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Craig Foster
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Craig Foster is an at-large member on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Board of Education in California. He was elected in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1]
Biography
Foster has a master's degree in elementary education. A district teacher, he serves as President of Advocates for Malibu Public School, is a member of the SMMUSD Financial Oversight Committee and former PTA President and Site Governance Council Chair of Webster Elementary School.[2]
Elections
2014
The election in Santa Monica-Malibu Unified featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
Three at-large incumbents, Oscar de la Torre, Laurie Lieberman and Ralph Mechur ran for re-election. Incumbent Nimish Patel did not run for re-election. The three incumbents who ran faced challengers Patricia Finer, Craig Foster, Dhun May and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein.
Incumbents Oscar de la Torre and Laurie Lieberman and challengers Craig Foster and Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein won the four at-large seats.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Laurie Lieberman Incumbent |
20.8% | 15,247 | |
| Nonpartisan | Craig Foster |
16.5% | 12,126 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein |
16.7% | 12,277 | |
| Nonpartisan | Oscar de la Torre Incumbent |
16.3% | 11,990 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ralph Mechur Incumbent | 15.7% | 11,522 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dhun May | 7% | 5,169 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Finer | 7% | 5,148 | |
| Total Votes | 73,479 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk 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.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[3][4][5]
Endorsements
Foster was endorsed by Advocates for Malibu Public Schools' (AMPS) PAC.[6]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Craig + Foster + Santa + Monica-Malibu + Unified + School + District"
See also
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, California
- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Los Angeles County Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Foster for SMMUSD, "About," accessed October 16, 2014
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Malibu Surfside News, "AMPS announces endorsements for school board," October 13, 2014
