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Debbie Cuadros
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Debbie Cuadros is an at-large representative on the Bellflower Unified Board of Education. She was first elected to the board in November 2011.[1] Cuadros sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2] Cuadros successfully won another term on the board.[3]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Two of the five seats on the Bellflower Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[4]
Incumbents Debbie Cuadros and Jerry Cleveland ran for re-election. They faced challengers John Coleman and Ole Nervik for the two seats.[1][2] Both incumbents won re-election.[3]
Results
| Bellflower Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Debbie Cuadros Incumbent |
32.5% | 1,378 |
| Jerry Cleveland Incumbent |
29.3% | 1,243 |
| John Coleman | 20.9% | 884 |
| Ole Nervik | 17.3% | 732 |
| Total Votes | 4,237 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 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.[5][6][7]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[8]
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
Cuadros received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[9]
- Greater Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D)
- U.S. Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (D)
- State Sen. Tony Mendoza (D)
- State Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D)
- Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe
- Bellflower Unified School Board member Jerry Cleveland
- Bellflower Unified School Board member Paul Helzer
- Bellflower Unified School Board member Souraya El Hessen
- Bellflower Unified School Board member Laura Sanchez-Ramirez
Cuadros also received endorsements from a number of local officials and community members.[9] A list of her supporters can be found here.
2011
| Bellflower Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jerry Cleveland Incumbent |
21.8% | 1,136 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debbie Cuadros |
20.4% | 1,061 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jerry Trautman | 15.8% | 821 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Downing | 15.5% | 805 | |
| Nonpartisan | Alejandro "Alex" Salazar | 14.6% | 762 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sean H. Bookout | 12% | 625 | |
| Total Votes | 5,210 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Bellflower Unified School District Voter Information," accessed September 6, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Cuadros highlighted the following platform on her campaign website:
| “ | Dear Neighbor,
I am seeking your support to fulfill my promise of making Bellflower Unified School District the best in California. Over my first term, I have put actions behind my words to build better schools for students, teachers, parents and our community. Under my leadership, I helped revitalize our schools by providing more choices and opportunities in the areas of technology, personalized learning, parental involvement and career readiness. In support of greater transparency and in an effort to increase parent engagement, I have worked to increase the availability of information by holding community "Coffee with Cuadros" events. We have increased District-wide communication via news releases, and added more content to our District website and School News. I will continue to seek more with the goal of providing more opportunities for parent and community involvement. If re-elected, I promise to build on our achievements to support our standard of excellence and successful learning. We must continue to support our outstanding teachers, principals, staff and volunteers. These investments will create pathways to success for our students and make them college and career ready in a 21st century economy. School District Accomplishments:
Background:
Vote for Debbie Cuadros![10] |
” |
| —Debbie Cuadros (2015)[11] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Bellflower Unified School District, California
- Bellflower Unified School District elections (2015)
- Incumbency no guarantee of success in Nov. 3 school board elections (November 6, 2015)
- What happened in Nov.'s top board elections? (November 4, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bellflower Unified School District, "BUSD School Board, 2014-2015," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 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
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Debbie Cuadros, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Debbie Cuadros, "Platform," accessed October 27, 2015
| 2015 Bellflower Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Jerry Cleveland • Incumbent, Debbie Cuadros • John Coleman • Ole Nervik |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
