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John Fox
John Fox was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Vallejo City Unified School District school board in California. Fox was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Vallejo City Unified School District Board of Education were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Two of the seats were up for election to four-year terms, and the third seat was up for election to a two-year term due to an appointment on the board. No incumbents filed to run for the four-year terms, guaranteeing at least two newcomers were elected to the board. The race for the two open seats featured candidates Melissa Bandong Bowman, Susan Burton, John Fox, Marianne Kearney-Brown, Bob Lawson, Jeanette McCree-Goudeau, and Chidale O'Hara. Kearney-Brown and Lawson won election to the seats. In his bid for re-election to a two-year term, incumbent Ruscal Cayangyang defeated challenger Hazel Wilson.[1][2][3]
Results
| Vallejo City Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Marianne Kearney-Brown |
25.82% | 17,807 |
| Bob Lawson |
20.06% | 13,833 |
| John Fox | 18.70% | 12,895 |
| Melissa Bandong Bowman | 11.34% | 7,821 |
| Jeanette McCree-Goudeau | 9.85% | 6,791 |
| Chidale O'Hara | 8.23% | 5,678 |
| Susan Burton | 5.72% | 3,943 |
| Write-in votes | 0.28% | 196 |
| Total Votes | 68,964 | |
| Source: Solano County Registrar of Voters, "Final Official Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Solano County Registrar of Voters did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staff directly requested this information, but the county did not provide it.
Endorsements
Fox was endorsed by the Democratic Party of Solano County.[4]
Recent news
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See also
- Vallejo City Unified School District, California
- Vallejo City Unified School District elections (2016)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Solano County Registrar of Voters, "Candidate Filed Log (On The Ballot) - November 8, 2016 General Election As Of 08/22/2016," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ Vallejo City Unified School District, "Meet Our Board," accessed July 12, 2016
- ↑ Solano County, "2016 GENERAL ELECTION," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Democratic Party of Solano County, "2016 General Endorsements," accessed October 16, 2016
