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Jessica Vargas-Alvarez
Jessica Vargas-Alvarez was a candidate for District 2 representative on the Long Beach Unified Board of Education in California. The general election was held on April 12, 2016.[1] She lost the election.[2]
Biography
Vargas-Alvarez is a school community organizer.[1]
Elections
2016
Two of the five seats on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on April 12, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District 2, Incumbent Felton Williams defeated challenger Jessica Vargas-Alvarez. In District 4, incumbent Jon Meyer defeated challenger Rosi Pedersen.[1][2]
Results
| Long Beach Unified School District, District 2 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Felton Williams Incumbent |
68.30% | 3,158 |
| Jessica Vargas-Alvarez | 31.70% | 1,466 |
| Total Votes | 4,624 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Cumulative Report - Official: Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016," accessed April 28, 2016 | ||
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 was targeting summer 2016 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free through their new system. From that point forward, Ballotpedia planned to begin including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.
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
Vargas-Alvarez was endorsed by a number of community leaders.[3] A list of her supporters can be found here.
Campaign themes
2016
Candidate statement
The following video shows Vargas-Alvarez outlining her campaign statement with PADNET.tv.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Long Beach City Prim. Nom., Lbusd & Lbccd Election - 4/12/2016," accessed January 19, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 City of Long Beach, "Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016 Unofficial Results," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ Jessica Vargas Alvarez for LBUSD Governing Board Area 2, "Support," accessed April 11, 2016
| 2016 Long Beach Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 12, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Felton Williams • Jessica Vargas-Alvarez District 4: • Incumbent, Jon Meyer • Rosi Pedersen |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
