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John Amarel
John Amarel was the Trustee Area 1 representative on the Yuba City Unified Governing Board in California. Amarel lost a re-election bid in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Elections
2016
Three of the seven seats on the Yuba City Unified School District Governing Board were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. The race for the two Trustee Area 1 seats featured incumbent John Amarel and challengers Sean Fetters, Brett Hancock, Heidi Smyth, and Richard Snyder. Fetters and Hancock won the seats. In Trustee Area 2, incumbent Herbert Cooley was defeated by challenger Julie Ann Jackson.[2][3][4][5]
Results
| Yuba City Unified School District, Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Sean Fetters |
30.75% | 11,620 |
| Brett Hancock |
26.27% | 9,927 |
| Heidi Smyth | 19.87% | 7,506 |
| John Amarel Incumbent | 13.64% | 5,153 |
| Richard Snyder | 9.24% | 3,492 |
| Write-in votes | 0.22% | 85 |
| Total Votes | 37,783 | |
| Source: Sutter County Election Department, "Official Presidential General Election Results November 8, 2016," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Sutter County Elections Office did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staff directly requested this information, but the county would not provide the reports.[6]
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | John Amarel |
30.5% | 9,224 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sharman Kobayashi Incumbent |
28.8% | 8,709 | |
| Nonpartisan | Mike Johnston | 24% | 7,268 | |
| Nonpartisan | Zac Repka | 16.4% | 4,957 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 109 | |
| Total Votes | 30,267 | |||
| Source: Sutter County Election Department, "Official 2012 Presidential General Election Results," accessed August 19, 2014 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Sutter County Election Department, "Candidates Contact List," September 2, 2016
- ↑ Appeal-Democrat, "Where local races stand after Friday filing deadline," August 13, 2016
- ↑ Appeal-Democrat, "It’s official: Filing closed for all races," August 18, 2016
- ↑ Sutter County Election Department, "Candidates Contact List," September 2, 2016
- ↑ Sutter County, "Unofficial Presidential General Election Results November 8, 2016," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Paula Smart, Sutter County Elections," October 6, 2016
| 2016 Yuba City Unified School District Elections | |
| Sutter County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, John Amarel • Sean Fetters • Brett Hancock • Heidi Smyth • Richard Snyder Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Herbert Cooley • Julie Ann Jackson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
