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Cindy Marks
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Cindy Marks is the Trustee Area 1 representative on the Modesto City Schools school board in California. First elected in 1997, Marks sought another term in the general election that was scheduled to be held on November 7, 2017. Due to lack of opposition, however, the election was canceled. Marks won re-election by default.[1]
Marks was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 12 of the California State Assembly. She was defeated in the primary election on June 7, 2016.
Biography
Marks has served on the Youth Action Commission of Stanislaus County Board of Directors, the California School Board Association Board of Directors, and the City Ministry Network Board of Directors. She and her husband have three sons.[2]
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.[1][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 Cindy Marks was re-elected to another term by default.[1]
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.
2016
Elections for the California State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 25, 2016, for candidates filing with signatures. The deadline for candidates using a filing fee to qualify was March 11, 2016.[6] Incumbent Kristin Olsen (R) did not seek re-election.
Heath Flora defeated Ken Vogel in the California State Assembly District 12 general election.[7][8]
| California State Assembly, District 12 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Heath Flora |
52.32% | 81,680 | |
| Republican | Ken Vogel | 47.68% | 74,433 | |
| Total Votes | 156,113 | |||
| Source: California Secretary of State | ||||
Ken Vogel and Heath Flora defeated Virginia Madueno, Harinder Grewal and Cindy Marks in the California State Assembly District 12 Blanket primary.[9][10]
| California State Assembly, District 12 Blanket Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Ken Vogel |
25.58% | 23,678 | |
| Republican | Heath Flora |
23.21% | 21,484 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Madueno | 21.35% | 19,764 | |
| Democratic | Harinder Grewal | 18.63% | 17,245 | |
| Republican | Cindy Marks | 11.23% | 10,397 | |
| Total Votes | 92,568 | |||
2013
- See also: Modesto City Schools elections (2013)
On November 5, 2013, Sue Zwahlen, Cindy Marks, David Allan, and Ruben A. Villalobos defeated two challenging candidates for four seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education.[11]
Results
| Modesto City Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Sue Zwahlen |
22.4% | 18,004 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cindy Marks Incumbent |
18.4% | 14,747 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ruben A. Villalobos Incumbent |
16.6% | 13,296 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Allan |
16.3% | 13,124 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brett McBay | 14.7% | 11,819 | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Scheid | 11.6% | 9,348 | |
| Total Votes | 80,338 | |||
| Source: Stanislaus County Elections:, "Governing Board Member; Modesto City Schools" accessed December 13, 2013 | ||||
Funding
The Stanislaus County Clerk Recorder's Office 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
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Marks in the election.
2009
On November 3, 2009, four seats on the Modesto City Schools Board of Education were up for election. Sue Zwahlen, Cindy Marks, Ruben A. Villalobos, and Nancy C. (Novak) Cline defeated five challengers.
| Monterey City Schools Board of Eduction, At-large General Election, 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Sue Zwahlen |
16.9% | 14,228 | |
| Nonpartisan | Cindy Marks |
13.5% | 11,369 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ruben A. Villalobos |
12.8% | 10,770 | |
| Nonpartisan | Nancy C. (Novak) Cline |
12.1% | 10,169 | |
| Nonpartisan | Solange G. Altman | 10.9% | 9,206 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Standart | 10.5% | 8,871 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steve Collins | 9.6% | 8,090 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joshua Vander Veen | 7.6% | 6,389 | |
| Nonpartisan | Belinda Rolicheck | 6.3% | 5,291 | |
| Total Votes | 84,383 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Modesto City Schools Voter Information" accessed September 24, 2013 | ||||
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See also
- Modesto City Schools, California
- Modesto City Schools elections (2017)
- Modesto City Schools elections (2013)
- California State Assembly
- California State Assembly District 12
- California State Assembly elections, 2016
- California State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stanislaus County Registrar of Voters, "Consolidated District Election - Tuesday, November 7, 2017: Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Modesto Bee, "Meet the Candidate: Cindy Marks, Modesto City Schools Board of Education," accessed October 4, 2013
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Stephanie Lopez, Modesto City Clerk," August 14, 2017
- ↑ 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
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Key Dates and Deadlines," accessed April 18, 2017
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for the November 8, 2016, General Election," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "2016 General Election results," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Statement of Vote," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ SmartVoter.org, "Board Member; Modesto City Schools; Full Term Voter Information" accessed October 4, 2013
| 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 |
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