros (Nonpartisan)
- Erika Alvarez (Nonpartisan)
- Scott Cody (Nonpartisan)
- Justine Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)
- James O'Gabhann III (Nonpartisan)
- Laura Garza (Nonpartisan)
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 3, 2015. Only one candidate, unopposed District 1 incumbent George J. McKenna III, received more than 50 percent of the votes cast in the primary. Because of this, he won his seat outright, and the top two vote-getters in Districts 3, 5 and 7 advanced to the general election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Tamar Galatzan, Bennett Kayser and Richard A. Vladovic from Districts 3, 5 and 7, respectively, received enough votes to advance to the general election. They each faced at least two challengers in the primary. In District 3, Galatzan faced five challengers, Elizabeth Badger Bartels, Filiberto Gonzalez, Ankur Patel, Carl J. Petersen and Scott Mark Schmerelson. She and Schmerelson faced each other again in the general election. Kayser and challenger Ref Rodriguez defeated challenger Andrew Thomas to continue on to the District 5 general election. In the District 7 primary, Vladovic ran against challengers Euna Anderson and Lydia Gutierrez. Gutierrez received enough votes to advance to the general election with Vladovic.
In the general election, both Galatzan and Kayser were unseated by their challengers. Schmerelson won the District 3 seat, and Rodriguez was elected to the District 5 seat. In District 7, Vladovic defeated Gutierrez to secure another term on the board.
Results
General election
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Ref Rodriguez |
53.3% | 14,201 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bennett Kayser Incumbent | 46.7% | 12,421 | |
| Total Votes | 26,622 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk, "Certified Final Bulletin," accessed May 28, 2015 | ||||
Primary election
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 5 Primary Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Ref Rodriguez |
38.6% | 10,355 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bennett Kayser Incumbent |
35.5% | 9,510 | |
| Nonpartisan | Andrew Thomas | 25.9% | 6,946 | |
| Total Votes | 26,811 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Primary Nominating Election: Official Election Results," accessed March 23, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Kayser reported $193,929.35 in contributions and $205,957.65 in expenditures to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which left his campaign with $9,931.58 as of May 13, 2015.[12]
Endorsements
Kayser received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[13][14][15][16][17]
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- United Teachers Los Angeles
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- California School Employees Association (CSEA) Local 500
- Los Angeles School Police Officers Association (LASPOA)
- Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project, Los Angeles County
- AALA
- Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D)
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D)
- California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
- Assembly Member Miguel Santiago (D)
- Assembly Member Anthony Rendon (D)
- Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Steve Zimmer
- Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Monica Ratliff
- Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Dr. George McKenna
He also received endorsements from community organizations, city council members, other school board members and community members. A full list of his supporters can be found here.[16]
2011
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | BENNETT KAYSER |
51.4% | 10,741 | |
| Nonpartisan | LUIS SANCHEZ | 48.6% | 10,139 | |
| Total Votes | 20,880 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "General Municipal Election, Official Election Results," accessed January 14, 2015 | ||||
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 5 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | LUIS SÁNCHEZ |
45.1% | 11,136 | |
| Nonpartisan | BENNETT KAYSER |
39.2% | 9,673 | |
| Nonpartisan | JOHN FERNANDEZ | 15.7% | 3,883 | |
| Total Votes | 24,692 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Primary Nominating & Consolidated Election, Official Election Results," accessed January 14, 2015 | ||||
See also
- Los Angeles Unified School District, California
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2019)
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2015)
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, "2019 LAUSD District 5 Candidates Declaration of Intention," November 13, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "General Municipal Election, Official Election Results," accessed January 14, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "General Information for Candidates, Los Angeles City Elections, 2015," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "2015 Primary Nominating Election Candidates," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ Smart Voter, “Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 5 Voter Information,” accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, “Election Night Results (Unofficial), March 3, 2015,” accessed March 4, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, "Election Night Results (Unofficial)," accessed May 20, 2015
- ↑ Re-Elect Bennett Kayser for School Board Facebook page, "About," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Unified School District, "Bennett Kayser - LAUSD Board Member," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Smart Voter, "Bennett S Kayser: Candidate for Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 5," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Re-elect Bennett Kayser for School Board 2015, "About," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2015 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed May 18, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ United Teachers Los Angeles, "Election Information: March 3, 2015 Primary Election," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Re-elect Bennett Kayser for School Board 2015, "Endorsements," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ LA School Report, "A quick look at who’s endorsing whom for LAUSD board," February 9, 2015
| Los Angeles Unified School District elections in 2019 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | March 5, 2019 |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
| 2015 Los Angeles Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary election - March 3, 2015 General election - May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, George J. McKenna III District 3: • Incumbent, Tamar Galatzan • Elizabeth Badger Bartels • Filiberto Gonzalez • Ankur Patel • Carl J. Petersen • Scott Mark Schmerelson District 5: • Incumbent, Bennett Kayser • Ref Rodriguez • Andrew Thomas District 7: • Incumbent, Richard A. Vladovic • Euna Anderson • Lydia Gutierrez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
