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Gary Hardie Jr.

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Gary Hardie Jr. is a member of the Lynwood Unified School District school board At-large in California. Hardie assumed office in 2015. Hardie's current term ends in 2028.
Hardie ran for re-election to the Lynwood Unified School District school board At-large in California. Hardie won in the general election on November 3, 2015.
Elections
2015
Opposition
Three of the five seats on the Lynwood Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[1][2] Incumbents Briseida Gonzalez and Maria Guadalupe López ran for re-election. They faced three challengers: Gloria Garcia, Linda George and Gary Hardie Jr.[3] López and Gonzalez won their bids for re-election, and Hardie won the open seat.[4] Macralita "Merci" Reynales originally filed to run in this election, but she withdrew from the race.[5]
Results
Lynwood Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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25.1% | 1,465 |
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23.5% | 1,375 |
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23.1% | 1,352 |
Linda George | 18.6% | 1,089 |
Gloria Garcia | 9.6% | 563 |
Total Votes | 5,844 | |
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.[6][7][8]
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.[9]
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
Hardie received endorsements from the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, SEIU Local 99 and the community organization Evolve.[10][11][12][13]
See also
- Lynwood Unified School District, California
- Lynwood 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
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Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections - 11/3/2015," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 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, "Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections: Final List Of Qualified Candidates To Appear On The Ballot," accessed October 28, 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
- ↑ Los Angeles County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, "Endorsements," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ SEIU Local 99, "Making Politics Work for Us: School Board Endorsements for Nov 3 Election," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 27, 2015
2015 Lynwood Unified School District Elections | |
Los Angeles County, California | |
Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Briseida Gonzalez • Incumbent, Maria Guadalupe López • Gloria Garcia • Linda George • Gary Hardie Jr. |
Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |