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Darius Leevy
Darius Leevy was a candidate for Seat 4 on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education in California. He ran in the general election on April 7, 2015.[1] He was defeated by fellow challenger Margaret Evans.[2]
The Inglewood Unified School District was taken over by the state of California and bailed out of near bankruptcy in September 2012.[3] During the takeover, the district's board of education was stripped of its powers, leaving members in an advisory capacity only.[4]
Biography
Leevy earned his associate degree from West Los Angeles Community College and his bachelor's degree from California State University at Northridge. He has worked as an organizer for the American Federation of Teachers and as a planning commissioner for the city of Inglewood. He has his wife have two children.[5]
Elections
2015
Four of the five seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5 were on the ballot.
Incumbents Rene Talbott, Henry Brown, Graciela Patino and Johnny J. Young representing Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, were up for re-election. Talbott, Brown and Patino were appointed to their seats by Inglewood Unified State Trustee Dr. Don Brann on January 15, 2015, to serve until the election determined the next members.
Margaret Richards-Bowers defeated fellow candidate Dionne Young Faulk for Seat 1, and candidate Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki ran unopposed and won Seat 3.
Incumbents Rene Talbott and Graciela Patino faced challengers Margaret Evans and Darius Leevy for Seat 4. The Seat 5 race featured incumbent Henry C. Brown and challenger D’Artagnan Scorza. All three incumbents were ousted from their seats. Scorza won Seat 5, and Evans won Seat 4 after she defeated Patino in a runoff election on June 16, 2015.
Results
| Inglewood Unified School District, Seat 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Margaret Evans |
46.3% | 2,562 | |
| Nonpartisan | Graciela Patino Incumbent | 23.8% | 1,316 | |
| Nonpartisan | Darius Leevy | 19.5% | 1,079 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rene Talbott Incumbent | 10.3% | 572 | |
| Total Votes | 5,529 | |||
| Source: City of Inglewood, "General Municipal Election Tuesday, April 07, 2015: Official Results," accessed April 28, 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.[6][7][8]
Endorsements
Leevy was endorsed by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.[9][10]
Campaign themes
2015
Leevy highlighted the following statement on his campaign website:
| “ | Dear Neighbor,
Like you, I care about the future of Inglewood’s children, and I am running for a seat on the Inglewood Unified School Board because I believe our schools are in desperate need of some new energy and some new ideas. The long term prosperity of our community rest on ensuring that every child in our community is offered a pathway to academic success, and it’s time we made our schools a priority.[11] |
” |
| —Darius Leevy's campaign website (2015)[12] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Inglewood Unified School District, California
- Inglewood Unified School District elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Inglewood, "Notice of Nominees for Public Office," accessed February 12, 2015
- ↑ City of Inglewood, "General Municipal Election Tuesday, April 07, 2015: Unofficial Results," accessed April 8, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Brown signs bailout for Inglewood schools," September 15, 2012
- ↑ 89.3 KPCC, "Nearly 2 years after state takeover, Inglewood schools still bleeding red ink," May 13, 2014
- ↑ Darius Leevy for Inglewood Unified School District, "About," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Los Angeles Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed April 2, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Darius Leevy for Inglewood Unified School District, "Home," accessed April 2, 2015
| 2015 Inglewood Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Seat 1: • Margaret Richards-Bowers • Dionne Young Faulk Seat 3: • Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki Seat 4: • Incumbent, Graciela Patino • Incumbent, Rene Talbott • Margaret Evans • Darius Leevy Seat 5: • Incumbent, Henry C. Brown • D’Artagnan Scorza |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
