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Heather Bass
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Heather Bass is an at-large member on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education in California. She was first elected to the board on November 4, 2014.
She ran against four incumbents and one fellow candidate in the general election on November 4, 2014.[1] Heather Bass won the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Bass was born and raised in Gilroy, California. She works as a special education teacher for the Santa Clara County Office of Education at the Gateway School.[2]
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
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Linda Piceno |
19.4% | 5,563 | |
| Nonpartisan | P. Jaime Rosso Incumbent |
18.2% | 5,232 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Midtgaard Incumbent |
17% | 4,886 | |
| Nonpartisan | Heather 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
Bass filed Form 470 with the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, indicating she did not intend to raise or spend more than $1,000 for her 2014 campaign. Because of this, Bass did not have to file any additional campaign finance reports.[3]
Endorsements
Bass received endorsements from the Gilroy Teachers Association, the California School Employees Association and the community organization Evolve.[4][5]
Campaign themes
2014
The Gilroy Dispatch asked the candidates running in the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education 2014 election the following question:[2]
| “ | Where is the district is headed in the next four years?[6] | ” |
Bass gave the following answer:[2]
| “ | Gilroy is adopting Common Core and on its way to defining how to teach these new standards. Gilroy has expanded special education with many new hires in the ranks. The board is going to be faced with issues important to teachers, and it is in the interest of our community that we retain our good teachers. The board can make effective decisions to support teachers and enable them to continue serving children in our community.[6] | ” |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Heather + Bass + Gilroy + Unified + School + District"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List Gubernatorial General Election," accessed August 14, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gilroy Dispatch, "Four seats, six candidates for GUSD board," August 21, 2014
- ↑ Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters, "Viewing filing activity for Bass, Heather," accessed October 26, 2014
- ↑ Voter's Edge, "Board Member - Gilroy Unified School District: Heather R Bass," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 04, 2014 Election," accessed October 28, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2014 Gilroy Unified School District Elections | |
| Santa Clara County, California | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Tom Bundros • Incumbent, Patricia Midtgaard • Incumbent, Dom Payne • Incumbent, Jaime Rosso • Heather Bass • Linda Piceno |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
