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Leighton Anderson
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Leighton Anderson is an at-large representative on the Whittier Union High School District school board in California. First elected in 1997, Anderson won a new term in the at-large general election on November 7, 2017.
Biography
Anderson began practicing law in 1978, and he became a partner with Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, LLP in 2003. He and his wife have three children who graduated from the school district. He earned a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College in 1976 and a J.D. from Columbia University in 1978.
Anderson has served as a member of the Delegate Assembly of the California School Boards Association and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. He has also served on the governing board of the Tri-Cities Regional Occupational Program, on the steering committee of Education Legal Alliance, on the oversight boards of the Whittier Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency and the Santa Fe Springs Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, and on the board of directors of the Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, the First Day Coalition, and the Rio Hondo Symphony Association.[1][2]
Elections
2017
Three of the five seats on the Whittier Union High School District board of trustees in California were up for at-large general election on November 7, 2017. In their bids for re-election, incumbents Leighton Anderson, Jeff Baird, and Russell A. Castañeda-Calleros defeated challengers Maria Carmenita Mendez and Jennifer Portillo.[3][4]
Results
| Whittier Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Leighton Anderson Incumbent |
26.03% | 5,806 |
| Russell A. Castañeda-Calleros Incumbent |
23.24% | 5,183 |
| Jeff Baird Incumbent |
21.52% | 4,801 |
| Maria Carmenita Mendez | 18.16% | 4,051 |
| Jennifer Portillo | 11.05% | 2,464 |
| Total Votes | 22,305 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections November 7, 2017," accessed November 21, 2017 | ||
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 targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[5][6][7]
Endorsements
Anderson was endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials:[8][9]
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2013
Leighton Anderson ran against two other candidates, including fellow incumbents Jeff Baird and Russell A. Castaneda-Calleros for three seats in the general election on November 5, 2013. The election was canceled and did not appear on the official ballot.[10]
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles County 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.[11]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Anderson in the election.
2009
Three seats were up for election on the Whittier Union High Board of Education. Incumbents Alex R. Morales, Jeff Baird, and Leighton Anderson filed to run for re-election and were uncontested. The election was canceled and the three incumbents won by default.
2005
On November 8, 2005, three seats on the Whittier Union High School District Board of Education were up for election. Alex R. Morales, Jeff Baird, and Leighton Anderson defeated one challenger.
| Whittier Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2005 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex R. Morales |
34.6% | 24,818 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Baird Incumbent |
26.7% | 19,158 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leighton Anderson Incumbent |
25.4% | 18,218 | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian Beelner | 13.3% | 9,577 | |
| Total Votes | 71,771 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Whittier Union High School District Voter Information" accessed October 31, 2013 | ||||
2001
On November 6, 2001, three seats on the Whittier Union High School District Board of Education were up for election. Alex R. Morales, Jeff Baird, and Leighton Anderson defeated one challenger.
| Whittier Union High School District, At-large General Election, 4-year terms, 2001 |
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Alex R. Morales |
30.2% | 6,538 | |
| Nonpartisan | Leighton Anderson Incumbent |
29.1% | 6,298 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Baird Incumbent |
26.9% | 5,823 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joshua L. Barnett | 13.8% | 2,978 | |
| Total Votes | 21,637 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Whittier Union High School District Voter Information" accessed October 31, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2017
Anderson submitted the following political philosophy to Ballotpedia:
| “ | A school board member should empower professional educators while providing policy oversight in order to achieve and maintain educational excellence for the benefit of all students.[12] | ” |
| —Leighton Anderson (2017)[2] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Whittier Union High School District, California
- Whittier Union High School District elections (2017)
- Whittier Union High School District elections (2013)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Whittier Union High School District, "Board of Trustees," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on September 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Candidate List: Local And Municipal Consolidated Elections 11/7/2017," accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Local and Municipal Consolidated Elections," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Martha Leonard," October 3, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Leighton Anderson," October 9, 2017
- ↑ La Vote.net, "LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS - 11/5/2013," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Disclosure Information," accessed October 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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