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Ellen Cochrane
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Ellen Cochrane was a member of the Sacramento City Unified School District school board in California, representing Trustee Area 2. Cochrane assumed office in 2014. Cochrane left office on December 31, 2018.
Cochrane ran for re-election to the Sacramento City Unified School District school board to represent Trustee Area 2 in California. Cochrane lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
She was first elected to the board in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Cochrane was a 2014 nonpartisan candidate for the city council of Sacramento, California.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Sacramento City Unified School District school board Area 2
Leticia Garcia defeated incumbent Ellen Cochrane and Cecile Nunley in the general election for Sacramento City Unified School District school board Area 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Leticia Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 62.3 | 13,288 | |
 | Ellen Cochrane (Nonpartisan) | 27.1 | 5,778 | |
| Cecile Nunley (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 2,271 | ||
| Total votes: 21,337 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2014
School board
The election in Sacramento City Unified featured four seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
Incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 6 were up for re-election. The Trustee Area 7 seat was also up for election due to a vacancy on the board.
Trustee Area 1 incumbent Jay Hansen won re-election by defeating challengers Anna Molander and Kate Woolley. In the Trustee Area 2 race, incumbent Jeff Cuneo lost his bid for another term to challenger Ellen Cochrane. In Trustee Area 6, Darrel Woo defeated challenger Maria Haro-Sullivan. Newcomer Jessie Ryan won the race for the open Trustee Area 7 seat against Lawson C. Stuart, Ralph Merletti, Jonathan Ronald Tran and Linda Tuttle.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Ellen Cochrane |
57% | 7,620 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Cuneo Incumbent | 42.6% | 5,700 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 57 | |
| Total Votes | 13,377 | |||
| Source: Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections, "Official Results: General Election - November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Funding
The Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.[1]
Endorsements
Cochrane was endorsed by the Sacramento County Democratic Party.[2]
City Council
The city of Sacramento, California held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. Cyril Shah and Jeff Harris advanced past Adam Sartain, Efren Guttierrez, Deane Dana, Rosalyn Van Buren and Ellen Cochrane in the primary election for District 3. Harris defeated Shah in the general election.[3][4][5]
| Sacramento City Council, District 3 General Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jeff Harris |
55.3% | 7,338 | |
| Cyril Shah | 44.4% | 5,893 | |
| Write-in | 0.3% | 41 | |
| Total Votes | 13,272 | ||
| Source: City of Sacramento - 2014 Election Results | |||
| Sacramento City Council, District 3 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jeff Harris |
26.2% | 2,382 | |
| Cyril Shah |
23.6% | 2,152 | |
| Ellen Cochrane | 22.3% | 2,034 | |
| Deane Dana | 9.5% | 866 | |
| Rosalyn Van Buren | 9.2% | 837 | |
| Efren Guttierrez | 5.8% | 524 | |
| Adam Sartain | 3.2% | 293 | |
| Write-in | 0.2% | 20 | |
| Total Votes | 8,271 | ||
| Source: City of Sacramento - 2014 Election Results | |||
See also
- Sacramento City Unified School District, California
- Sacramento City Unified School District elections (2018)
- Sacramento City Unified School District elections (2014)
- Sacramento, California
- Sacramento, California city council elections, 2014
- United States municipal elections, 2014
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Sacramento City Unified School District
- Office website
- Campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ Email submitted to Ballotpedia from the Sacramento County Voter Registration Office on October 27, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ City of Sacramento, "Candidate's Information," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Sacramento County, "2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
