Lange Luntao
Lange Luntao was a member of the Stockton Unified School District school board in California, representing Area 4. Luntao assumed office in 2016. Luntao left office on December 11, 2020.
Luntao ran for re-election to the Stockton Unified School District school board to represent Area 4 in California. Luntao lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Luntao's professional experience includes working as an early college educator for the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy. He began working there in 2014. He previously served as a Fulbright Fellow teaching English in Malaysia and as a program assistant for the International Medical Corps. Luntao also worked as an intern with the MacArthur Foundation's Institute of Politics.[1]
Luntao has served as board secretary of the San Joaquin Community Action Board, as a board member and after-school educator for the Little Manila Foundation, and as a cross country coach and student council advisor for the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy. Luntao co-founded the South Stockton Schools Initiative and the Fair Harvard Fund. While in high school, he served as a student member of the Lincoln Unified School Board. Luntao earned a bachelor's degree in social studies from Harvard University in 2012 and a teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University in 2015.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Stockton Unified School District, California, elections (2020)
General election
General election for Stockton Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4
Ray Zulueta Jr. defeated Gabriel Casillas and incumbent Lange Luntao in the general election for Stockton Unified School District school board Trustee Area 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ray Zulueta Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 39.4 | 3,948 | |
| Gabriel Casillas (Nonpartisan) | 30.4 | 3,045 | ||
 | Lange Luntao (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 2,982 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 10,013 | |||
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2016
Three of the seven seats on the Stockton Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. Five newcomers filed for the Trustee Area 1 seat that was left open due to term limits: Berniece Spivey Bass, Cecilia Mendez, Jennifer Kuan, Ramiro Reyes, and Minerva Garcia. Mendez won election to the seat. In Trustee Area 3, board incumbent Kathleen Garcia defeated challengers Alicia Rico, Martin Rodriguez, and Ytzel Gonzalez Arroyo to win another term. Four newcomers—Lange Luntao, Carmen Garcia, Douglas Vigil, and Regina Varela—ran for the open Trustee Area 4 seat, and Luntao won the election.[2][3][4]
Results
| Stockton Unified School District, Trustee Area 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Lange Luntao |
42.03% | 3,461 |
| Douglas Vigil | 26.57% | 2,188 |
| Carmen Garcia | 19.16% | 1,578 |
| Regina Varela | 11.86% | 977 |
| Write-in votes | 0.38% | 31 |
| Total Votes | 8,235 | |
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "November 8, 2016 Official Final Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Funding
Luntao reported $36,519.92 in contributions and $28,817.42 in expenditures to the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, which left Luntao's campaign with $7,702.50 on hand as of October 22, 2016.[5]
Endorsements
Luntao was endorsed by the San Joaquin County Democratic Party, the Stockton Record, and the community organization Evolve.[6][7][8]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lange Luntao did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia's Biographical Information Submission Form, "Lange Luntao's responses," October 12, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List," accessed August 15, 2016
- ↑ '"Stockton Record, "Record Endorsements, Stockton Unified: Incumbent, two newcomers deserve seats," October 13, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin Registrar of Voters, "Registrar of Voters Department," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "San Joaquin County Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ San Joaquin County Democratic Party, "2016 Endorsements," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ '"Stockton Record, "Record Endorsements, Stockton Unified: Incumbent, two newcomers deserve seats," October 13, 2016
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
