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Jon Hill (California)
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Jon Hill is the Trustee Area 3 representative on the Monterey Peninsula Unified Board of Education in California. He was first elected to the board in November 2011.[1]
Hill sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2] He successfully won another term on the board.[3]
Biography
Hill earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Willamette University, a teaching credential from Portland State University, a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from Lewis & Clark College, a second master's degree in administration from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and a doctoral degree in leadership and administration from Loma Linda University. Hill works as a senior resource analyst for the County of Monterey. He previously worked as an educator in Washington, Oregon and California. Hill is involved with the California School Boards Association, the National School Boards Association and the Association of Workplace Investigators Society for Human Resource Management.[4]
Elections
2015
Opposition
Three of the seven seats on the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015. The election was held by district.[5][6] Trustee Area 1 incumbent Diane Creasey, Trustee Area 2 incumbent Debra Gramespacher and Trustee Area 3 incumbent Jon Hill were up for re-election.[1]
Creasey did not file to run for re-election in Trustee Area 1. Wendy Root Askew ran unopposed and won that seat by default. In Trustee Area 2, Gramespacher also ran unopposed and won the seat by default. The Trustee Area 3 race featured incumbent Hill and challenger Darrick Jory. Hill won re-election to the board.[2][3]
Results
| Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Trustee Area 3, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jon Hill Incumbent |
81.5% | 2,219 |
| Darrick Jory | 18.5% | 503 |
| Total Votes | 2,722 | |
| Source: Monterey County, "Final Official Report," accessed November 17, 2015 | ||
Funding
Hill reported no contributions or expenditures to the Monterey County Elections Office in the election.[7]
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.[8]
Endorsements
Hill was endorsed by the community organization Evolve.[9]
2011
| Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Trustee Area 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Jon Hill |
51.6% | 1,461 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard G. Glenn | 48.4% | 1,371 | |
| Total Votes | 2,832 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter, "Governing Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Voter Information," October 7, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Hill shared the following political philosophy with Ballotpedia:
| “ | Beliefs --Schools are the heart of our community. |
” |
| —Jon Hill (2015)[4] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, California
- Monterey Peninsula 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 Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, "MPUSD Governance Team," accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monterey County Elections, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Monterey County, "Semi-Final Official Report," accessed November 4, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ballotpedia's Biographical Information Submission Form, "Jon Hill's responses," October 18, 2015
- ↑ Monterey County Elections, “November 3, 2015 Cities, Schools and Special Districts Election,” accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ 2013 California Code, “CA Elec Code § 8403 (2013),” accessed January 29, 2015
- ↑ Monterey County Elections Office, "Viewing filing activity for Hill, Jonathan," accessed October 23, 2015
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
- ↑ Evolve, "2015 Endorsements: November 03, 2015 Election," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| 2015 Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Elections | |
| Monterey County, California | |
| Election date: | November 3, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 1: • Wendy Root Askew Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Debra Gramespacher Trustee Area 3: • Incumbent, Jon Hill • Darrick Jory |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
