Charlene Tabet
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Charlene Tabet is an at-large representative on the Burbank Unified School District Board of Education in California. First elected in 2013, Tabet won a new term in the at-large primary election on February 28, 2017.
Biography
Tabet graduated from the Burbank Unified School District. She attended Pasadena City College and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Southern California. A former teacher, Tabet served on the PTA of Jefferson Elementary School, Muir Middle School, and Burbank High School. She has also served with the Burbank Athletic Federation, the Burbank Vikings Tackle Football and Cheer program, the Burbank Chapter of the National Charity League, Inc., BTAC, Burbank Family Services, Burbank YMCA, and the Boys and Girls Club. Tabet has three children, all of whom graduated from the district.[1][2]
Elections
2017
Two of the five seats on the Burbank Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on February 28, 2017. In their bids for re-election to the board, incumbents Larry Applebaum and Charlene Tabet ran against challenger Steven Frintner.[3] Frintner and Tabet won the two seats outright in the primary election as they received a majority of the votes.[4][5][6][7]
Results
| Burbank Unified School District, At-large Primary Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steven Frintner |
34.50% | 5,745 |
| Charlene Tabet Incumbent |
33.09% | 5,510 |
| Larry Applebaum Incumbent | 32.41% | 5,398 |
| Total Votes | 16,653 | |
| Source: Burbank City Clerk, "Burbank Municipal Primary Election: February 28, 2017 Final Results," accessed March 6, 2017 | ||
Funding
Tabet filed an exemption form detailing she would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, she did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[8]
Endorsements
Tabet was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party.[9]
2013
| Burbank Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Larry Applebaum Incumbent |
32.2% | 5,882 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlene Tabet |
27.2% | 4,967 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Ferguson | 25.3% | 4,616 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Dobson | 15.4% | 2,814 | |
| Total Votes | 18,279 | |||
| Source: Burbank City Clerk's Office, "Final Results are Tabulated for Burbank’s 2013 General Municipal Election," accessed January 13, 2015 | ||||
| Burbank Unified School District, At-Large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Larry Applebaum Incumbent |
27.8% | 4,473 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlene Tabet |
18.8% | 3,026 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Ferguson |
18.7% | 3,013 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Dobson |
17.7% | 2,854 | |
| Nonpartisan | Armond Aghakhanian | 17.1% | 2,749 | |
| Total Votes | 16,115 | |||
| Source: The Burbank Leader, "Aghakhanian fails to move to Burbank school board general election," March 1, 2013 | ||||
See also
External links
- Burbank Unified School District
- Office website
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Twitter account
Footnotes
- ↑ Charlene Tabet for Burbank School Board, "About Charlene Tabet," accessed December 14, 2016
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Three to vie for Burbank Unified school board," December 6, 2016
- ↑ Burbank City Clerk, "City of Burbank 2017 Municipal Elections Public Information List," accessed December 5, 2016
- ↑ Burbank City Clerk, "Burbank Municipal Primary Election: February 28, 2017 Final Results," accessed March 6, 2017
- ↑ Burbank City Clerk, "Candidate's Calendar of Events," accessed December 1, 2016
- ↑ Burbank City Clerk, "Final Results are Tabulated for Burbank’s 2015 Primary Nominating Election," accessed December 1, 2016
- ↑ Burbank Leader, "Frintner, Tabet take lead in race for two seats on Burbank school board," February 28, 2017
- ↑ Burbank City Clerk, "Viewing filing activity for Tabet, Charlene," accessed January 20, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements for Spring 2017 Local Elections," accessed February 2, 2017
| Burbank Unified School District elections in 2017 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary Election: February 28, 2017 • General Election: April 11, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Larry Applebaum • Incumbent, Charlene Tabet • Steven Frintner |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
