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Gene Stamm
Gene Stamm was the Area 2 representative on the Merced City Board of Education in California. He served on the board from 1999 to 2016.[1] Stamm lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.[2]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Merced City School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Two of the seats were up for election to four-year terms, and one seat was up for election to a two-year term due to an appointment on the board.[3] Appointed incumbent Michael Crass and challengers Marian Navarro Ledesma and Shane Smith ran for the two-year term in Area 1, and Crass won. In his bid for re-election to Area 2, incumbent Gene Stamm was defeated by challenger Miguel Lopez. The race for the open Area 4 seat featured candidates Emily Langdon and Tom Parker. Langdon was elected to the seat.[2][4]
Results
| Merced City School District, Area 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Miguel Lopez |
59.38% | 2,640 |
| Gene Stamm Incumbent | 40.49% | 1,800 |
| Write-in votes | 0.13% | 6 |
| Total Votes | 4,446 | |
| Source: Merced County, "November 8, 2016 General Election Results," accessed December 12, 2016 | ||
Funding
Stamm reported $3,000.00 in contributions and $2,084.09 in expenditures to the Merced County Elections Office, which left his campaign with $915.91 on hand in the election.[5]
2012
This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Gene Stamm was re-elected by default.[6]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Merced City School District, "Board Members," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Merced County Registrar of Voters, "2016 Presidential General - November 8: Qualified School District Candidates," accessed August 18, 2016
- ↑ Merced Sun-Star, "Open board seat temporarily filled for Merced City school board," May 25, 2016
- ↑ Merced County, "November 8, 2016 General Election Results," accessed December 12, 2016
- ↑ Merced County Elections Office, "Campaign Docs Retrieval: Search By Election," accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ Merced Sun-Star, "Contested school board races in Merced down to one," October 25, 2012
| 2016 Merced City School District Elections | |
| Merced County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Area 1: • Incumbent, Michael Crass • Marian Navarro Ledesma • Shane Smith Area 2: • Incumbent, Gene Stamm • Miguel Lopez Area 4: • Emily Langdon • Tom Parker |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
