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Jim Cartmill
Jim Cartmill was a candidate for the Trustee Area 3 seat on the Sweetwater Board of Education in the California general election on November 4, 2014. Jim Cartmill lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Elections
2014
The election in Sweetwater featured five seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. There was no primary election.
The only sitting incumbent at the time of the election, former board president John McCann, did not file to run for re-election, but former members Bertha J. Lopez and Jim Cartmill, both of whom pleaded guilty to misdemeanors of accepting gifts above the state limit while serving on the school board, ran to reclaim their seats. A total of 21 candidates ran for the five open seats.
In Trustee Area 1, Arturo Solis won the election. Kevin J. Pike defeated former member Lopez as well as three other challengers to win election to Trustee Area 2. Cartmill was also defeated. His former seat representing Trustee Area 3 was won by Frank A. Tarantino. Newcomers Nicholas Segura and Paula Hall won election to the Trustee Area 4 and 5 seats, respectively.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan |  Frank A. Tarantino |
35.7% | 4,560 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard F. Arroyo | 23.1% | 2,948 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Cartmill | 20.6% | 2,638 | |
| Nonpartisan | Chris Shilling | 20.6% | 2,631 | |
| Total Votes | 12,777 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "Gubernatorial General Election Tuesday, November 4, 2014," accessed January 2, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Cartmill reported $6,242.00 in contributions and $5,834.35 in expenditures to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. In addition to his reported $20.82 cash balance, that left him with $658.47 cash on hand as of September 30, 2014.[1]
2010
| Sweetwater Union High School District, Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Cartmill Incumbent |
54% | 43,759 | |
| Nonpartisan | Karen Janney | 46% | 37,219 | |
| Total Votes | 80,978 | |||
| Source: San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "November 2, 2010, Official Results," accessed October 17, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2014
Cartmill outlined the following platform on his campaign website:
| “ | Maximizing Academic Achievement
Financial Accountability – Protecting Taxpayer Dollars
Safe Schools
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” |
| —Jim Cartmill's campaign website (2014)[3] | ||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jim + Cartmill + Sweetwater + School + District"
See also
- Sweetwater Union High School District, California
- Sweetwater Union High School District elections (2014)
- Arlie Ricasa, Jim Cartmill and John McCann recall, Sweetwater, California (2012)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ San Diego County Registrar of Voters, "FRIENDS OF JIM CARTMILL SWEETWATER UNION HIGH DISTRICT AREA 3 2014-460 Recipient Committee Campaign Statement," October 6, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Elect Jim Cartmill, "Platform," accessed October 23, 2014
