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Jon Meyer
Jon Meyer was a member of the Long Beach Unified School District school board in California, representing District 4. Meyer assumed office in 2003. Meyer left office on December 11, 2020.
Meyer ran for re-election to the Long Beach Unified School District school board to represent District 4 in California. Meyer won in the general election on April 12, 2016.
Biography
Meyer worked in the Long Beach Unified School District for nearly 40 years before he retired. He worked as a teacher and as a principal at Lowell Elementary, Avalon High, Lakewood High and Wilson High.[1]
Elections
2016
Two of the five seats on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on April 12, 2016. In his bid for re-election in District 2, Incumbent Felton Williams defeated challenger Jessica Vargas-Alvarez. In District 4, incumbent Jon Meyer defeated challenger Rosi Pedersen.[2][3]
Results
| Long Beach Unified School District, District 4 General Election, 4-Year Term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jon Meyer Incumbent |
61.18% | 5,537 |
| Rosi Pedersen | 38.82% | 3,514 |
| Total Votes | 9,051 | |
| Source: City of Long Beach, "Cumulative Report - Official: Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016," accessed April 28, 2016 | ||
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 was targeting summer 2016 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free through their new system. From that point forward, Ballotpedia planned to begin including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.
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
Meyer received endorsements from the following organizations and elected officials:[4][5][6][7]
- Teachers Association of Long Beach
- Long Beach Police Officers Association
- Long Beach Firefighters Association
- Press-Telegram
- Long Beach Business Journal
- State Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell (D-70)
- Long Beach City Councilmember Suzie Price
- Long Beach City Auditor Laura Doud
- Long Beach Unified Board of Education member Diana Craighead
- Long Beach Unified Board of Education member John McGinnis
- Long Beach Unified Board of Education member Megan Kerr
- Long Beach Unified Superintendent Chris Steinhauser
Meyer also received endorsements from a number of former elected officials. A list of his supporters can be found here.
2012
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Jon Meyer Incumbent |
74.3% | 4,961 | |
| Nonpartisan | Naomi Rainey | 25.7% | 1,720 | |
| Total Votes | 6,681 | |||
| Source: League of Women Voters of California Education Fund, "School Contests for Los Angeles County, CA - April 10, 2012 Election," accessed March 31, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2016
Candidate statement
The following video shows Meyer outlining his campaign statement with PADNET.tv.
Candidate website
Meyer highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
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| —Jon Meyer (2016)[9] | ||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gazettes, "Jon Meyer Runs For LBUSD Board Again," June 27, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Long Beach City Prim. Nom., Lbusd & Lbccd Election - 4/12/2016," accessed January 19, 2016
- ↑ City of Long Beach, "Primary Nominating Election 4/12/2016 Unofficial Results," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ Gazettes, "Long Beach City, School Campaigns Shift Into High Gear," January 31, 2016
- ↑ Press-Telegram, "Vote for these two for Long Beach school board," March 21, 2016
- ↑ Long Beach Business Journal, "Business Journal Endorsements For 2016 Long Beach Elections: Supernaw, Otto, Williams And Meyer Endorsed," October 26, 2015
- ↑ Re-elect Jon Meyer for Long Beach School Board, Area 4, "Endorsements," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Re-elect Jon Meyer for Long Beach School Board, Area 4, "Issues," accessed April 11, 2016
| 2016 Long Beach Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 12, 2016 |
| Candidates: | District 2: • Incumbent, Felton Williams • Jessica Vargas-Alvarez District 4: • Incumbent, Jon Meyer • Rosi Pedersen |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
