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Compton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)

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Compton Unified School District elections

Filing deadline
December 6, 2019
General election date
March 3, 2020
Enrollment ('17-'18)
23,017 students

Three seats on the Compton Unified School District school board in California were up for general election on March 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was December 6, 2019.

Election procedure changes in 2020

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Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

California modified its absentee/mail-in and in-person voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in ballots were sent to all registered voters in the general election.
  • In-person voting: Counties were authorized to consolidate precincts and defer opening voting centers until the third day before the election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

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Candidates and results

Area C

General election

General election for Compton Unified School District Area C

Incumbent Micah Ali defeated Anthony Perry and Kenneth Clark in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area C on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Micah Ali (Nonpartisan)
 
50.4
 
963
Image of Anthony Perry
Anthony Perry (Nonpartisan)
 
37.7
 
720
Kenneth Clark (Nonpartisan)
 
11.8
 
226

Total votes: 1,909
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Area D

General election

General election for Compton Unified School District Area D

Incumbent Charles Davis defeated Roberto Rodriguez Savedra and Gregory Pitts in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area D on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Charles Davis
Charles Davis (Nonpartisan)
 
39.7
 
963
Image of Roberto Rodriguez Savedra
Roberto Rodriguez Savedra (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
33.7
 
817
Image of Gregory Pitts
Gregory Pitts (Nonpartisan)
 
26.7
 
647

Total votes: 2,427
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Area F

General election

General election for Compton Unified School District Area F

Incumbent Sandra Moss defeated Justin Blakely, Wilson Mays, and Rodney Lonnell Curry in the general election for Compton Unified School District Area F on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sandra Moss
Sandra Moss (Nonpartisan)
 
49.0
 
1,319
Justin Blakely (Nonpartisan)
 
23.5
 
632
Wilson Mays (Nonpartisan)
 
14.3
 
384
Rodney Lonnell Curry (Nonpartisan)
 
13.2
 
356

Total votes: 2,691
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About the district

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The Compton Unified School District is located in Los Angeles, California. The district served 23,017 students during the 2017-2018 school year.[1]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in California. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won California with 61.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 31.6 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, California voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 43.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, California voted Democratic all five times. In 2016, California had 55 electoral votes, which was the most of any state. The 55 electoral votes were 10.2 percent of all 538 available electoral votes and were 20.4 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in California. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 58 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 38.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 66 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Clinton won 11 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 22 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 12.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 14 out of 80 state Assembly districts in California with an average margin of victory of 13 points.


See also

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