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Joy Motts
Joy Motts was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Antioch Unified School District school board in California. Motts was defeated in the at-large general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Motts previously served on the board. She was first elected to the board on November 2, 2010, and served until 2014, when she was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014.
Biography
Motts works as a senior mortgage consultant for the Delta Lending Group. A lifelong resident of Antioch, she is the daughter of a former member of the Antioch Unified School District Board of Trustees and the mother of an Antioch Unified graduate. In addition to serving on the board, Motts is involved with the California School Boards Linked Learning Task Force and Antioch's Suburban Poverty Task Force. She also serves on the board of directors for the Celebrate Antioch Foundation.[2][3]
Elections
2016
Three of the five seats on the Antioch Unified School District board of trustees were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Diane Gibson-Gray, Fernando Navarro, and Alonzo Terry faced newcomers Mike Burkholder and Crystal Sawyer-White. They also faced former Antioch Unified trustees Gary Hack and Joy Motts. Gibson-Gray won another term, Sawyer-White was elected as a new member, and Hack returned to the board after two years away.[4][5]
Results
| Antioch Unified School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Crystal Sawyer-White |
20.47% | 13,834 |
| Diane Gibson-Gray Incumbent |
17.87% | 12,080 |
| Gary Hack |
16.50% | 11,151 |
| Joy Motts | 15.21% | 10,281 |
| Fernando Navarro Incumbent | 12.58% | 8,501 |
| Mike Burkholder | 9.75% | 6,588 |
| Alonzo Terry Incumbent | 7.30% | 4,935 |
| Write-in votes | 0.32% | 216 |
| Total Votes | 67,586 | |
| Source: Contra Costa County , "Presidential General Election Official Results - Final," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Funding
Motts began the race with an existing account balance of $1,522.30 from her previous campaign. She reported $8,057.77 in contributions and $8,367.17 in expenditures to Contra Costa County Elections Division, which left her campaign with $1,212.90 on hand in the election.[6]
Endorsements
Motts was endorsed by the Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, the Antioch Education Association, the California School Employees Association, the Antioch Management Executive Board, the community organization Evolve, and the Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council.[7][8][9][10]
2014
Two at-large seats on the Antioch Unified School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. The race featured two incumbents, Joy Motts and Gary Hack, and two challengers, Walter Ruehlig and Debra Vinson. Challengers Ruehlig and Vinson defeated incumbents Motts and Hack.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Walter Ruehlig |
29.9% | 8,095 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debra Vinson |
28.6% | 7,737 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joy Motts Incumbent | 21% | 5,692 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary Hack Incumbent | 19.9% | 5,385 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 138 | |
| Total Votes | 27,047 | |||
| Source: Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters, "Final Official Results - Election Night Final: November 4, 2014 General Election," accessed December 19, 2014 | ||||
Funding
As of November 3, 2014, Motts had reported $9,614.00 in contributions and $4,035.20 in expenditures to the Contra Costa County Elections Division. In addition to her reported $1,883.79 existing cash balance, that left her with $7,462.59 cash on hand.[11]
Endorsements
Motts received endorsements from:[12][13][14][15][16]
- Antioch Education Association
- California Labor Federation
- Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County
- Democratic Party of Contra Costa County
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Evolve
- Assemblyman Jim Frazier
- Congressman Jerry McNerney
- Mayor ProTem Mary Rocha
- Former Mayor Don Freitas
2010
| Antioch Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Gary Hack |
18.3% | 6,853 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joy Motts |
17.4% | 6,525 | |
| Nonpartisan | John (Jack) Yeager | 16.7% | 6,273 | |
| Nonpartisan | Teri Lynn Shaw Incumbent | 12.6% | 4,733 | |
| Nonpartisan | Debra Vinson | 10.7% | 4,011 | |
| Nonpartisan | David W. Pfeiffer | 9.3% | 3,487 | |
| Nonpartisan | Angel G. Luevano | 7.5% | 2,799 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vincent Manuel | 7.2% | 2,688 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.4% | 153 | |
| Total Votes | 37,522 | |||
| Source: Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters, "Past Election Results: November 2, 2010 General Election," accessed September 15, 2014 | ||||
Recent news
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See also
- Antioch Unified School District, California
- Antioch Unified School District elections (2016)
- Antioch Unified School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Contra Costa County, California, "Contest/Candidate Proof List Presidential General Election," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Antioch Unified School District, "Joy Motts Biography," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Voter's Edge, "Board Member - Antioch Unified School District: Joy Motts," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Contra Costa County, California, "Contest/Candidate Proof List Presidential General Election," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ Contra Costa County, "Unofficial Results - Election Night Final," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Contra Costa County Elections Division, "Contra Costa County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, "2016 General Election Final Endorsements," October 10, 2016
- ↑ Antioch Herald, "Letter Writer Announces Antioch School Board Endorsements by District Staff," October 10, 2016
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council, "Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council 2016 Endorsements," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ Conta Costa County Elections Division, "CampaignDocs Search Engine: Motts, Joy Friends Supporting Antioch School Board 2014," accessed November 3, 2014
- ↑ Friends Supporting Joy Motts Antioch School Board 2014, "About Joy Motts," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Contra Costa Central Labor Council, "Endorsements," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Democratic Party of Contra Costa County, "Endorsements 2014," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ California Labor Federation, "November 2014 Endorsements, Contra Costa," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 04, 2014 Election," accessed October 28, 2014
| 2016 Antioch Unified School District Elections | |
| Contra Costa County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Diane Gibson-Gray • Incumbent, Fernando Navarro • Incumbent, Alonzo Terry • Mike Burkholder • Gary Hack • Joy Motts • Crystal Sawyer-White |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| 2014 Antioch Unified School District Elections | |
| Contra Costa County, California | |
| Election date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Gary Hack • Incumbent, Joy Motts • Walter Ruehlig • Debra Vinson |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
