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Joanna Flores
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Joanna Flores is the at-large representative on the Montebello Unified Board of Education in California. She was first elected to the board in the general election on November 3, 2015.[1][2]
Elections
2015
Two of the five seats on the Montebello Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held at large.[3][4] Incumbents Edgar Cisneros and David Vela were up for re-election. They faced challengers Joanna Flores and Nancy Hernandez.[2] Cisneros won re-election, and Flores was elected to the other seat on the board.[1] Hernandez unofficially withdrew from the race in October 2015 due to her pregnancy. Her name did still appear on the ballot.[5][6]
Results
| Montebello Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Edgar Cisneros Incumbent |
33.7% | 4,176 |
| Joanna Flores |
30.9% | 3,828 |
| David Vela Incumbent | 26.7% | 3,317 |
| Nancy Hernandez | 8.7% | 1,083 |
| Total Votes | 12,404 | |
| 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.[7][8][9]
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.[10]
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
Flores received no official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2015
Flores highlighted the following vision on her campaign website:
| “ | Eliminate fiscal waste and mismanagement Cut almost $60 million dollars in wasteful District spending for consultants, travel and conferences, and put our education tax dollars back where it belongs—in our classrooms. Ensure that every penny of our education tax dollars is spent wisely and well.
|
” |
| —Joanna Flores, (2015)[12] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Montebello Unified School District, California
- Montebello 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
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whittier Daily News, "Challenger defeats incumbent in Montebello school board race," November 4, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “Running for Office,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Whittier Daily News, "4 seek 2 seats on Montebello Unified School District Board of Education," October 1, 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 29, 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Joanna Flores for Montebello School Board, "Joanna's Vision," accessed October 29, 2015
| 2015 Montebello Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Edgar Cisneros • Incumbent, David Vela • Joanna Flores • Nancy Hernandez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
