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Cecilia Aguinaga
Cecilia Aguinaga ran for election to the Santa Ana Unified Board of Education in California. Aguinaga lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Santa Ana Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carolyn Torres (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 34,452 |
| ✔ |  | Rigo Rodriguez (Nonpartisan) | 21.8 | 29,406 |
| ✔ |  | Alfonso Alvarez (Nonpartisan) | 16.9 | 22,790 |
| Judith Carrillo (Nonpartisan) | 13.2 | 17,762 | ||
| Oscar Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 15,731 | ||
 | Cecilia Aguinaga (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 14,548 | |
| Total votes: 134,689 | |||
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2019
See also: Santa Ana Unified School District, California, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education
Carolyn Torres defeated David Benavides, Gisela Contreras, and Cecilia Aguinaga in the general election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carolyn Torres (Nonpartisan) | 46.9 | 4,924 |
 | David Benavides (Nonpartisan) | 30.7 | 3,226 | |
 | Gisela Contreras (Nonpartisan) | 13.4 | 1,406 | |
| Cecilia Aguinaga (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 937 | |
| Total votes: 10,493 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education (2 seats)
Incumbent Valerie Amezcua and incumbent John Palacio defeated Angie Rosario Cano, Arturo Pedroza, and Cecilia Aguinaga in the general election for Santa Ana Unified Board of Education on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Valerie Amezcua (Nonpartisan) | 30.1 | 21,001 |
| ✔ |  | John Palacio (Nonpartisan) | 26.5 | 18,500 |
 | Angie Rosario Cano (Nonpartisan) | 18.7 | 13,057 | |
 | Arturo Pedroza (Nonpartisan) | 16.1 | 11,223 | |
| Cecilia Aguinaga (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 5,914 | |
| Total votes: 69,695 | |||
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2016
| Rancho Santiago Community College District, District 5 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Claudia Alvarez Incumbent |
42.59% | 8,082 |
| Steven Nguyen | 36.48% | 6,923 |
| Cecilia Aguinaga | 20.93% | 3,973 |
| Total Votes | 18,978 | |
| Source: Orange County, "2016 General Election Unofficial Results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
2014
The election in Santa Ana Unified featured two seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
John Palacio was the only incumbent running for re-election. Palacio and Valerie Amezcua won the two available seats by defeating challengers Everlena Oliver, Cecilia Aguinaga, Shuntele Andrews, Rico Rodriguez, Angie Rosario Cano and Mike Dalati.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Palacio Incumbent |
25.1% | 10,582 | |
| Nonpartisan | Valerie Amezcua |
14.7% | 6,203 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shuntele Andrews | 13.1% | 5,537 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rico Rodriguez | 12.6% | 5,320 | |
| Nonpartisan | Angie Rosario Cano | 11.4% | 4,785 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cecilia Aguinaga | 8.8% | 3,696 | |
| Nonpartisan | Everlena Oliver | 7.3% | 3,071 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Dalati | 7% | 2,931 | |
| Total Votes | 42,125 | |||
| Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results for Election ," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cecilia Aguinaga did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Cecilia Aguinaga did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Santa Ana Unified School District
- Rancho Santiago Community College District
- Campaign website
Footnotes
