Chad Brown (California)
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Chad Brown is the Trustee Area 3 representative on the Modesto City Schools school board in California. Brown was initially appointed to the position in 2016. Brown sought a new term in the general election that was supposed to be held on November 7, 2017. Due to lack of opposition, however, the election was canceled. Brown won re-election by default.[1][2]
Before he was appointed to the board, Brown unsuccessfully ran for a seat. He was defeated in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2017
- See also: Modesto City Schools elections (2017)
Four of the seven seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education in California were up for nonpartisan general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Cindy Marks and Chad Brown ran unopposed for the Trustee Area 1 and 3 seats, respectively. Those races did not appear on the ballot, and the two incumbents won re-election by default. Rickey McGill, Michael Scheid, and Charlene West ran for the open Trustee Area 5 seat, and West won election to the board. The race for the open Trustee Area 7 seat included Matthew Harrington, Adolfo Lopez, and Ryan Schambers, and Lopez won election to the board.[2][3][4]
The 2017 election was the first time the school district used the by-district election method. Prior to 2017, school board members were elected at large.[5]
Results
This election did not appear on the ballot due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Chad Brown was re-elected to another term by default.[2]
Funding
The Stanilaus County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Brown was endorsed by the Modesto Teachers Association.[6]
2015
- See also: Modesto City Schools elections (2015)
Four of the seven seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[7] The election was held at large. Three seats were up for four-year terms, and one seat was up for a two-year term due to an appointment to the board.[8]
Incumbents Steven Grenbeaux and Amy Elliot Neumann ran for re-election to four-year terms. They faced challengers John Walker and Chad Brown. Grenbeaux and Neumann won their bids for re-election, and Walker won the third four-year term on the board.[9] Incumbent Desiree Romo ran unopposed and won re-election to the two-year term.[3]
Results
| Modesto City Schools, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amy Elliot Neumann Incumbent |
31.2% | 15,342 |
| Steven Grenbeaux Incumbent |
24.9% | 12,256 |
| John Walker |
23.0% | 11,307 |
| Chad Brown | 20.9% | 10,263 |
| Total Votes | 49,168 | |
| Source: Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters, "Official Results," accessed November 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters 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.[10]
Endorsements
Brown was endorsed by The Modesto Bee and the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties Central Labor Council.[11][12]
Recent news
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See also
- Modesto City Schools, California
- Modesto City Schools elections (2017)
- Modesto City Schools elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Modesto Bee, "Details emerge as Modesto district picks Chad Brown to fill seat," February 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated District Election - Tuesday, November 7, 2017: Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Stephanie Lopez, Modesto City Clerk," August 14, 2017 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "candidates" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Stanislaus County Elections Office, "Unofficial Results," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Modesto Bee, "Measure F wins approval, gives Modesto schools option to elect by area," June 7, 2016
- ↑ Modesto Teachers Association, "MCS Board Elections," accessed October 25, 2017
- ↑ Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters, “Consolidated District Election Calendar Tuesday, November 3, 2015,” accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Modesto City Schools, "Call and Notice of Board of Education," January 8, 2015
- ↑ Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters, "SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL," accessedNovember 4, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Office of Lee Lundrigan, Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters," December 8, 2015
- ↑ Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties Central Labor Council, "2015 Candidate Endorsements," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ The Modesto Bee, "For Modesto City Schools board, experience counts," October 4, 2015
| Modesto City Schools elections in 2017 | |
| Stanislaus County, California | |
| Election date: | November 7, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Cindy Marks Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Chad Brown Trustee Area 5: • Rickey McGill • Michael Scheid • Charlene West Trustee Area 7: • Matthew Harrington • Adolfo Lopez • Ryan Schambers |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| 2015 Modesto City Schools Elections | |
| Stanislaus County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large (four-year term): • Incumbent, Steven Grenbeaux • Incumbent, Amy Elliot Neumann • John Walker • Chad Brown At-large (two-year term): • Incumbent, Desiree Romo |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
