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Brooke Ashjian

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Brooke Ashjian
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Prior offices
Fresno Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Area 7

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Brooke Ashjian represented Trustee Area 7 on the Fresno Unified School District Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board on November 4, 2014.[1] Ashjian did not file to run for re-election in 2018.

Biography

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Ashjian owns a number of businesses in the Fresno community. He has served on the Executive Sequoia Council of the Boy Scouts of America and on the Mayor's Business Friendly Fresno Task Force. He has also served as president of the Marjaree Mason Center, as treasurer of the Ararat Cemetery board and as a board member of the Fresno Heart Hospital. Ashjian and his wife have four children.[2][3]

Elections

2014

See also: Fresno Unified School District elections (2014)

Four seats on the Fresno Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. In the Trustee Area 1 race, incumbent Cal Johnson faced three challengers, Debbie J. Darden, Christiansen L. Flemming and Charles Watkins "Muhammad", and won his bid for re-election. Trustee Area 3 incumbent Valerie Florentino Davis ran against one challenger, Esmeralda Diaz. Davis also won her bid for re-election. In Trustee Area 4, incumbent Christopher de la Cerda ran unopposed and won re-election by default. No incumbents filed to run for the Trustee Area 7 seat, leaving the race to candidates Brooke Ashjian and Ruben V. Martinez. Ashjian defeated Martinez to win a seat on the board.

Results

Fresno Unified School District,
Trustee Area 7 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBrooke Ashjian 83.8% 11,092
     Nonpartisan Ruben V. Martinez 15.7% 2,082
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 55
Total Votes 13,229
Source: Fresno County Registrar of Voters, "November 4, 2014 Statewide General Election, Official Final Summary Report," accessed December 22, 2014

Funding

Ashjian reported $28,689.40 in total contributions and $22,468.63 in total expenditures to the Fresno County Registrar of Voters as of October 18, 2014, leaving his campaign with $6,220.77 cash on hand.[4]

Endorsements

Ashjian received endorsements from the Fresno Bee and the Fresno Teachers Association.[5][6] Ashjian also received endorsements from several law enforcement officials, community members and local leaders, including former Fresno Unified Board of Education member from Trustee Area 7 Michelle Asadoorian, who did not file to run for re-election in 2014.[7] A list of his supporters can be found here.

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