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Dom Payne

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Dom Payne
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Prior offices
Gilroy Unified Board of Education At-large

Education

High school

Merced Adult School

Associate

Gavilan College

Bachelor's

University of California, Santa Cruz

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Dom Payne was an at-large member of the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board on November 2, 2010, and served until 2014.

Payne faced three fellow incumbents and two challengers in his bid for re-election to one of four at-large seats on November 4, 2014.[1] Dom Payne lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

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Payne works as an instructor at Gavilan College, teaching ESL and personal and professional development. He earned his associate degree in Spanish from Gavilan College and his bachelor's degree in modern and global literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz.[2][3]

Elections

2014

See also: Gilroy Unified School District elections (2014)

Four at-large seats on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents Dom Payne, Patricia Midtgaard, Tom Bundros and P. Jaime Rosso ran against challengers Heather Bass and Linda Piceno. Rosso and Midtgaard won their bids for re-election, but Payne and Bundros were defeated by Piceno and Bass.

Results

Gilroy Unified School District,
At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Piceno 19.4% 5,563
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngP. Jaime Rosso Incumbent 18.2% 5,232
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia Midtgaard Incumbent 17% 4,886
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Bass 17.7% 5,077
     Nonpartisan Tom Bundros Incumbent 16.4% 4,712
     Nonpartisan Dom Payne Incumbent 11.2% 3,224
Total Votes 28,694
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Official Final Results," accessed December 22, 2014

Funding

Payne had not reported any contributions or expenditures for his 2014 campaign to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters as of October 26, 2014.[4]

Endorsements

Payne received endorsements from the following organizations and state officials:[5][6][7]

Payne also received endorsements from local elected officials, community leaders and school board members, including Gilroy Unified Board of Education members James Pace and Fred Tovar.[7] A list of his supporters can be found here.

2010

Fullerton School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngP. Jaime Rosso 24.8% 7,289
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngDom Payne 19.2% 5,626
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngFrancisco Dominguez Incumbent 18.9% 5,564
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngTom Bundros Incumbent 18.9% 5,552
     Nonpartisan Denise Apuzzo Incumbent 18.2% 5,339
Total Votes 29,370
Source: Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "November 2, 2010, Gubernatorial General Election Final Results," accessed October 1, 2014

Campaign themes

2014

Payne highlighted the following philosophy on his campaign website:

Tomorrow's Education Today.

My motto is based on a philosophy that our best days in education are to come. The ever changing world of technology has greatly impacted society as a whole, and education in particular. There are positives and negatives as a result of the rapid changes we struggle to keep up with, but I believe if we embrace technology, with the pragmatic understanding that it has permeated our lives because it is here to stay; we can achieve great things in education.
​ Together we can use technology in education like any other tool, for what it does to improve our lives. In understanding its potential use, we can deter the possible negative impact that any tool can produce. Technology has always existed at our disposal; from the first stone tools, to fire, to the locomotive, and to nuclear energy. It has also always had the potential to do harm, yet we have ultimately used it more for the benefit of humanity. I believe we can continue to do so with education, and our future can truly be a bright one if we make it our collective goal.[8]

—Dom Payne's campaign website (2014)[9]


Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes